Re: Image manipulation/Flash? question

Director is used primarily for CD and DVD-ROM applications.  You can embed
Flash movies in it, but it's apparently much more.  It uses its own
programming language called "Lingo" and you can build your own custom GUI
with it, incorporate video, etc.  When I downloaded the trial, it appeared
to look similar to Flash in the "timeline" aspect but that's pretty much
where the similarity ends.  I would say Director is Macromedia's answer to
Microsoft's Visual Basic (which is what our company uses to produce CD-ROM
applications).

The learning curve for Director appears steep but I've never really tried to
really sit down and give it a go.   When I saw that it used its own
programming language, I bristled. :)  I do see a LOT of CD-ROMs from
companies made with Director.

Link to Director's features:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/director/resources/understanding/

Mike


----- Original Message -----
From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita(at)home.ro>
To: "hwg-techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: Image manipulation/Flash? question


> BTW. Can someone tell me what are the differences between Flash and
> Director?
>
> I've made some Flash annimations but I never used Director.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Teddy,
> Teddy's Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/
> Email: orasnita(at)home.ro
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Innes" <innax(at)icon.co.za>
> To: "Davies, Elizabeth H." <EHDavies(at)West.com>; "hwg-techniques"
> <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 4:07 AM
> Subject: Re: Image manipulation/Flash? question
>
>
> you could do it in flash, but if you needed to explore higher
functionality
> or add a low-cost multi-user feature, I'd recommend Director for the job -
> Shockwave.
>
> hth
>
> Andy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Davies, Elizabeth H." <EHDavies(at)West.com>
> To: "hwg-techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 6:58 PM
> Subject: Image manipulation/Flash? question
>
>
> I have a client who want to see close-to-real-time the origin and referred
> destination of a packet in a graphical display. Visualize this with an
> airline map.... Start out with a map of the USA... show where the flight
> started and then bounce a line to where it lands... but for something that
> travels at the speed of ethernet (at close to real time).
>
> Anyone have any idea on if this can be done? If so, preferred technology?
> Could Flash do this if given the start and finish destinations from the
> backend code? They want a web display... Any technology can be explored.
>
> Elizabeth Davies
> Web Designer
> West Interactive Corporation
>
>
>

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