Upgrade Director Mx Win From 8.X

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Summary: Interactive 3D webpages are a reality
Review: The upgrade from Director 8 to MX gives you ability to use 3d models in your projects. This opens up a whole new world of possibilities for web pages and web based games for those who have not upgraded from 8.0 to 8.5. In all this is a much better purchase than Director 8.5. As always, the shockwave file produced by Director MX will work on any Mac or PC with a shockwave player installed.

Another new feature for those upgrading from the 8.0 version of Director to MX, is the ability to incorporate and interact with Flash SWF files. This is a powerful tool to integrate Flash into a shockwave webpage, and have the best of both worlds.

The theme of MX is integration. The latest version of Director integrates with Fireworks MX seamlessly. There is even an option to use fireworks as the editor for graphic objects instead of director's editor when you double click on the item. Best yet Director MX supports Fireworks MX's png format native so that you can import files directly into the current Cast without exporting them first!

For those upgrading from 8.5 to MX the upgrade isn't as urgent, but I would still recommend it if you also use Flash. My main disappointment was that the 3d capabilities of Director have been left unchanged from version 8.5. I give Director MX an 8 out of 10.