Macromedia Director 8 Shockwave Studio The Bottom Line Douglas Smith
Throughout this review we have hit on various features that we felt were worth mentioning and that you the reader would probably ask about this software package. We couldn't tell you everything about the product in this limited allotted space but we are confident that you will try the limited trial copy from the Macromedia Web Site and give it a spin yourself, and at that point you can be the judge. From the testing that we did with Director 8 and the various machines and operating systems that we tried it on we were quite pleased. Not being graphical experts ourselves made this review all that much more enjoyable for me since the learning curve was quite easy to say the least. Creating a usable end product is what software is suppose to be all about, and with Director we were able to do just that.
As we mentioned earlier the interface is kind of busy with all of the windows when you first start the program and this can be attributed to all of the many things that you can do with Director 8. But don't be dismayed because if you follow the tutorial you will see that there is a reason and purpose for them all, and you can move them around at will. We were very pleased with what we saw and believe that Director 8 stands all alone in the various ways that you can create a true multimedia experience. You can probably search and find similar products that cost a lot more but dollar for dollar this one stands alone!
