New Video Tutorial CD, your input is needed...

[Corey]

OK so I am working (evenings and weekends only) at producing a few training CDs for AutoPlay Media Studio, the first being, "Creating Windows Software Applications Using Macromedia Flash MX and AutoPlay Media Studio".

Let me know what you guys would want from this CD, what are your priorites vis-a-vis flash and AutoPlay Media Studio? Most importantly though, the last chapter is a few "hands-on" projects, what would you guys like to see there? i.e. "Build an advanced MP3 player", or "Build an image catalog", etc.

Let me know... I am also doing a small affordable series called the "Hands-on" series in which each CD explores building a different advanced application using pure AMS, or flash, or even PHP/MySQL so any suggestions for those are also welcome.

As always I'll do my best to fulfill all your requests.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[TomG]

Re: New Video Tutorial CD, your input is needed...

Hi Corey,
An image catalog sounds interesting to me. My software is sold to dentists for use in their offices for patient education (AMS4). Being able to browse/show Before/After pics from their files located on disk etc would be a nice feature for me to add.
Looking forward to whatever you come up with, in this area or others.
AMS is great and so are the folks associated with it.
Tom
(Director® refugee)

[Corey]

Re: New Video Tutorial CD, your input is needed...

Interesting application actually. Defintely somewhere where Autoplay Media Studio would excel, especially vis-a-vis flash, i.e. most people respond very well to the smooth high-end look and functionality of flash, especially kids...

I'll consider your scenario carefully and see if I can come up with any solid original ideas worth sharing.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[Michael]

Re: New Video Tutorial CD, your input is needed...

Hi Corey,
Great idea. Look forward to your CDs.

I have developed training and teaching/learning CDs from AMS. So, my requests would be about that. Templates and examples of instructional CDs....courses on CD, that sort of thing. I've seen a few people on the forum interested in doing exams, tests and database-connectivity, I would certainly like to see examples. Maybe this fits with the second project you mentioned.

The php and mysql sounds great. I'm also wanting to know more about working with asp and win2000 servers (since that's our platform).

Finally, there's been more reference to DVDs and AMS. Since I do both, but never made the connection, could that be an area for development?

It all sounds so very cool. Can't wait to see what you've done.

Later,

[Corey]

Re: New Video Tutorial CD, your input is needed...

Thanks Michael, I'll do my best. There won't be any ASP stuff forthcoming from anyone here at Indigo Rose that I know of though. I realize your position but ASP is obsolete in terms of serious developers so it would be hard to justify any time spent on it on this end. Maybe someone else will take up the slack...

I'll do my best to make sure the CD's pure AMS content is relevant to you situation though.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[eric_darling]

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I'd love to see a product catalog in AMS that tied into a PHP/MySQL shopping cart. That would be wicked cool. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Corey]

Re: New Video Tutorial CD, your input is needed...

I'm thinking of doing one whole CD on, "Create and implement a remote product catalog/shopping cart using AutoPlay Media Studio and PHP/MySQL"...

It'll be very affordable, I'll keep you posted.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[eric_darling]

Re: New Video Tutorial CD, your input is needed...

Update us, Corey! What are we looking at for release dates?

[Corey]

Re: New Video Tutorial CD, your input is needed...

I've just decided to pick up and move 300 miles south to a different city, Calgary, home of the Calgary Stampede so I;ll either try to get it done over the holidays and out for first week in Jan. Or it'll be feb. 15. one or the other. I'll let everyone know. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[Bokie]

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Cory,
I have been using AMS since 98 or 99 not sure and have made some basic presentations and photo CD's. I work a lot with graphics but have very little (If, Then) programming experience. Since I purchased the 4.0 upgrade I have been bitten and want to do more CBT type programs. I now have intregrated it successfully in my job as well as a hobby. I would like as much exposure to and examples of variable and conditional statements. Examples that I can then can tweak for my use. I am trying to understand how to add hot keys to the program and to validate data entered into text fields.

Good luck on you move.

[Corey]

Re: New Video Tutorial CD, your input is needed...

Thanks Paul, I'll make sure to address all those topics as much as possible.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[The_Mechanic]

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Hi Corey,

I was wondering if you made the training CD you thought of making on this subject. Have a project and this training would be right on target. Have v5 Pro with all the Plugins. Any suggestions or guidance would be great.

Thanks,

The_Mechanic

[Corey]

Not yet. The video production thing is a ball of worms. A can of monkeys... I'll make some decisions this month and let you guys know.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software