Macromedia Director 8.0

With the soon to be advent of Director 8.5. Director 8 was initself a mind blower. Even with the steep learning curve attatched to director any person working with the Internet or Multimedia cannot afford to be without this product. Ideal for the student (even if it is a little pricey) or the seasoned proffesional looking to make their first steps into advanced interactivity. With up graded features on its Vecta palet and supported colour system for web safe colors really make this a authoring system to be reconed with. One of the most excellent freatures of Director 8 is its upgrade in the object Orinatated langue of Lingo. ...  Read the complete review

Another year, another release of Director. Version 7 was a superb product, and Macromedia will have done well if it can improve upon the features of Director 7 that made it such a great product, such as the greater Internet capabilities, vector shapes and embedded fonts. Director 8 lacks any new feature as useful as these, and feels more like a number of minor enhancements that add up to a recommended upgrade rather than an essential purchase. With version 8, Macromedia continues to focus Director primarily as a Web content creation tool. The Director Shockwave Studio, containing the Multiuser Server 2, Fireworks 3 and a sound tool (SoundForge XP on the PC, ...  Read the complete review

With D8, Macromedia has addressed a number of problems that I found annoying. It still has problems but it is definitely heading in the right direction. The new imaging Lingo commands are worth the upgrade alone as it allows manipulation of images without having to put them on to the stage. The new layout, though alien at first has become a great asset too. It allows changes to main items and settings, which required some searching for in previous versions, much quicker. The only problem with it, after learning where everything is, is that the Property Inspector insists on being in the foreground constantly. This has the effect of hiding anything underneath it, ...  Read the complete review