Digital Media Tools

by Dr . Nigel Chapman (Author), JennyChapman (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.41

  A practical guide to the industry-leading multi-media authoring tools Creating multimedia presentations requires an understanding of how to manipulate media such as graphics, video, or text, and how to bring them together using a variety of complex software tools. This book offers a clearly focused introduction to the most popular applications used for multimedia authoring, including Photoshop, Premier, and Flash. With an emphasis on multimedia authoring for the Web, the authors provide step-by-step tutorials on how to use these software tools to prepare illustrations, still images, video animation, and sound. Readers will acquire a basic fluency with these tools, discover what they do best and what are their limitations, and learn how they compare with other commonly used software tools.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $15.92

  Digital Media Tools is a clearly focused introduction to the major software tools used for creating multimedia. Focusing on multimedia authoring for the Web, it offers basic tutorials on the practical preparation of illustrations and still images, video animation and sound. It enables the students to learn through doing as well as to understand the basics of design and integration in a multimedia environment. This edition is revised to include up-to-date material on multimedia advances since the publication of the first edition, making it the most up to date guide on the market. It is fully revised to cover multimedia advances since the publication of the first edition. Each section focuses on an industry-leading application including Flash, Photoshop, Director, ImageReady, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver. Readers will acquire a basic fluency with these tools, learn what they do best and what their limitations are. It offers basic tutorials on the practical preparation of illustrations and still images, video animation, and sound.