Using CD's for a portfolio presentation?

[Gene Snyder]

AH-HA! So that's how you do it! I've had an old portfolio project created in Macromedia Director laying around that I abandoned because I couldn't get it to run and I went to the web instead. Problem solved. Thanks Heidi!

That wasn't the entire reason I abandoned the project, the other reason was my thinking that the viewer wouldn't have the software to run the CD. I guess as more galleries get up to speed digitally, this will be more of an option.

Also, I recently attended a promotional meeting at work where a video production company was handing out mini-CDs that were the size of a business card and fit into a clear plastic sleeve for protection. The mini-CD wasn't round, but cut off at the top and bottom to fit the dimensions of a business card. It worked great in my CD-ROM player and, as you guessed, auto-ran to bring up a website with the company's portfolio, which in this case was streaming video.

This post gives me new interest in this as it was something I've been wanting to do for a long time and thought that it was unacceptable to most galleries, clients, etc.

Thanks again.