This richly illustrated, dynamic text is easy to use and designed for the novice. It's filled with numerous examples suitable for self-study as well as classroom use. Step-by-step tutorials define, demonstrate, and guide you through the basic skills you need to create hypertext, full-color graphics, animations, audio commentary, video clips, and stereo sound tracks.
The text's ull-color screen prints and photo illustrate how multimedia is used in classroom, boardroom, retail stores, just-in-time training, cinema, video arcades, government, and industry. Hardware, software, sound, graphics, images, interaction, video platforms, commercial products, multimedia authoring, Web page publishing, interface design, application sharing, presentation broadcasting, and the future of multimedia are all covered.
The Multimedia CD-ROM contains movies that illustrate the step-by-step tutorials. Any time you have a problem or a question, a movie illustrating the process is just a mouse-click away. The CD-ROM also contains clip art, music, videos, and sound effects that may be used freely in multimedia presentations.
Part 1 Understanding Multimedia
Part 2 Survey of Multimedia Applications
Part 3 Selecting Multimedia Hardware
Part 4 Looking Into the Future of Multimedia
Part 5 Multimedia Tools and Techniques
Part 6 Creating a Multimedia Applications
Part 7 More Multimedia Tools and Techniques
Part 8 Distributing Multimedia Applications