13 Facts About Macromedia Director

Adobe Director was a multimedia application authoring platform created by Macromedia and managed by Adobe Systems until its discontinuation.

Macromedia Director was the primary editor on the Adobe Shockwave platform, which dominated the interactive multimedia product space during the 1990s.

Director published DCR files that were played using the Adobe Shockwave Player, in addition to compiling native executables for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X Director allowed users to build applications on a movie metaphor, with the user as the "director" of the movie.

Macromedia Director applications are authored on a timeline, similar to Adobe Flash.

Macromedia Director includes a scripting language called Lingo, and plug-in applications called Xtras, which are similar in functionality and design to ActiveX.

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Macromedia Director has been used to create applications, 2D and 3D video games, self-running kiosks, and CDs and DVD launchers.

Macromedia Director includes a scripting language called Lingo, and a suite of 2D image manipulation tools referred to as "imaging Lingo".

Since Version 6, Macromedia Director has supported the import of Flash animation files and Lingo can be used to interact with Flash's Actionscript code for more control.

One of the most powerful aspects of Macromedia Director is its extensibility, which is achieved through plug-in applications named Xtras.

Online distribution, the Macromedia Director can publish projects for embedding in websites using the Shockwave plugin.

Macromedia Director has tended to be the larger of the two, but that footprint has been part of its weakness.

Additionally, Macromedia Director partnered with distributors such as Dell, Apple, etc.

Macromedia Director started out as MacroMind "VideoWorks", an application for the original Macintosh.