Macromedia is a graphics and web developments software house. It is a standard for interactive vector graphics and animations for the web. Web designers use 'Flash' to create beautiful, resizable and compact navigation interfaces, technical illustrations, long-form animations and other effects. Graphics and animations will anti-alias and scale based on viewer's screen size providing high quality viewing.
Director is a multimedia authoring tool from macromedia. Director is the tool used to assemble 'shockwave' movies. Director is a powerful and complex tool with a broad set of features to create multimedia presentations, animations and interactive multimedia applications. In Director, you can assemble and sequence the elements of your project using 'Cast' and 'Score'.
Cast : The cast is a multimedia database which contains text, sound-files, still images, Quick Draw shapes, Quick Time movies, flash movies etc. Not only you can import the multimedia elements and data type but can create also.
Score : Score is a sequencer for displaying, animating and playing Cast members, using the Score facility you can stitch the cast members together. The Score provides elaborate and complex video effects.