Re: FLASH: CD Rom production - Director is so bogus

[Michael@BTW]

> You need to buy Director for both Platforms to output it to CD ROM?


yeah.


> That 

> is so bogus.


amen


> Do you have to do that for the web too?


No. Shockwave is cross platform, ie mac authored shockwave file plays fine

on Win/vs. versa (given font/palette/etc. issues are properly dealt with).


> 

> Every other program I use extensively outputs for dual platforms.  IS

> this a scam? or what?

> 

> Jeff


Scam? No. Trouble of course outputting a Mac file on a PC as seen with Flash

is it must be compressed (hqx'd), opened on a Mac, memory set, etc. Back in

the day some of this tech (hqx'ing) on a PC was unavailable and or less

developed. 


However, its of course much more developer friendly to require only a Mac

(or a friend with one) to develop a cross platform file on a PC rather than

a full version of the program simply to make a projector, now that the

process has been developed and proven (developing an exe on a Mac is much

easier, however bow to the winds of x-platform equality;-).


Of course, one could make the case that given the greater scope of a typical

director project it generates much less problems for tech support to require

a full authoring version on both platforms. However, IMHO, currently, the

Flash section of MACR is obviously more developer friendly than the Director

section (now if they could only clear calling a video file from an swf

through corporate;-)...

> 

> 

> Jefferis Peterson, Pres.



=====>

Michael Penney

Sharpener of the Cutting Edge

BigTimeWeb.Com




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