Adobe Director (formerly
Macromedia Director) is a multimedia application authoring platform created by
Macromedia—now part of
Adobe Systems. It allows users to build applications built on a movie
metaphor, with the user as the "director" of the movie. Originally designed for creating animation sequences, the addition of a scripting language called
Lingo made it a popular choice for creating CD-ROMs and standalone kiosks and web content using Adobe
Shockwave. Adobe Director supports both 2D and 3D multimedia projects.