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Multimedia : making it work / Tay Vaughan.

By: Publication details: Berkeley ; Tokyo ; New Delhi : Osborne McGraw-Hill, c1998.Edition: 4th editionDescription: xx, 581 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. + 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9780078825521
  • 0078825520
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 006.7 22 VAU
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CONTENT
I Introduction

1 What is multimedia ?
CD-ROM and the multimedia highway
Where to use multimedia

2 Introduction to making multimedia
The stages of a project
What you need

3 Multimedia skills and training
The team

II Multimedia hardware

4 Macintosh and windows production platforms
Macintosh versus PC
The windows multimedia PC Platform
Networking macintosh and windows computers

5 Hardware peripherals
Connections
Memory and storage devices
Input devices
Output hardware
Communication devices

III Multimedia software

6. Basic tools
Text editing and word processing tools
OCR software
Painting and drawing tools
etc.

7. Making instant multimedia
Linking multimedia objects
Office suites
Word processors
etc.

8. Multimedia authoring tools
Types of authoring tools
Card and page-based authoring tools
Icon-based authoring tools
etc.

IV Multimedia building blocks
9. Text
The power of meaning
About fonts and faces
Using text in multimedia
etc.

10. Sound
The power of sound
Multimedia system sounds
MIDI versus digital audio
etc.

11. Images
Before you start to create
making still images
Color
Image file formats

12. Animation
The power of motion
Principles of animation
Making animations that work

13. Video
Using video
How video works
Broadcast video standards
etc.

V Multimedia and the internet
14. How the internet works
History
Internetworking
Connections
etc.

15. Tools for the world wide web
Web servers
Web browsers
Web page makers and site builders
etc.

VI Assembling and delivering a project
16. Planing and costing
Project planning
Estimating
RFPs and bid proposals

17. Designing and producing
Designing
Producing

18. Designing for the world wide web
Working on the web
Text for the web
Images for the web
etc.

19. Content and talent
Acquiring content
Using content created by others
Using content created for a project
etc.

20. Delivering
Testing
Preparing for delivery
Delivering on CD-ROM
etc.



Index : p. 569-581

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