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Multimedia mavens consider Macromedia Director MX 2004 the tool of the trade to create content ready for CD-ROMs, DVDs, kiosks or the Internet.

Messages in any Medium
Whether you are creating enhanced CD/DVD-ROM content, educational content or entertainment applications, Director MX handles the widest variety of media, letting you unleash your creativity and build rich, interactive experiences that deliver measurable results. Director MX 2004 provides all the tools you need to maximize productivity, including a choice of scripting languages and cross-platform publishing.

Mac OS X Interface

Powerful and Flexible
Take advantage of the power of Director MX 2004 by using an unparalleled list of media types, as well as authoring and playback extensibility features.

Window menu with DVD highlight

Expand your creative possibilities by incorporating new, powerful DVD functionality, which lets you embed, control and play back DVD-video within multimedia projects.

Extend in any direction with Director’s powerful Xtras plug-in architecture. Xtras let you extend the authoring environment and playback engine in nearly limitless ways. Use third-party Xtras or write your own to control external devices, such as joysticks and cameras, and perform sophisticated operating system-level tasks.

Make content more engaging by incorporating most major media formats including DVD-Video, Windows Media, RealMedia, QuickTime and Macromedia Flash, as well as audio, bitmap and 3D formats.

Director MX 2004 System Requirements

Mac OS X version 10.2.6 or higher
128 MB or more of free available system RAM (256 MB recommended)
200 MB available disk space

Macromedia Director MX 2004 $1,199.95 Learn more
Macromedia Director MX 2004 $399.95 (Upgrade only) Learn more
Macromedia Studio MX 2004 $899.95 Learn more

Integrated Launch and Edit

Macromedia Director MX 2004 works seamlessly with Macromedia Flash and Fireworks. In Director, double-click the Macromedia Flash or Fireworks content that you want to edit to launch its respective application. After you edit the file, the changes are automatically saved and reimported into the Director project. This roundtrip editing significantly streamlines your workflow.

Productive and Efficient
Implement your creative ideas more easily and efficiently by using a choice of scripting languages and other productivity enhancements. Create sophisticated interactivity efficiently with JavaScript, Lingo scripting or a combination of the two, to develop experiences that deliver results.

Programming in Director

Integrated Reference
Find reference material quickly. The reference panel, which includes new JavaScript syntax scripting, can be docked with other tool palettes. New features let you look up scripting references and automatically insert the new code into your project.

Improved Flash Performance
Add Macromedia Flash content to Director projects and experience performance gains of 15-70% over Macromedia Flash performance in previous Director releases.

Publishing options

One-Click Publishing
Easily publish content across platforms and to different formats, including Macintosh and Windows projectors, in one simple step.

Developer Shortcuts
Save production time by assigning names to sprites and channels to easily track, sort and change their location. Move sprites and channels within the score without rewriting code, reducing scripting and editing time.

Integrated and streamlined, Director MX 2004 lets you work seamlessly with the Macromedia MX 2004 family of products and integrate Macromedia Flash MX 2004 content into Director projects to create dynamic and interactive content.