Macromedia Director

Adobe Director

Director 11.5 running on Windows 7
Original author(s)	Macromedia
Developer(s)	Adobe Systems
Stable release	12 / February 11, 2013; 4 years ago (2013-02-11)
Operating system	Windows and OS X
Type	Computer animation
License	Trialware
Website	adobe.com/products/director/

Adobe Director (formerly Macromedia Director) is a multimedia application authoring platform created by Macromedia and now managed by Adobe Systems.

Director is the primary editor on the Adobe Shockwave platform, which dominated the interactive multimedia product space during the 1990s. Various graphic adventure games were developed with Director during the 1990s, including The Journeyman Project, Total Distortion, Mia's Language Adventure, Mia's Science Adventure, and the Didi & Ditto series. Hundreds of free online video games were developed using Lingo, and published on websites such as Miniclip and Shockwave.com.

Director publishes DCR files that are played using the Adobe Shockwave Player, in addition to compiling native executables for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Director allows users to build applications on a movie metaphor, with the user as the "director" of the movie. Originally designed for creating animation sequences, the addition of a scripting language called Lingo made it a popular choice for creating CD-ROMs, standalone kiosks and internet video games content during the 1990s.

As of 2015, Adobe Flash and Adobe AIR are preferred alternatives to Shockwave, with its 3D rendering capabilities, object-oriented programming language, and capacity to run as a native executable on multiple platforms.