Macromedia Director

Flash vs Director
Our company has an upcoming job that is going to be a high definition 720p kiosk with joystick controller for interactivity and high def videos. I'm a flash animator myself so naturally I want to choose Flash as I'm going to be doing all of the interactivity, but I'm trying to decide which would really be bett... 16 Apr 2008 16:26

Flash vs Director
Our company has an upcoming job that is going to be a high definition 720p kiosk with joystick controller for interactivity and high def videos. I'm a flash animator myself so naturally I want to choose Flash as I'm going to be doing all of the interactivity, but I'm trying to decide which would really be bett... 20 Apr 2008 17:59

scripting window cursor issues
I was just trying out the new director and ran into a problem with the scripting window. When typing in the window, the cursor displays several characters ahead of where it should be. For example, moving the cursor to a spot in the code and pressing backspace deletes a character a few spaces back from the curso... 21 Apr 2008 10:06

What Should I Use stopMovie For?
Recently I have discovered that I need to remove all instances of the keyframePlayer modifier in a stopMovie function, or else when my projector is closed an error message appears. An on stopMovie handler is a good place to put Lingo that performs cleanup tasks--such as closing resource files, clearing global... 16 Apr 2008 15:38

Director Mile High Table and D11 Xtras List
Hi all, Sorry for the multiple messages posted recently. Just want to get out some information on the Mile High Table. It is continually being updated as I get info on Xtras and products that work with D11 or have changed in another way. I have now added a 'SW' to the version column to show which Xtras are Shock... 16 Apr 2008 05:01

Screen size smaller than 1024x768?
Hi all, I'm working on a project that is being done on 1024x768 screen size. I don't get to resize the screen as with widescreen monitor it gets a bid odd when resized for a non-native resolution. So my questions is, do you reckon that there are many computer out there with screen res less than 1024x768? The ... 16 Apr 2008 05:01

Director Podcast # 40 Posted - A Job, An AdobeExplanation and a Boycott?
Hey Director Podcast Fans! Just to let you know our newest show is ready to download! That's right, a JOB ANNOUNCEMENT and opportunity, an ADOBE EXPLANATION from someone within our Director community and a call for a BOYCOTT? All that and lots of material in-between. You can listen to the show on our we... 15 Apr 2008 22:41

Crash browser after QuickTime in Director
We have used Director for many years but have a recent problem with QuickTime 7 plug in. If we play a Director Shockwave file with a QuickTime movie in it in either the FireFox or Internet Explorer browsers, the next Shockwave file we attempt to open crashes the browser. It doesn't matter whether we attempt to ... 23 Apr 2008 14:08

DVD. MAC projector Incorect Buton highlight position
I work on a project that will be used both on DVD Players and PCs. The DVD content is ready and working on standard DVD players. Unfortunately, when I put the content into Director, the menus are not much like they should be. All chapters are played just fine, structure and navigation is kept as well. When ... 15 Apr 2008 08:19

MP3 on timeline won't play from stub projector
I can't tell you how many times I have imported MP3s into a timeline, used the "wait for cuepoint" selection in the timeline, and was able to make everything work. Now that I'm using a stub projector to launch into other Director files, the next movie launches, but when it come time to play the MP3, it just sails... 15 Apr 2008 00:59