Re: [flasher] RE: Flash vrs Director

[jsweeney]

on 2/22/01 12:45 PM, Pradeep K. Nair at

pradeepblabmedia [dot] com

 wrote:


> Anyway, I think you've written off Director without really knowing what it's

> capable of.  If you're looking at it as another version of Flash, you're

> looking

> at it all wrong - it won't be able to compare if you look at it that way.  But

> if you look at it based on what it can do and what market you're targetting,

> you'll see where its uses come in.

> 

> Just my $0.02 CDN. :)


A most excellent explanation. Well done Pradeep. You made some very good

comparisons. 


Another thing I love about Director is control over audio. Synchronizing

animations, graphics or whatever to that audio soundtrack or voiceovers is

something that drives me nuts when I'm working in Flash. Cuepoints and some

of the new audio lingo are a huge saving grace in Director and gives me a

much more controlled development environment.


The bottom line is that the more you look, the more control and

extensibility you find within Director, but as Pradeep said both products

have their strong points and weakness. You as the developer owe it to your

client to find the right solution for the task and each of these (Director

and Flash) have their place in the market and are the best solution for

certain situations. Don't try to make Director or Flash be what the aren't,

use them for their ability to make your job easier and the client get the

best possible solution to their need.


L8R,

JRS


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