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Summary: Learning Director/Lingo
Review: So you wanna learn Director? It's a daunting task, esp if Lingo is your 1st language (but it's also an excellent choice! You can do so much w/ Director to keep you engaged, and it's no where near as convoluted as Java. Closer to VB but much more fun.) Spend some money ... and read these books in THIS order (and do every tutorial!) 1. Demystified. Gets into concepts more than just typing in stuff that you don't understand. Great short, straightforward examples. It will provide a fantastic basis for the next book (you'll actually know what you're doing...) 2. Authorized. Basically a bunch of tutorials. Mandatory! 3. LINGO in a Nutshell. Granted it only goes to Director v. 6 but it's still the best pure LINGO book for the money. Dry, but you will have mastered the language if you carefully get through it. Invaluable albeit dated as a reference. 4. (Optional) Advanced Lingo for Games. Games put programmers and programs through their paces. Great, fun book. Do 1 through 4 and you will have mastered this great Macromedia program! Take your time, don't get frustrated. Learning Director and Lingo is a process. Good luck!
Rating:
Summary: Learning Director/Lingo
Review: So you wanna learn Director? It's a daunting task, esp if Lingo is your 1st language (but it's also an excellent choice! You can do so much w/ Director to keep you engaged, and it's no where near as convoluted as Java. Closer to VB but much more fun.) Spend some money ... and read these books in THIS order (and do every tutorial!) 1. Demystified. Gets into concepts more than just typing in stuff that you don't understand. Great short, straightforward examples. It will provide a fantastic basis for the next book (you'll actually know what you're doing...) 2. Authorized. Basically a bunch of tutorials. Mandatory! 3. LINGO in a Nutshell. Granted it only goes to Director v. 6 but it's still the best pure LINGO book for the money. Dry, but you will have mastered the language if you carefully get through it. Invaluable albeit dated as a reference. 4. (Optional) Advanced Lingo for Games. Games put programmers and programs through their paces. Great, fun book. Do 1 through 4 and you will have mastered this great Macromedia program! Take your time, don't get frustrated. Learning Director and Lingo is a process. Good luck!
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Summary: Quick, Easy, and a very good guide for learning Director 8
Review: The author Phil Gross wrote this book very well. Although, his style of writing and explanation isn't the best, it is the examples. He gives great examples on how to do things in certain situations. Guiding yourself is very easy, because tells you if you should start here or there depending if you are a beginner or not. I would definitley recommend this book to others.
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Summary: Examples are Great!
Review: The author Phil Gross wrote this book very well. Although, his style of writing and explanation isn't the best, it is the examples. He gives great examples on how to do things in certain situations. Guiding yourself is very easy, because tells you if you should start here or there depending if you are a beginner or not. I would definitley recommend this book to others.
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Summary: Great Book To Learn Director 8
Review: This book includes: Overview of changes in the Director interface, including the Property Inspector. "Scriptless authoring" with Director's Behaviors New methods for controlling sound in movies. Adding CD-quality audio, digital video, and real-time animation with dynamic alpha channels. Comprehensive instruction in Lingo, Director's powerful scripting language--from the basics to advanced topics, including the latest additions to the language. A Lingo Lexicon covering ALL the elements of the language, including undocumented commands. A great book for anyone who wants to learn Director 8.
Rating:
Summary: Great Book To Learn Director 8
Review: This book includes: Overview of changes in the Director interface, including the Property Inspector. "Scriptless authoring" with Director's Behaviors New methods for controlling sound in movies. Adding CD-quality audio, digital video, and real-time animation with dynamic alpha channels. Comprehensive instruction in Lingo, Director's powerful scripting language--from the basics to advanced topics, including the latest additions to the language. A Lingo Lexicon covering ALL the elements of the language, including undocumented commands. A great book for anyone who wants to learn Director 8.
Rating:
Summary: Great Book To Learn Director 8
Review: This book includes: Overview of changes in the Director interface, including the Property Inspector. "Scriptless authoring" with Director's Behaviors New methods for controlling sound in movies. Adding CD-quality audio, digital video, and real-time animation with dynamic alpha channels. Comprehensive instruction in Lingo, Director's powerful scripting language--from the basics to advanced topics, including the latest additions to the language. A Lingo Lexicon covering ALL the elements of the language, including undocumented commands. A great book for anyone who wants to learn Director 8.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This book was an excellent read and it kept me entertained from cover to cover. Even the Lingo lexicon was a good read filled with explanations and examples. I have never used Director before, but now we are publishing our multimedia, video-enriched software demo CDs for the company. I must also mention that one of the reasons why I am so impressed by this book is because I'm also highly impressed by Director. I've been using other authoring tools before, but nothing comes even close to Macromedia Director. This, however takes nothing away from the authors of this great book. Some said before that the examples are pretty basic and it's true, but this book is not about graphics design, but about teaching all aspects of Director. And it's a jolly good one in that! Buy it, you'll love it.
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