Director’s Not Dead — Really
One of my company’s primary authoring tools is a product called Director. Now an Adobe product, it was originally developed by a company called Macromind, which became another company called Macromedia. We’ve used it to build everything from medical education CD-ROMs to a user interface prototype for the Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile. Director’s tremendously powerful, and despite some serious development effort that’s gone into other tools like Flash, it gives multimedia developers capabilities that are in some ways unmatched by ant other product.
Ever since Macromedia bought Flash, rumors of Director’s demise have been cyclic and rampant. And despite the best efforts of some on Macromedia’s management team, it’s just not true. In fact, since Macromedia was absorbed by Adobe, Director is seeing more in the way of resources and love by its owner.
Recently, Tom Higgins, Director’s Product Manager, sat down with Digital Media Designer and gave this interview. The key takaway:
To be clear: Director is not dead.
In parallel, Adobe also posted this FAQ. It’s not quite a roadmap, but it is more public affection than Director’s received from its parent in a while.
