CD roms
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- legspin
I have been asked to produce a CD Rom at work. Knowing that most are produced using Director I was wondering if there are any alternatives i.e. Flash/Html. Director looks quite scary at first glance...I reckon it will take a long time to master so I'm looking for alternatives.
Any feed back would be appreciated as I'm not sure which solution to take.
Cheers
- jevad0
unless you are using a lot of complex video - then go with flash...it's fine for cd roms - and even video with MX. I've done plenty....
- legspin0
It's a fairly simple CD Rom with a little video. Would using flash stop people being able to view it on certain browsers/PCs. Sorry to sound stupid but I haven't produced a CD Rom before.
- ********0
make a projector with Flash and then it is browser independant (it will be platform dependant though)....If it's going to be big in size you want to load smaller sections into your Projector....
For making a hybrid AutoRun CD there's a good technote at MM...
- legspin0
much thanks
- chook0
learn director.
it's beautiful.
- legspin0
This would be beneficial for future employment and self developement I suppose but how long, realisically, would it take me to learn it enough to produce a decent CD Rom?
- unknown0
five years?
- legspin0
Yeah, how long is that piece of string? Stupid f***ing question wasn't it.
- unknown0
There are too many areas you could slip up... especially if you've A) Not a great deal of producing cross platform CD's
B) Don't know director
I'd avoid at all costs!
- chook0
not at all.
you don't need to know advanced lingo to produce a good cd rom though it helps. im not a programmer, im a designer, been using director for almost five years and ca put together a decent enough job. it is a steep learning curve but if you know flash shouldn't be too tricky. without meaning to spark a vs thread, director is heavenly compared to flash. urgh.
- ********0
Make two small projectors, one for mac and one for pc...use a shared folder for movies (swf's) and maybe for actionscripts too....for efficient use of space__
lemme explain:
imagine the movie would total 560mb, you cannot make 2 projectors that size for one cd-rom, so instead you make the basemovie with menu and what not, and have the heavy content load in from the shared folder...so both projectors use the same resources! Works like a charm for me!
G'luck
;)
- unknown0
Director is deffo. the sturdy choice.
- legspin0
What we were thinking was for me to produce look and feel/graphics/navigation and get some techie to come in and do the director stuff...with me looking over shoulder to pick up on any tips etc. Problem the company have had before was that a freelancer came in and produced a CD Rom that worked but looked really shit.
Will have to discuss further but thanks everyone.
- ********0
you can use Flash for sure, I have done it many times. You can now import video quite well with Flash MX, Flash 5 not that great. I would for sure think about using Sorenson Squeeze, a compression tool. Develop and export a regular .swf, then within that .swf export as a .exe file (Windows Projector) burn that and poof you got something. If you are looking for something that blows up to full size of the computer window, contact me or respond here I have one for you or you can check out http://www.heavystereo.com for the .fla.
- legspin0
Thanks for the info JazX that would be great.
Cheers
- ********0
Autorun on Windows
The autorun feature on Windows is implemented by putting an INF file in the parent directory of the CD. Create a text file (using a program such as Simple Text or Notepad) called "Autorun.inf". Include the following text, replacing whatever with the name of the application you wish to launch:[Autorun]
open=whatever.exe
icon=whatever.icoThe third line (icon=whatever.ico) allows you to change the icon associated with the CD drive. For additional information on creating an autorun CD, refer to Microsoft's article on creating an AutoRun-enabled application.
- ********0
legspin, go to that heavystereo link and I believe that the SOURCE area at that site has some nice .fla's for you, its good stuff actually. Download the one called New York, when you export the .swf it will blow up to full size, but you can also export it from the program as well as a (.exe).
- legspin0
much appreciated
thankyou
- ********0
Oh yeah -I'm UK.
And it's my Birthday.
;)
- ********0
WTF???! Hahahaha. Wheres my thread....