Flash vs. Director
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- drbyers
I used to know Macromedia Director real well and made a living off of it... and then, poof, overnight, I gave it up to begin working in Flash.
well, then I got really good at Flash and you guessed it, poof, I gave that up too, to work in print full-time.
now a client may need a multimedia CD-ROM, and naturally I'm thinking of using Director, but it was so DAMM buggy.
can Flash fill the bill on the CD rom project, or will I have to relearn Director?
- spongebob0
Depends on the complexity, and whether it's vector or raster based really.
- CyBrainX0
The question will probably depend on how much you need to access operating systems.
- lvl_130
people still use director?!
- drbyers0
I'm sure it won't be too intricate. something like a personal portfolio/website placed right onto a multimedia cd-rom.
editing in director can be a pain in the ass, but it did stream video smoother when I was using it.
- kld0
use flash mx pro, It has improved video integration
- drbyers0
will i be able to make the final flash swf file autostart, just like director movies do?
- mrdobolina0
yup
- drbyers0
flash rools, director, uh, crashes my shit...
- ********0
i still like director. the flexilibity with external elements are amazing.
also, with its memory mangement, you can do alot smoother motion. if i was doing kiosks again, i would still use director.
remember hyper cards kids?
- Boz0
Director is in essence intended for heavier video/graphics implementations. It has much better memory management, easier to publish to mupltiple platforms and gives you 3d possibilities. Lingo is definitely simpler then AS and they improved the Director with MX 2004 version a lot. What I used to do is develop some nice tricks in Flash then used those smaller UI elements within Director environment. The great thing is that you can access your Flash movies from Director with ease.
- muidlatif0
I remember last two weeks have trouble doing an interactive CD using Flash where I can't recall any pdf doc from the button created (to be launch in Acrobat instead of open file from Internet browser...) and some say using Director is much better. Later I found out that I need a third-party software to make the document open from 'desired' applications.
Yeah, do get use to Flash though. It's more efficient. I used to study Director first before moving on to Flash.