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Macromedia Director 8
Foundation Level Training Course

Courseware Training Manual

1. INTRODUCTION TO DIRECTOR 8

WHAT IS DIRECTOR?

Macromedia Director 8.0
Content
Delivery
Macromedia website

DIRECTOR FILE TYPES

Movie files
Shockwave Movie files
Protected Movie files
Projector files

MOVIE PROPERTIES

Using the Movie Properties
Setting the Movie Color Palette
Setting the Stage Size
Setting the Stage Location
Setting the Stage Fill
Setting the RGB
Setting the Palette Index
Remapping Palettes If Needed
Enabling Edit Short Cuts
Setting the About and the Copyright options
Saving the Font Map
Loading the Font Map

2. DIRECTOR INTERFACE

THE AUTHORING ENVIRONMENT

Using the Authoring Environment
To Show and Hide the Authoring Environment sections
The Stage
The Toolbar
The Tool Palette
The Cast window
The Score window
Sprites
Behaviors
Inspectors

THE CAST

Using the Cast
Using the Choose Cast button
Using the Cast View Style button
Using the Previous Cast Member button
Using the Next Cast Member button
Using the Cast Member Name field
Using the Drag Cast Member button
Using the Cast Member Script button
Using the Cast Member Properties button
Using the Cast Member Window button

THE SCORE

Using the Score
Using Markers
Using the Effects Channels
Using the Tempo Channel
Using the Palette Channel
Using the Transition Channel
Using the Sound Channels
Using the Script Channel
Using the Member selection
Using the Behavior selection
Using the Location selection
Using the Ink selection
Using the Blend selection
Using the Extend selection
Using the Time Channel
Using the Zoom Menu
To Turn Channels On and Off
To Hide and Show Keyframes
Viewing Multiple Score Windows

SPRITES

Using Sprites
Sprites environment
Creating a sprite in the score
Creating a sprite by dragging cast members to the stage
Changing the default sprite Span Duration
Selecting the entire sprite
Selecting one frame in a sprite
Selecting multiple frames within a sprite
Selecting multiple sprites
Moving a sprite to a new location in the score
Cutting and Pasting sprites in the score
Repositioning a sprite on the stage
Changing the length of a sprite's span
Extending a sprite
To join sprites
To edit individual sprite frames
To split a sprite
Changing the order of overlapping sprites

BEHAVIORS

Using Behaviors
Actions and Events
Assigning Behaviors

FRAMES AND CHANNELS

Frames
Channels
Using the Playback Head
Key Frames
Inserting frames into the score
Removing a frame from the score

INSPECTORS

Using Inspectors
The Property Inspector
The Text Inspector
The Behavior Inspector
The Memory Inspector

3. TOOLS

THE TOOLBAR

Using the Toolbar
Using the Toolbar Buttons

ARROW TOOL

Using the Arrow Tool

ROTATE AND SKEW TOOL

Using the Rotate and Skew Tool

HAND TOOL

Using the Hand Tool

MAGNIFYING GLASS TOOL

Using the Magnifying Glass Tool

TEXT TOOL

Using the Text Tool

LINE TOOL

Using the Line Tool

FILLED RECTANGLE AND RECTANGLE TOOL

Using the Filled Rectangle Tool
Using the Rectangle Tool

FILLED ROUND RECTANGLE AND ROUND RECTANGLE TOOL

Using the Filled Round Rectangle Tool
Using the Round Rectangle Tool

FILLED ELLIPSE AND ELLIPSE TOOL

Using the Filled Ellipse Tool
Using the Ellipse Tool

CHECK BOX TOOL

Using the Check Box Tool

RADIO BUTTON TOOL

Using the Radio Button Tool

FIELD TOOL

Using the Field Tool

PUSH BUTTON TOOL

Using the Push Button Tool

PATTERN TOOL

Using the Pattern Tool

4. PAINTING

THE PAINT WINDOW

Using the Paint Window

PAINT TOOLS

Using the Paint Tools
Using the Lasso Tool
Using the Marquee Tool
Using the Registration Point Tool
Using the Eraser Tool
Using the Hand Tool
Using the Magnifying Glass Tool
Using the Eyedropper Tool
Using the Paint Bucket Tool
Using the Text Tool
Using the Pencil Tool
Using the Air Brush Tool
Using the Brush Tool
Using the Arc Tool
Using the Line Tool
Using the Filled Rectangle Tool
Using the Rectangle Tool
Using the Filled Ellipse Tool
Using the Ellipse Tool
Using the Filled Polygon Tool
Using the Polygon Tool
Using the Gradient Colors Tool
Using the Foreground & Background Colors Tool
Using the Pattern Tool
Using the Color Depth Tool
Using the Ink Effects Tool

THE PAINT TOOLBAR

Using the Paint Toolbar
Using the Flip Horizontal Tool
Using the Flip Vertical Tool
Using the Rotate Left Tool
Using the Rotate Right Tool
Using the Free Rotate Tool
Using the Skew Tool
Using the Warp Tool
Using the Perspective Tool
Using the Smooth Tool
Using the Trace Edges Tool
Using the Invert Color Tool
Using the Lighten Tool
Using the Darken Tool
Using the Fill Tool
Using the Switch Colors Tool

IMPORTING BITMAPS

Importing bitmap graphics

5. DRAWING

THE VECTOR SHAPE WINDOW

Using the Vector Shape Window

VECTOR TOOLS

Using the Vector Tools
Using the Arrow Tool
Using the Pen Tool
Using the Registration Point Tool
Using the Hand Tool
Using the Filled Rectangle Tool
Using the Rectangle Tool
Using the Filled Round Rectangle Tool
Using the Round Rectangle Tool
Using the Filled Ellipse Tool
Using the Ellipse Tool
Using the Stroke Width Tool
Using the Close Shape Tool
Using the Fill Type Tool
Using the Gradient Colors Tool
Using the Stroke Color Tool
Using the Fill Color Tool
Using the Background Color Tool

THE VECTOR TOOLBAR

Using the Vector Toolbar
Using the Gradient Type
Using the Gradient Cycles
Using the Gradient Spread
Using the Gradient Angle
Using the Gradient X Offset
Using the Gradient Y Offset

6. COLOR

COLOR DEPTH

Using the Color Depth
Changing the movie Color Depth
Checking the movie Color Depth
Cast Member Color Depth
Checking the cast member Color Depth
Changing the cast member Color Depth

COLOR MODE

Using the Color Mode
Opening the Color Menu
Checking the current Color Mode
Using the RGB Mode
Using the Palette Index Mode
Setting the Color Mode

COLOR CHOICES

Using the color choices
Choosing a color
Editing Favorite Colors

COLOR PALETTES

Using a Color Palette
Changing a Color Palette
Blending colors in a Color Palette
Current Color Palette
Cast Members and Color Palettes
Setting a Default Color Palette
Remapping sprites on the stage to current Color Palette
Displaying original colors in an Imported Cast Member

7. TEXT

TEXT AND FIELD WINDOWS

Using the Text Window
Using the Field Window
Creating text on the Stage
Editing text on the Stage
Creating text in the Text Window
Editing text in the Text Window
Changing the font of a Text Cast Member
Changing the color of a Text Cast Member
Changing the color of a Text Sprite
Aligning text margins
Kerning the entire Text Cast Member
Kerning individual text selections
Changing text Line Spacing
Reformatting text with the Text Inspector
Anti-Aliasing text
Converting regular Text or Field to a bitmapped text
Speeding the text display in the movie
Importing text
Embedding a Font
Creating Field on the Stage
Creating Field in the Field Window
Making a Text Cast Member editable during the movie playback
Making a Field Cast Member editable during the movie playback
Making Fields editable during a certain range of frames
Setting text for Hyperlinks

8. ASSEMBLING THE MOVIE

ADDING CAST MEMBERS TO THE SCORE

Adding the Cast Member to the Score

ADDING BEHAVIORS TO THE SCORE

Adding a Behavior to the Score

9. STANDALONE PLAYER

THE PROJECTOR

Creating the Projector

PROJECTOR OPTIONS

Using the Projector Options window
Using the Publish Settings window

PUBLISH SETTINGS FORMATS

Using Formats settings

PUBLISH SETTINGS GENERAL

Using General settings

PUBLISH SETTINGS SHOCKWAVE

Using Shockwave settings

PUBLISH SETTINGS COMPRESSION

Using Compression settings

PUBLISH SETTINGS SHOCKWAVE SAVE

Using Shockwave Save settings

PUBLISH SETTINGS IMAGE

Using Image settings
Default Publish Settings

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Macromedia Director 8Foundation Level Training Course