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Advanced Adobe Director Training

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This Advanced Director training course is aimed at delegates who are comfortable with the Director interface and basic Lingo. Advanced Adobe Director establishes a solid foundation in advanced programming concepts through practical experience.

Director Advanced Course Objectives

During this Advanced Adobe Director training course, the diverse and exciting challenges faced by Lingo programmers will be explored through the development of applications for both web and cd rom environments using Director.

Director Advanced Course Content

Managing Time with Lingo

ticks
milliseconds

Creating timeout objects

timeoutList

Commands

Conditional Logic

case

Lists

add
append
sort
2 Dimensional Arrays/ Nested Lists
showGlobals
clearGlobals

Events

DoubleClick

Imaging Lingo

getPixel()
setPixel()
draw()
fill()
copyPixels()
createMask()
createMatte()
depth

Object Orient Programming

Introducing the Concept of Object Oriented Design
Parent script and child object basics
Differences between child objects and behaviors
Declaring property variables
Creating the on new handler
new()
actorList
on stepFrame
ancestor
Using scriptInstanceList

Practical Exercises

Studying a Game: Space Invaders
Exercise in 3d Lingo
Imaging Lingo Study
Emergent Behavior Study

Director Advanced Training Course Prerequisites

Completion of the Director course or equivalent knowledge.

Director Training Course Recommended Reading

Director 8.5 Studio - by Friends of Ed Publishers – buy from amazon
Director's Third Dimension - Paul Catanese – buy from amazon
Director MX – buy from amazon

Download course outline as pdf.