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INTRODUCTION
Getting Started
Macromedia Director MX is the world’s foremost authoring tool for creating interactive
multimedia. Developers rely on Director to create attention-grabbing business presentations,
advertising kiosks, interactive entertainment, and educational products. To see some of the
exciting and varied ways in which developers use Director, visit the Director showcase at
www.macromedia.com/software/director/special/inspiration/. You can also see great examples of
Shockwave at www.shockwave.com.
Your users can view your completed Director movie over the Internet, either in a web browser or
independent of a browser,or in a stand-alone projector suitable for LANs and distribution
through CD-ROM and DVD-ROM.
System requirements
The following hardware and software are the minimum required to author Director movies:
• For Microsoft Windows: An Intel Pentium II 200 processor running Windows 98, 2000, or
XP; 128 MB of available RAM plus 100 MB of available disk space; a color monitor; and a
CD-ROM drive
• For the Macintosh: A Power Macintosh G3 running System 10.1 or later; 128 MB of available
RAM plus 100 MB of available disk space; a color monitor; and a CD-ROM drive
The following hardware and software are the minimum required to play back Director movies:
• For Microsoft Windows: An Intel Pentium II 200 processor running Windows 95/98, 2000,
XP, or NT version 4.0 or later; 32 MB of installed RAM; Netscape Navigator 4.0 or later,
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later, or America Online 4.0 or later web browser; and a
color monitor
• For the Macintosh OS X: A Power Macintosh G3 running System 10.1 or later; 128 MB of
available RAM; Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 or later; and a color monitor
• For the Macintosh Classic operating system: A Power Macintosh 180 (G3 recommended)
running System 8.6 or later; 32 MB of installed RAM; Netscape 4.0 or later, Microsoft
Internet Explorer 4.5 or later, or America Online 4.0 or later web browser; and a color monitor
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