Multimedia: Making It Work - Softcover

Vaughan, Tay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072190957 ISBN 13: 9780072190953

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2001

Synopsis

Produce stunning multimedia that takes full advantage of the latest Web technologies with help from this revised and updated edition of Tay Vaughan's best-seller. You'll get details on everything from conceptualizing and financing your project, through the final stages of design, production, and testing. The bonus CD-ROM is packed with multimedia tools and trial versions of industry-standard software.

About this title

About the Author

Tay Vaughan (Appleton, ME), a recognized authority and pioneer in the area of multimedia, is president of Timestream, Inc., a cross-platform, multi-format CD-ROM design and development company. His clients include Apple, Lotus, Microsoft, Novell, and Sun. He was one of the founders of the Computer Press Association and has written numerous articles on multimedia-related topics.

From the Back Cover

Create Sizzling Multimedia for the Web!

Take advantage of the latest Web, hardware, and software technologies, and produce powerful multimedia with this revised and updated edition of Tay Vaughan's best-seller. Multimedia: Making It Work, Fifth Edition, offers a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to creating effective multimedia from one of the multimedia industry's most renowned experts. You'll learn all about the components and processes, then begin building your own projects, from simple boardroom presentations to dynamic corporate CD-ROMs to Web sites that come alive. Widely used at colleges and universities around the world, this proven learning tool will help you:

-Understand the fundamental building blocks of multimedia, including text, images, motion video, sound, and interactivity.
-Execute all the elements of multimedia text, images, motion, and sound in real working situations.
-Get an inside perspective on the multimedia industry's shift from CD-ROMs to Web production.
-Get help and expert tips at every step, from conceptualizing and financing your project, through the final stages of design, production, and testing.
-Learn lessons through on-the-job accounts from industry professionals and compelling First Person stories from the author.
-PLUS learn to use the hottest multimedia development and authoring tools. The bonus Macromedia CD features cross-platform trial versions of Director, Studio, Dreamweaver, Extreme 3D, SoundEdit, Fontographer, and more!

Whether you're a novice or a pro, you can learn how to create show-stopping results when you use this highly respected, best-selling multimedia primer.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072190957
• ISBN 13: 9780072190953
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 536