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Inhouse

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  • Methodology

    Inhouse

Delegates will be able to :

About this course

Familiarity with either the Windows or Mac OS operating system. Delegates should be comfortable with creating folders, copying files and other basic housekeeping procedures.

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    Delegates will be able to :
Training Options
  • Bespoke course (a course written to your specific needs) at your company office throughout the UK, at our training venue or at an independent location, convenient to you
  • Private course at your company office throughout the UK, at our training room or at an independent location, convenient to you
Whats Included
  • Comprehensive colour course manual and exercises
  • Lunch (When at our training venue)
  • Refreshments (When at our training venue)
  • Relaxed refreshment area at our training room
Course Content
Director Basics
  • What is new in Director MX
  • Starting Director
  • Opening the toolbar
  • Viewing the cast
  • Opening the score
  • Opening the text and paint windows
  • Creating a new movie
  • Importing an image
  • Adding sprites to the stage
  • Creating cast members
  • Sequencing sprites
  • Playing your movie
Basic Animation
  • Adding text cast members
  • Using the paint window
  • Placing sprites in the score
  • Positioning sprites on stage
  • Aligning sprites with the align panel
  • Naming cast members
  • Animating using Key frames
  • Repeating the animation process
  • Aligning sprites using the sprite inspector
Reversing Animations
  • Setting the stage colour and movie tempo
  • Importing media elements
  • Using ink effects on the background image
  • Animating a graphic image
  • Reversing animation
Transitions, Sound and Video
  • Setting registration points
  • Exchanging cast members
  • Using a screen transition
  • Adding sound to the score
  • Adding digital video
Adding Interactivity
  • Building a menu screen
  • Writing a lingo script
  • Creating a destination screen
  • Adding markers for navigation
  • Creating navigation scripts
  • Creating a projector
More Animation Techniques
  • Setting movie properties
  • Setting key frames
  • Creating a circular path animation
  • Animating with real-time recording
Film Loops and Buttons
  • Exchanging cast members
  • Creating a film loop
  • Creating key frames with a film loop
  • Layering sprites
  • Creating buttons
  • Adding interactivity with the behaviours inspector
  • Adding more buttons
  • Creating a behaviour to pause the movie
Custom Cursors
  • Changing a cursor
  • Sprite bounding areas
  • Changing the sprite
  • Making a new animated cursor
  • Applying the cursor
  • Modifying the frame rate
Alpha Channels
  • Defining the alpha channel
  • Creating the animation
  • Applying different inks
  • Creating an alpha mask
  • Layering the mask
Markers and Navigation
  • Inserting markers
  • Building a destination screen
  • Navigating to a marker
  • Looping on a frame
  • Using relative markers
  • Simplifying scripts using relative markers

Director Level 1

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