Macromedia Director 8

Macromedia Director 8 was the eighth major version of the Director series of multimedia authoring environments, released by Macromedia in March 2000 as part of Director 8 Shockwave Studio.

Features
New features included:
 * Cast Manager can sort media elements by name, size, dates, type, and comments.
 * Property Inspector provides context-sensitive access to multiple sprite properties.
 * More precision control with Guides, Sprite Locking, Zoom, and Pasteboard Stage Views.
 * Built-in Multiple Curve Vectors can generate high quality shapes with very little memory usage.
 * Lingo Scripts can be linked to be edited and launched from a separate text or source-code editor.

Product history

 * Version 8.0 was announced on February 14, 2000 and shipped on March 22, 2000.
 * Version 8.5 shipped on April 24, 2001 as part of Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio. Updated features included Flash 5 integration and support for developing scalable 3D content.

Articles

 * Macromedia's Director 8 makes Shockwave publishing easier by Jimmy Guterman at the Chicago Tribune (2000-03-23)