Course Synopsis: Adobe Director 11 and Adobe Shockwave Player software help you create and publish compelling interactive games, demos, prototypes, simulations, and eLearning courses for the web, Mac and Windows desktops, DVDs, and CDs. Integrate virtually any major file format, including video created with Adobe Flash software and native 3D content, for the greatest return on your creativity. This intensive two-day course introduces you to the power of the Lingo programming language.

Who Should Attend: Multimedia designers, illustrators, webmasters, and anyone who needs an essential understanding of developing multimedia with Adobe Director. Experienced users will also benefit from the many tips and tricks and special exercises.

Prerequisites: Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require
students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.We highly recommend working with the application tutorial before coming to the course.

What You Will Learn:
• Choosing Scripts and Behaviors
• Creating Simple Lingo Scripts
• Testing Scripts
• Handlers and Events
• Parameters and Return Values
• Navigating with Lingo
• Adding Back Buttons
• Implementing Quit Buttons

Time: Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.

Locations: We have company-operated facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also work with a network of rental facilities to offer our classes regularly across the United States and in Canada. Please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Related Courses:We recommend the following courses that relate to this class :Adobe Fireworks, Flash Professional, and Photoshop. Please take a look at our other course outlines.

Goals: Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.

Registration: Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.

Adobe Director Lingo Training Course

LESSON 1
Learning Lingo
• Some History
• Creating a Simple Lingo Script
• Testing a Script
• Using the Message Window
• Examining Lingo Elements
• Examining Types of Lingo Scripts
• Creating Diff erent Types of Scripts

LESSON 2
Handlers and Events
• What Events Are
• Logging Events
• On Your Own
• Handlers and Handler Hierarchy
• Parameters and Return Values

LESSON 3
Navigating with Lingo
• Checking Movie Properties and
Filling in the Score
• Using Lingo to Wait at the Main Menu
• Using Markers to Label Frames
• Branching to a Marker
• Adding a Back Button
• On Your Own
• Branching to Another Movie
• Implementing a Quit Button

LESSON 4
Advanced Navigation
• Adding Visual Feedback Using mouseEnter
• Completing the Feedback Sequence Using mouseLeave
• Assigning Additional Scripts to a Sprite
• Navigating Relative to Markers
• Adding Audio Feedback
• Testing Conditions with Lingo
• Using a repeat Structure

LESSON 5
Synchronizing with Digital Video
• Importing a Digital Video
• Playing a Digital Video Cast Member
• Creating Animated Text
• Using Cue Points in the QuickTime Movie
• Synchronizing Using the Tempo
Channel
• Synchronizing Using Lingo Variables
• Adding Comments to your Code
• Moving Text off the Stage
• Getting Timing Information from a
Digital Video
• Synchronizing with Voice Over
• Adding a Background by Moving
Channels
• Using a Transition to Play Over a
Digital Video

LESSON 6
Controlling Sprites with Lingo
• Using the Score to Animate
• Adding Sprites to the Stage
• Using rollover to Control Button States
• Using locH and locV for Motion
• Creating Custom Messages and
Handlers
• Calling a Movie Handler from a Cast
Member Script
• Using if-then to Set Limits
• Increasing the Speed
• Swapping Cast Members
• Calling the Handlers

LESSON 7
Optimizing Scripts
• Using a Local Variable
• Using a Case Statement
• Using Parameters
• Using a Global Variable
• Using Symbols in a Case Statement
• Using Symbols as Parameters
• Using Lingo to Play Sounds
• Using the Memory Inspector
• Preloading Cast Members

LESSON 8
Using Lists and Multiple Casts
• Planning a Strategy for Multiple Casts
• Creating a New External Cast
• Moving Assets to an External Cast
• Linking an External Cast to a Movie
• Creating a Template Layout in the Score
• Using Lingo to Switch Casts
• Using if-then and case Structures
• Creating a Navigation List
• Writing a Navigation Script
• Deleting a Portion of a String
• Aligning Registration Points

LESSON 9
Using Lingo on the Web
• Selecting a Web Browser
• Using gotoNetPage to Launch a
Browser
• Using a Test File on a Local Drive
• Testing a Movie on the Internet
• Using a Field to Display Status
Information
• Using the Timer to Reset Status
Messages
• Using the getNetText to Display and
Download Text
• Creating a Scrolling Text Field
• Using netDone, getNetText, and
netError