[x] Director 12 ships

[Maia Engeli]

It started as MacroMind Director, so I googled it: 1987
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On 2013-02-11 18:42 , Peter Courtemanche wrote:
> How old is Director? I seem to remember using it around 1990 or 91.
>
> bests
> peter
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> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Jim Andrews <jim at vispo.com> wrote:
>> It ain't dead yet. Director 12 ships.
>>
>> "Publish to iOS devices workflow - Adobe Director 12 can now publish games
>> directly to iOS devices, through a simple, yet powerful workflow. Existing
>> games can be republished to run on the iOS platform. Enhance the gaming
>> experience by incorporating new support for accelerometers and other device
>> specific interactions."
>>
>> ja
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Crisman" <rcrisman at adobe.com>
>> To: <jim at vispo.com>
>> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 5:02 PM
>> Subject: Director 12 ships
>>
>>
>> Hey Jim,
>>
>> This was weird-one of my contractors (Flash programmer between gigs) noticed
>> this in his (Japanese) twitter feed and told me.  Director 12 is shipping.
>> http://www.adobe.com/products/director.html
>>
>> I don't have the "Hopper-Rex" email list address handy, figured I'd let you
>> know this way.
>>
>>
>>
>> What are the new features in Adobe Director
>> 12.0?<http://www.adobe.com/products/director/faq.html>
>>
>> See the comprehensive list of new Director 12.0
>> features<http://www.adobe.com/products/director/features.html>. Top new
>> features include:
>> *         Publish to iOS devices workflow - Adobe Director 12 can now
>> publish games directly to iOS devices, through a simple, yet powerful
>> workflow. Existing games can be republished to run on the iOS platform.
>> Enhance the gaming experience by incorporating new support for
>> accelerometers and other device specific interactions.
>> *         Stereoscopy with Adobe Director 12 - Using Lingo Script or JAVA
>> Script, Stereoscopy can be enabled with appropriate Depth settings in Adobe
>> Director 12. Shockwave Player 12 converts the shockwave 3D content to
>> stereoscopy mode at run time without any extra effort. Game player can
>> choose to experience the immersive stereoscopic mode at anytime during game
>> play.
>> *         Exciting new textures and shaders - Make your Director movies a
>> visual treat by taking advantage of the exciting new textures, such as
>> PerlinNoise Texture, CubeMap Render Texture and shaders, such as Fresnel
>> Shader.
>> *         Exciting new Post-processing effects - You can now add several
>> exciting effects, such as Convolution filter, Adjust Color filter, Depth of
>> Field, Bloom Effect, Night Vision, etc., to visually enhance movies.
>> *         Enriched audio capabilities - Make your games sound as real as
>> they look with 5.1 channel surround sound, real-time mixing, audio effects,
>> and DSP filters.
>> *         Enhanced video capabilities - Create an enhanced multimedia
>> experience using H.264 video integration that lets you play full-screen,
>> high-definition video in your multimedia applications and games.
>> *         New 3D importer for Google SketchUp - Rapidly create rich 3D
>> environments using the many ready-made 3D models available via Google
>> SketchUp and Google 3D Warehouse.
>> *         Streaming support - Achieve an even wider variety of rich visual
>> effects, including blur, drop shadow, bevel, glow, and more, with bitmap
>> filters you can apply through the user interface or scripting.Take advantage
>> of Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) to stream audio and video over the
>> Internet.
>> *         New datatype - Save development time and reduce
>> application-loading time using ByteArray datatype, which lets you easily
>> access and manipulate binary data.
>> *         Enhanced physics engine - Create new levels of advanced dynamic
>> motion and interaction in your games and simulations thanks to an enhanced
>> physics engine that offers support for dynamic concave rigid bodies.
>> *         Enhanced productivity with multiple undo/redo - Experiment freely,
>> knowing you can instantly undo or redo multiple steps in one click.
>>
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