Director Example 2:Importing media

To import multimedia data there are two basic ways:

• Choose File > Import ...
• Drag and drop source media into a cast member location.

The first method is useful for importing batches of data (e.g. Several image sequences. The latter is clearly very intuitive.

Example: Simple Image import and Manipulation

• Drag an image into a spare cast member.
• Drag this cast member to the Score
• Manipulate as for a vector item above.
• Examples:
  • ex_dave_roll.dir

    sets up some keyframes and alters the rotation of the image

  • ex_dave_sq.dir

    alters the skew angle

Example: Falling Over Movie, ex_dave_movie.dir

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• Shockwave Movie
• Director Movie

• Several Gif images depicting sequence exist on disk.
• Choose File > Import
• Select items you wish to import by double-clicking or pressing the Add button (Fig. 3.16).
  

  Macromedia Director Import Window

• Click on the Import Button
• Several new cast members should be added
  

  Falling Cast Members

• Set looping on and play

4.Example: Pinching Movie Movie

To obtain other graphical effects external packages such as photoshop may be used.

• Photoshop has been used to set a pinch effect of varying degree for an image.
• Import images as above
• We now need to reverse the image set to obtain a smooth back and forth animation:
  • Select the sprite sequence in the score by clicking anywhere in the middle of the sprite sequence- press Command+C (Copy), then click on the frame just after the sprite sequence and press Command+V (Paste).
  • Click on this second sprite sequence and choose Modify > Reverse Sequence.
  • Select the 2 sprites by pressing Shift and clicking on both. Choose Modify > Join Sprites.
• Rewind and play the movie.