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For the most up to date information about Director 5 please visit our
website at http://www.macromedia.com/Tools/Director

To purchase Director 5 or the Director Multimedia Studio please call
Macromedia in the US at  [phone]. Outside the US call [phone]
or contact your loacal distibutor. For a list of distibutors see our web
site.

Macromedia¿ Director¿ 5
The Most Powerful Authoring Tool for Multimedia and the Internet

Director, the most powerful authoring tool for multimedia and the Internet,
is the industry-standard multimedia authoring tool, providing the power,
performance, and platform support that every developer needs. Artists,
creative directors, corporate presentation specialists, students,
educators, publishers-more than 350,000 users worldwide-choose Director to
produce professional multimedia presentations, animations, interactive
advertising, multimedia kiosks, title development, and Web pages that come
alive with motion and interactivity.

Using Director on a Macintosh- or Windows-based computer, users can quickly
create and import media objects such as 2D and 3D graphics, text,
animation, sound, and digital video from a wide variety of sources.
Synchronize media in the score and add interactivity using the powerful
Lingo¬ scripting language. Then easily create a stand-alone interactive
application that can be delivered to Windows 95, NT, and 3.1; Macintosh OS,
and the Internet using Shockwave.

Director provides many powerful features, including a professional 2D
animation program, built-in paint program and full-featured text tool, two
sound channels for voice over and music, open architecture that can be
easily expanded, and a binary-compatible file format that allows developers
to author their titles once and play them on the most popular platforms.
And with Shockwave for Director, provided free, users can optimize and
deliver their high-impact interactive multimedia productions on the
Internet, allowing users to animate icons, present interactive slide shows,
and even link to other Director movies.


Director¿ Multimedia Studio¬ for Macintosh¿ and Windows¿
The Most Powerful Tools for Multimedia and the Internet

The most powerful tools for multimedia and the Internet, Macromedia's
Director¿ Multimedia Studio¬ 2 offers everything you need to create
professional multimedia projects from the ground up. The Studio features
tightly integrated tools for creating dynamic images, sound, and 3D
animation along with the complete authoring environment to bring them
together and bring them to life, and includes:

Director¿ 5, the industry standard for creating and distributing
interactive applications, provides the power, performance, productivity,
and platform support every developer needs. Use Director to import,
integrate, and manipulate media to create high-impact interactive
multimedia titles for delivery on Windows 95, NT, and 3.1, Macintosh OS,
and the Internet using Shockwave¬.

Extreme 3D¬, the ultimate start-to-finish 3D solution for design and
multimedia, takes 3D modeling, animation, and final rendering to their
limits. Extreme 3D offers an intuitive interface, sophisticated
functionality, transparent file exchange, and built-in distributed
rendering across Macintosh and Windows platforms.

SoundEdit¬ 16 plus DECK II¬ (Macintosh) or Sonic Foundry Sound Forge
(Windows), for high-quality sound. SoundEdit 16 plus DECK II¬ lets you
produce professional audio for everything from multimedia to music to the
Internet. Sonic Foundry Sound Forge (Windows) offers top-quality audio
production for your multimedia applications.

Macromedia xRes¬, the total creative tool for image editing, natural
texture painting, and compositing, empowers you to create-not wait. xRes
combines high-speed, high-resolution image editing with familiar interface
conventions and powerful features to unlock your creativity.


Information:

FINDING INFORMATION IN THE HELP SYSTEM
There are three ways to find information in the help system:

-- Use the Search button to search for keywords in the complete help
index. As you type the keyword in the keyword field, the look-ahead
feature jumps to the nearest keyword or phrase in the index. If the
keyword is not listed, the closest available topic is displayed.

-- Enter words in the Keyword field at the top of the help window to jump
to the nearest topic containing the keyword. To go to the keyword topic,
press Return. Help searches both hypertext and index entries within the
current topic for the keyword.

-- The Global Find command searches for all occurrences of a text string
in Director online help, not just keywords. To find a text string, select
Global Find from the Find menu or press Command-F and type the text
string in the dialog box. Click Find or press Return to start the search. If
the text string is found, it will be highlighted.

Select Global Find Again or press Command-G to find the next instance
of the text string.

**Paint window dotted line button**
The button showing a dotted line does not create a dotted line; it
indicates an invisible border. If you draw a filled shape with the dotted
line selected, there won't be a border. For unfilled objects, it draws a one-
pixel line.

**Numeric keypad shortcuts**
The numeric keypad shortcuts only work when Num Lock is off. When
it's on, the keypad enters numbers.

To turn number lock on or off, press Shift-Clear.

**Using IMA-compressed sounds**
IMA-compressed AIFF sounds and QuickTime soundtracks that have
been IMA-compressed work only as linked external files. If you try to
import IMA-compressed sounds without selecting the Linked checkbox
in the Import dialog box, the import does not work.


COMPATIBILITY ISSUES
**Adobe Type Reunion**
Adobe Type Reunion features do not work in Director.

**Scantastic**
Director 5 is not compatible with Scantastic Access, a system extension
that ships with the scanning application Scantastic.