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[_] CD-ROMs - flash or director

juan kennaugh contact at jkennaugh.co.uk
Thu Nov 2 14:48:07 GMT 2006

Cheers Dan

Yeah, I might come back to you later about some research links.

Juan



Dan Efergan wrote:

> On 2 Nov 2006, at 12:18, juan kennaugh wrote:
>
>> I've never bothered to learn director - so I need to know if it's
>> worth me doing it in flash - or getting someone else to do it in
>> director.
>
> I've made CD-Rom presentations both apps, and I would tend towards
> Director, for its greater control of assets. But as Stefan pointed
> out: it may not be worth learning a new app for it.
>
> In this case it's all based on the Video. Make sure you test the
> video section of the application (on CD, not just local) before
> choosing. If Flash handles it then go for Flash.
>
> There's loads of support for making Flash Stand alone apps on the
> internet. But if you can't find stuff email me and I'll fish them out
> (once my bloody internet stops acting up... any other Uk online people
> having trouble? hence the late email)
>
> PC autostart's nothing to worry about, normal setup. For mac just
> automatically open a window with lovely background, nice icon and a
> message such as 'please click here to open'. This mac stuff can be
> done a long way round by hand (involves locking image files, logging
> in and back out etc.), or very quickly using little free apps such as
> AutoOpen. All this is done during the burn process.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Dan
>
> Dan Efergan
> dan at subsubskills.co.uk
>
>
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