Lingo and Shockwave Sourcebook

Vineel Shah, John Musser

Create sophisticated multimedia with LingoTM and ShockwaveTM

You don't need to be a programmer to use this book. This friendly and fun hands-on guide shows you how to deliver sophisticated multimedia products that can be distributed on CD-ROM or the World Wide Web. Vineel Shah and John Musser walk you step by step through planning, developing, and troubleshooting eight professional-quality multimedia projects. You'll also find coverage of:

  • Using and manipulating text, audio, and QuickTime video
  • Animating and synchronizing text, graphics, and audio
  • Creating Java-like Web interfaces using Lingo and Shockwave
  • Using Director as a multimedia database engine
  • Using Lingo and Shockwave to put dynamic, interactive multimedia on the World Wide Web
  • A multimedia programmer's primer on the subtleties of QuickTime video

Includes full-featured CD-ROM with:

  • All of the completed projects from the book
  • DirectorR(r) movies, ready to be programmed with Lingo
  • Artwork, audio, and QuickTime video samples for you to work with
  • A fully functional graphical interface to navigate through material on the CD-ROM.

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VINEEL SHAH develops professional CD-ROM products using Director and Lingo. He has worked at cutting-edge multimedia publishers such as Voyager and Imergy, and occasionally teaches at New York University. He is currently the Lead Software Engineer at Engine. RDA.

JOHN MUSSER programmed CD-ROMs and computer games for the past five years for developers such as Imergy, Eidolon, and SilverSun. He currently builds shocked Web sites for Downtown Digital in New York City. He has written for the C++ Report and Dr. Dobb's Journal.

Table of Contents

  • JUMPING IN WITH A BOULDER TIED TO BOTH FEET.
  • Dissecting Director.
  • Navigation.
  • Where to Stick Scripts.
  • Lingo Crash Course.
  • What I Didn't Tell You.
  • TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
  • A Quicktime Player.
  • Outline.
  • A Small, Encarta-like Database.
  • SHOCKWAVE.
  • Introducing Shockwave.
  • Creating Shockwave Movies.
  • Advanced Shockwave.
  • SHIPPING YOUR CD OR KIOSK.
  • Projectors, Platforms, and Products.
  • Conclusion.
  • Appendix.
  • Index.

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Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Wiley Computer Books

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$39.95
ISBN 0471168939
512 pages
January, 1997
Paper/Cd-Rom

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Web Site Development