| Duration | Two Days |
| Public scheduled course | £675 plus VAT |
| Individual tuition | £990 plus VAT |
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Director 11.5: Intermediate
Course Overview
Building on the Adobe Director Fundamentals course, this two day Adobe authorised course is designed to enable designers and web content producers to utilise the power of Lingo and to understand the essentials of working in 3D in Director.
Whether you are building online entertainment, interactive product demonstrations or e-learning content, this course is designed to give you the skills and flexibility to get the most from Adobe Director.
Course content
Introduction to using Lingo and JavaScript
• Different Lingo/JavaScript scripts: cast, sprite, frame and movie scripts
• When to use different scripts
• Testing scripts
• Event handlers and variables
• Handlers and handler hierarchy
• Detecting and logging events
• Custom handlers
• The Object Inspector
• Local and global variables
• Understanding event hierarchies
• De-bugging scripts
Animating with Lingo/JavaScript
• Using operators and conditions
Using Lingo to control video
• Quicktime sprite properties
• Finding available commands
Movie in a Window (MIAW)
• Sending instructions to a MIAW
Using Xtras
• Third party Xtras
• FileIO Xtra (creating and accessing external files)
• Creating OS style custom menus
Working in 3D
• Importing a 3D model
• Using 3D behaviours
• Installing and using 3DPI
• Identifying models and their properties
• DirectX9 support
Creating a Shockwave game
• Using random scripts
• Collision detection
• Using variables to store and retrieve values
• Using dynamic text fields to display scores
Getting more from Lingo
• Using behaviours
• Assigning properties to behaviours
• Creating custom handlers
Working with lists
• Using lists and multiple casts
• Databases and lists
• Using a list database
Questions and answers