On Oct 10, 2006, at 6:25 AM, Greg Smith wrote:
-- I'm still looking for the friendliest programming or non-
programming environment for
multimedia development. There does not exist a non-programmer's
solution, so here I am.
...
But my application goals are entirely in the realm of multimedia
production. I don't see many
multimedia or game oriented programs being written in Transcript,
but that could just be
due to lack of interest among the Revolution community. I've
casually investigated Malte's
arcade engine, but that is not exactly everything I would need to
emulate some of Director's
"built-in" functionality. I know that Revolution doesn't supply
these kinds of templates, but,
as regards overall functionality and prowess in multimedia, can
someone with experience of
both environments comment on similarities, differences and
strengths of both development
platforms? Also, Director supports, probably the largest set of
graphic and video formats;
how does Revolution compare in this area?
Hi Greg,
To begin with I haven't developed any products with Director since 7
so I am a little out of the loop on it's current features. I'll let
someone else do a feature comparison. In any case, even comparing
Director's features from version 7 to Rev's current features, Rev
can't touch Director when you compare raw multimedia power. Director
was built for that sort of stuff.
That being said, I do develop multimedia based applications in
Revolution as there are certain areas where Rev can really shine. My
company creates e-learning and interactive history software. We
generate graphics on the fly from databases and use lots of
QuickTime. One benefit Revolution offers is that you can create true
software applications. When I used Director and Authorware, it
wasn't possible to create something like looked like software. For
the software we develop, that was a key feature.
Revolution has been making important improvements in multimedia
support lately. In 2.7 they reworked the underlying graphics
architecture (anti-aliased graphics were added at this time) which
appears to have provided the ground work for enhancements in the future.
In the end, multimedia is such a broad term that Rev can be said to
well suited for some multimedia projects but not so well for others.
What types of features in Director were you using that you need to
use going forward? That is probably the best way to determine if Rev
will work for you.
--
Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Learning Systems - www.bluemangolearning.com
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