MacroMind Director 1.0 is the first version of the Director multimedia authoring environment, which was released in 1989 by MacroMind,[1] predecessor of Macromedia.[2]
Product history[]
MacroMind president Marc Canter had originally announced the project in 1988 as VideoWorks Professional, a successor to its VideoWorks II animation package with added paint capabilities.[3] Tiny BASIC was implemented as a scripting language in beta versions that were delivered to Apple Computer for use in "Guided Tours" tutorial files.[4]
The finished project was renamed MacroMind Director and was released solely for Macintosh System 6.0.2 or later at a list price of US$695.[5] Tiny BASIC would be replaced by Lingo in version 2.[4][6]
References[]
- ↑ Director Makes It Easy to Create Multimedia Presentations by Michael J. Miller, InfoWorld, p.S11. 1989-05-11.
- ↑ Early Tests by Michael Scaramozzino, Creating a 3D Animated CGI Short, p.6. 2011.
- ↑ VideoWorks to Get 3-D, Professional Versions by Nick Arnett, InfoWorld, p.27. 1988-08-01.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 An Unofficial Brief History of Director by Luke Wigley, Lingo Workshop. 2017-01-27.
- ↑ Macromind Director Turns The Mac Into Video Studio by Doug and Denise Greene, InfoWorld, p.74-75. 1989-07-10.
- ↑ Director's Increased Interactivity Lauded by Paul Worthington, InfoWorld, p.27. 1990-04-30.
External links[]
- MacroMind Director 1 at the Macromedia Wiki
Articles[]
- Macromedia Director: A Timeline-based Authoring Tool by Brian P. Bailey and Joseph A. Konstan, Authoring Interactive Media. 2000.
- Let us now praise MacroMind Director by Harry McCracken at Fast Company (2017-01-28)
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