~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Create interactive 3D for over 200 million to see: Director 8.5 announced! Summary: * Macromedia Flash 5 integration, RealMedia, support; * New 3D capabilities! Work with your existing 3D assets; * New, lower upgrade price; * Check out our beta 3D content; * Sign up for Early-Bird Notification at: http://www.macromedia.com/go/0401045a1na-a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Joe, A revolutionary upgrade awaits you -- Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio is here and it is poised to change the Internet experience for the majority of Web users. Never before has anyone been able to bring real interactive 3D content to the majority of Web users -- over 200 million people. Here's what you can do with Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: * Deliver bandwidth-friendly, interactive 3D; * Import from leading 3D authoring tools; * Integrate Flash 5 assets and movies; * Stream RealAudio and RealVideo; * Reach a growing audience of more than 200 million Web users! For the complete feature tour, visit: http://www.macromedia.com/software/director/productinfo/features/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New, lower upgrade price ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More developers are upgrading Director than ever before -- from version 7 to 8, we saw many of you keep up with the latest advances in multimedia design! To thank you, we have lowered our upgrade price even further. Previously, upgrades cost $499, but to reward our loyal customers, we've reduced the upgrade price of Director 8.5 to: * $199 for Director 8 upgrades, and * $399 for Director 5, 6, or 7 upgrades. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out beta 3D content at: http://www.macromedia.com/software/shockwaveplayer/public_beta ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Start testing your existing Shockwave content (or see 3D content others have created) on the latest version of the player -- before it is released! You also have an opportunity to send feedback to our engineering team, helping us ensure that Shockwave Player is working for your content and for your audience. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be the first to be notified when Director 8.5 is released! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't miss a day -- sign up for Early-Bird Notification at: http://www.macromedia.com/go/0401045a1na-a ~~~~~~~ For more about Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio, visit: http://www.director.com Best regards, The Macromedia Director Team Macromedia, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Macromedia Support and E-mail Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Macromedia support resources, visit: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ For Customer Service and all Macromedia contacts, visit: http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/index_contact.fhtml ~~~~~~~ Thank you for your continued interest in Macromedia products. If you'd rather not receive e-mails about events, classes, parties, or product updates, send an e-mail to: remove@macromedia.com and type REMOVE ME in the subject line. ~~~~~~~ Thank you again.