Re: Other Programs

[Sean Wilson <webforumsuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  Premiere Pro 
>  After Effects
>  Photoshop
>  Illustrator
>
>  I know Flash will do some of the stuff, but a lot of what I do is playing .mpg 
> or .wmv video files

A couple of the programs you mention are used to *produce* video, but 
not exactly /play/ it. There others are graphics production tools

>  Does anybody use Fireworks?

Which is also a (web-centric) graphics production tool.
None of those you mention compete with Director, though they are useful 
tools in a Director-centric production pipeline. I thought you were 
asking about alternatives for (interactive) multimedia production.