This work serves as a practical guide for all aspects of using Director. It should be the ideal start for beginners just learning to use the programme.

Unlike other books on Director, this book serves as a practical guide for all aspects of using the program from start to finish. This book is the ideal start for beginners just learning how to use the program. Intermediate users can also benefit by learning shortcuts, advanced tips and Lingo basics. Advanced users who can take advantage of Director's improved power and speed by with this book's more in-depth guide to Lingo, techniques for better project management, shortcuts for title development, and more advanced techniques for developing titles to play over the Internet quickly and efficiently using Shockwave technology. A 16-page color insert features real projects created by professionals who use the product, with tips from the developer on how they used Director to create the project. Unlike competitive books, the Director 8 and Lingo Bible has balanced coverage of both Mac and Windows versions, as Mac is no longer the default platform for Director. The bonus CD contains real-life working examples and exercises from the book along with utilities and other shareware extras for use with Director 8.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

PART I: Working with Director.

Chapter 1: Introducing Director.

Chapter 2: Working with Graphics.

Chapter 3: Working with the Stage, Sprites, and Score.

Chapter 4: Using Text in Director.

Chapter 5: Using Sound.

Chapter 6: Using Digital Video.

PART II: Bringing It All Together.

Chapter 7: The Power of Behaviors.

Chapter 8: Fine-Tuning and Outputting Your Movies.

Chapter 9: Creating an Interactive Presentation.

Chapter 10: Designing a Production Process.

PART III: Learning to Program with Lingo.

Chapter 11: Programming Fundamentals.

Chapter 12: Lists and Other Structures.

Chapter 13: Object-Oriented Programming with Lingo.

PART IV: Controlling Media with Lingo.

Chapter 14: Building Buttons.

Chapter 15: Controlling Sprites with Lingo.

Chapter 16: Text Manipulation with Lingo.

Chapter 17: Vector Shape and Flash Lingo.

Chapter 18: Sound Lingo.

Chapter 19: Video Lingo.

PART V: Further into Lingo.

Chapter 20: Lingo Troubleshooting.

Chapter 21: Memory Management.

Chapter 22: Menus and Dialog Boxes.

Chapter 23: Movies in a Window.

Chapter 24: Shockwave and NetLingo.

Chapter 25: Xtras and File Manipulation.

Chapter 26: Imaging Lingo.

Appendix A: Installing and Configuring Director.

Appendix B: Director's Built-in Behaviors.

Appendix C: Shortcuts.

Appendix D: Resources.

Appendix E: What's on the CD-ROM?

Glossary.

Index.

End-User License Agreement.

CD-ROM Installation Instructions.