Director started out as MacroMind "VideoWorks", an application for the
original Apple Macintosh. Animations were initially limited to the
black and white of early Macintosh screens.
The name was briefly changed to "VideoWorks Professional" when it was
announced in 1988 but shipped as "Director" in 1989. This release
added paint capabilities [allegedly evolved from code in CheapPaint
and GraphicsWorks][1], a set of earlier MacroMind utilities.
See also: [VideoWorks][2], [VideoWorks II][3], [MacroMind Director
2.0.1][4], [MacroMind Director 3.0][5], [Macromedia Director
3.1.x][6], [Macromedia Director 4.0][7], [Macromedia Director 5.0][8],
[Macromedia Director 6.0][9], [Macromedia Director 6.5 Multimedia
Studio][10], [Macromedia Director 8 Shockwave Studio][11], [Macromedia
Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio][12], [Macromedia Director MX
(9.0)][13], [Macromedia Director MX 2004 (10.x)][14], [Adobe Director
11.5][15]
Compatibility
Architecture: 68k
[1]:
http://www.j4u2.com/jht/interview1994.html
[2]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/videoworks
[3]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/videoworks-ii
[4]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromind-director-2
[5]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromind-director-30
[6]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromedia-director-31313
[7]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromedia-director-40
[8]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromedia-director-5
[9]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromedia-director-60
[10]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromedia-director-65-multimedia-studio
[11]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromedia-director-8-shockwave-studio
[12]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromedia-director-85-shockwave-studio
[13]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/director-mx
[14]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromedia-director-mx-2004
[15]:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/adobe-director-115