This Director is supposed to help developers create apps for the growing entertainment markets. Adobe Systems has announced a new version of Adobe Director software offering game developers, multimedia authors, and e-learning professionals a host of new features for creating immersive gaming and multimedia applications.
With support for a new audio engine, high-definition (HD) video and advanced 3-D features, Adobe Director 11.5 provides a flexible platform to create applications for both online and desktop environments.
The new features in Director 11.5 include a new audio engine that allows developers to deliver 5.1 channel surround sound and create audio effects using real-time mixing capabilities.
With support for the H.264 format and RTMP-based streaming, users are able to deliver HD video content. Developers can also create and import 3-D assets through Google SketchUp and SketchUp 3-D Importer. In addition, advanced physics capabilities based on the NVIDIA PhysX engine help users create games and simulations that model real-world gravity and other life-like effects.
In addition to the new features, Director 11.5 also supports Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and continues to support both JavaScript and Lingo — the native scripting language of Director — while providing additional functionality through enhanced scripting performance, an easy-to-use user interface, and third-party add-ons that create an extensible multimedia authoring environment.
Adobe Director 11.5 is expected to be available by the end of this month, March 2009. It’s priced at US$999 for the full product and US$299 for an upgrade from the prior versions of Director.
Educators can purchase Director 11.5 for US$299. The product runs on multiple operating systems, including Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, and Mac OS X version 10.5 on Intel-based Macintosh systems.
