<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
(	O
formerly	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
,	O
MacroMind	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
MacroMind	B-Operating_System
VideoWorks	I-Operating_System
)	O
was	O
a	O
multimedia	O
application	O
authoring	O
platform	O
created	O
by	O
Macromedia	O
and	O
managed	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
until	O
its	O
discontinuation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
was	O
the	O
primary	O
editor	O
on	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
platform	O
,	O
which	O
dominated	O
the	O
interactive	O
multimedia	O
product	O
space	O
during	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
games	O
were	O
developed	O
with	O
Director	O
during	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
including	O
Living	B-Application
Books	I-Application
,	O
The	B-Application
Journeyman	I-Application
Project	I-Application
,	O
Total	B-Application
Distortion	I-Application
,	O
Eastern	B-Application
Mind	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Souls	I-Application
of	I-Application
Tong	I-Application
Nou	I-Application
,	O
Mia	B-Application
's	I-Application
Language	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
Mia	B-Application
's	I-Application
Science	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Didi	B-Application
&	I-Application
Ditto	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hundreds	O
of	O
free	O
online	O
video	O
games	O
were	O
developed	O
using	O
Lingo	B-Language
,	O
and	O
published	O
on	O
websites	O
such	O
as	O
Miniclip	B-Application
and	O
Shockwave.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
published	O
DCR	O
files	O
that	O
were	O
played	O
using	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
compiling	O
native	O
executables	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
build	O
applications	O
on	O
a	O
movie	O
metaphor	B-Architecture
,	O
with	O
the	O
user	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
director	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
movie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
designed	O
for	O
creating	O
animation	O
sequences	O
,	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
a	O
scripting	O
language	O
called	O
Lingo	B-Language
made	O
it	O
a	O
popular	O
choice	O
for	O
creating	O
CD-ROMs	O
,	O
standalone	O
kiosks	O
and	O
internet	O
video	O
games	O
content	O
during	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
applications	O
are	O
authored	O
on	O
a	O
timeline	B-Application
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
supports	O
graphical	O
primitives	O
and	O
playback	O
controls	O
such	O
as	O
video	O
players	O
,	O
3D	O
content	O
players	O
,	O
and	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
includes	O
a	O
scripting	O
language	O
called	O
Lingo	B-Language
,	O
and	O
plug-in	O
applications	O
called	O
Xtras	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
similar	O
in	O
functionality	O
and	O
design	O
to	O
ActiveX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
supports	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
framework	O
with	O
basic	O
controls	O
and	O
allows	O
interaction	O
with	O
external	O
files	O
and	O
certain	O
Windows	B-Application
APIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
includes	O
a	O
scripting	O
language	O
called	O
Lingo	B-Language
,	O
and	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
2D	O
image	O
manipulation	O
tools	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
imaging	O
Lingo	B-Language
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
subset	O
of	O
Lingo	B-Language
allows	O
authors	O
to	O
perform	O
advanced	O
operations	O
such	O
as	O
to	O
bitblit	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
a	O
vast	O
majority	O
of	O
users	O
rely	O
on	O
the	O
score	O
timeline	B-Application
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
their	O
work	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
expert	O
developers	O
create	O
stunning	O
projects	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
games	O
,	O
that	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
imaging	O
Lingo	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
advanced	O
projects	O
typically	O
use	O
only	O
1	O
frame	O
on	O
the	O
score	O
timeline	B-Application
using	O
Lingo	B-Language
to	O
control	O
animation	O
and	O
interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
vector	O
graphics	O
and	O
3D	O
interactivity	O
through	O
a	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
3D	I-Operating_System
file	O
object	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Version	O
6	O
,	O
Director	O
has	O
supported	O
the	O
import	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
animation	O
files	O
and	O
Lingo	B-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
's	O
Actionscript	B-Operating_System
code	O
for	O
more	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
created	O
using	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
's	O
XDK	O
(	O
Xtra	O
Development	B-Application
Kit	I-Application
)	O
,	O
a	O
C++	B-Language
SDK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
online	O
distribution	O
,	O
the	O
Director	O
can	O
publish	O
projects	O
for	O
embedding	O
in	O
websites	O
using	O
the	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
files	O
have	O
a	O
.dcr	O
file	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
publishing	O
options	O
include	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
executable	O
file	O
called	O
projectors	O
,	O
supported	O
on	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
and	O
with	O
Director	O
12	O
,	O
output	O
for	O
iOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
versions	O
also	O
supported	O
execution	O
of	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Director	O
score	O
timeline	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
exported	O
as	O
a	O
non-interactive	O
video	O
format	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
QuickTime	B-Application
or	O
sequence	O
of	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
differences	O
between	O
Director	O
and	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
have	O
been	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
much	O
discussion	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
the	O
Director	O
development	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
its	O
primary	O
use	O
of	O
raster	B-Algorithm
graphics	I-Algorithm
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
primarily	O
vector	O
graphics	O
in	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
files	O
output	O
from	O
Director	O
were	O
expectedly	O
larger	O
than	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
files	O
,	O
which	O
put	O
it	O
at	O
a	O
considerable	O
disadvantage	O
in	O
the	O
days	O
when	O
most	O
people	O
accessed	O
the	O
web	O
through	O
dial-up	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
this	O
and	O
a	O
steeper	O
learning	O
curve	O
for	O
Director	O
developers	O
,	O
Director	O
's	O
ubiquity	O
as	O
the	O
leader	O
of	O
authoring	O
tools	O
quickly	O
gave	O
way	O
to	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
,	O
especially	O
in	O
the	O
critical	O
window	O
of	O
1998	O
–	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
to	O
have	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
plugin	O
pre-installed	O
on	O
machines	O
for	O
users	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
prompted	O
to	O
install	O
any	O
additional	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
started	O
out	O
as	O
MacroMind	B-Application
"	O
VideoWorks	B-Operating_System
"	O
,	O
an	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animations	O
were	O
initially	O
limited	O
to	O
the	O
black	O
and	O
white	O
of	O
early	O
Macintosh	B-Device
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
"	O
Director	O
"	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
new	O
capabilities	O
and	O
the	O
Lingo	B-Language
scripting	O
language	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Director	O
release	O
under	O
the	O
Adobe	O
brand	O
(	O
v	O
.	O
11	O
)	O
,	O
released	O
after	O
a	O
gap	O
of	O
four	O
years	O
,	O
featured	O
DirectX	B-Application
9	I-Application
and	O
Unicode	O
support	O
and	O
extended	O
3D	O
capabilities	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
NVIDIA	B-Operating_System
PhysX	I-Operating_System
engine	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
bitmap	O
filters	O
,	O
enhanced	O
video	O
,	O
audio	O
and	O
image	O
file	O
formats	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
CS3	O
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
11	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
supported	O
formats	O
include	O
:	O
3D	O
importer	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
SketchUp	I-Application
,	O
streaming	O
support	O
using	O
RTMP	O
and	O
ByteArray	O
datatypes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
was	O
used	O
by	O
Bas	O
Ording	O
,	O
an	O
Apple	O
human	O
interface	O
designer	O
,	O
to	O
prototype	O
the	O
iPad	O
software	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
