This movie demonstrates how vector shape fill cycles and colors can be dynamically changed to create a hypnotic, growing concentric rings effect. Since the effect is rendered at the current frame rate of the movie it can be applied to multiple vector shape sprites.

This movie includes methods to play a variety of sound files and formats. Code examples are commented and include: playing and fading sounds; playing regions of a sound file; getting specific sound data information; looping a region; sound queue playback; sample rate-shifting; using cue points; and streaming Shockwave Audio (SWA) files. This updated version also includes examples of real-time audio filters and mixer objects that are available only in Director 11.5 and newer.

File Format: Adobe Director 11.5

This movie makes use of a manual technique for creating a delay in a handler. This is the old fashioned way to slow something down, and the more modern, much-preferred method is to use timeout() objects. However, the older method is easier to implement, and works fine for certain tasks.

This movie demonstrates a number of useful behaviors including: a text to speech behavior, a playhead 'go' frame behavior, a sprite "pulsed" resize rollover, and others.

File Format: Adobe Director 11.5