Director/Versions

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Old version

Older version, still maintained

Latest version

Latest preview version

Future release

Version	Product Name	Date	Publisher	Development platforms	Remarks and functions
Old version, no longer maintained: I	VideoWorks	1985	MacroMind	Apple	This product will evolve into the software called 'Director' at a later point in time. This version only allows using monochrome graphics.
Old version, no longer maintained: II	VideoWorks	1987	MacroMind	Apple	Multi-color graphics. Later: Extension to the product 'VideoWorks Interactive' which never got ready for distribution. Integration of a simple scripting language similar to BASIC.
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.0	Director	1988	MacroMind	Apple	The product 'VideoWorks Interactive Pro' is renamed to 'Director 1.0'.
Old version, no longer maintained: 2.0	Director	1990	MacroMind	Apple	John (JT) Thompson and Erik Neumann replaced the original 'Tiny BASIC' programming language (developed by Jamie Fenton) with 'Lingo'.
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.0	Director	1991	MacroMind	Apple	Introduction of 'XObjects': PlugIn model which allows extending the functionality of Director by third-party vendors. Finished products were able to run on the following platforms: Windows 3.1, OS/2, Personal IRIS, FM-TOWNS and 3DO.
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.1.3	Director	1993	Macromedia	Apple	Rebranding the company from MacroMind to Macromedia. Integration of Apple Quicktime.
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.0	Director	1994	Macromedia	Apple	Extension of Lingo with lists and 'Parent' script types.
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.0.1	Director	1994	Macromedia	Apple	PowerMac update.
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.0.3	Director	1994	Macromedia	Windows	First release of a development environment for Windows systems.
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.0.4	Director	1994	Macromedia	Apple, Windows	First common version for Apple and Windows. Last release of the development environment released on 18 floppy disks. In December 1995, Macromedia released the Shockwave plugin which allowed playback of Director movies in web browsers. The publishing module of Director is called 'Afterburner'.
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.0	Director	1996	Macromedia	Apple, Windows	Further development of XObjects and renaming to 'Xtra'. Introduction of a debugger with multiple sessions. 120 sprite channels. Intruction of MOA (Macromedia Open Architecture).
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0	Director	1997	Macromedia	Apple, Windows	Complete integration of 'Afterburner'. Creating Shockwave files doesn't require an additional module anymore. Introduction of behaviours.
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.5	Director	1998	Macromedia	Apple, Windows	Update adressing issues with Quicktime 3.
Old version, no longer maintained: 7.0	Director	1999	Macromedia	Apple, Windows	Nearly full reprogramming of Director. Introduction of 1000 sprite channels, sprite rotation, embedded typesets, vector forms. The development environment's main innovation was the introduction of a new dot syntax and a multi-user server which even allowed online RPGs.
Old version, no longer maintained: 8.0	Director	2000	Macromedia	Apple, Windows	Introduction of Imaging Lingo, revision of the old sound engine and introduction of multi-user server 2.0. Improving overall stability.
Old version, no longer maintained: 8.5	Director	2001	Macromedia	Apple, Windows	Possibility to import Adobe Flash content (version 5). Introduction of a hardware accelerated 3D engine (Shockwave 3D). The multi-user server received an update to version 3.0.
Old version, no longer maintained: MX (9.0)	Director	2002	Macromedia	Apple, Windows	Finished products are compatible with macOS. It is now possible to import content created with Adobe Flash version 6.0. Deprecation of the multi-user server and multi-user Xtra.
Old version, no longer maintained: MX 2004 (10.0)	Director	05.01.2004	Macromedia	Apple, Windows	Introduction of ECMAScript, a programming language similar to Javascript as well as a new document object model (DOM). For the first time it is now possible to create runtimes for PC on a Mac machine (and vice versa). Integration of DVD VIdeo and DVD video control options.
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.0	Director	25.03.2008	Adobe	Apple, Windows	First release after Macromedia got aquired by Adobe on April 18, 2005. Another full rewrite in order to guarantee complete integration of Unicode. Support for DirectX 9 and Flash 8. Re-intruction of the multi-user server and the multi-user Xtra. Native runtime support for Windows Vista a Apple Macintosh systems running on Intel CPUs. Creation of 'Universal Binaries'.
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.5	Director	23.03.2009	Adobe	Apple, Windows	New sound engine with new realtime audio mixers and filters, support for 5.1 sound. New data type 'byteArray'. Support for 3D hardware-antialiasing Support for more video formats: H.264, MPEG-4, FLV, F4V and Full-HD. Support for streaming audio and video via RTMP. Audio and bitmap filters can now be applied on videos. Support for Mac OS X Leopard.
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.5.8	Director	06.09.2010	Adobe	Apple, Windows	Enhanced 'Character Controller' capabilities for 3D models, clothing simulation, improvements to cross domain policies, improved 3D hardware anti-aliasing, improved settings for audio formats, support for movies created with Flash Player 10 and Action Script 3, Support for Flex/FlashBuilder, Shockwave is now compatible with 64-Bit Mac systems.
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.5.9	Director	18.08.2011	Adobe	Apple, Windows	Parallax mapping, cube mapping, normal mapping, 'Render to texture', Collada Import.
Current stable version: 12.0	Director	11.02.2013	Adobe	Apple, Windows	For the first time, the macOS based development environment for Director allows publishing for iOS devices. Introduction of stereoscopy, new post-production effects, textures and shaders. Support for Flash 11.0. Last official version with sales ending on February 1, 2017.