PC Multimedia: How to Author Applications (Computer Weekly Professional) - Hardcover

Botto, Francis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750620838 ISBN 13: 9780750620833

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

Now a large growth area in computing, multimedia is becoming more accessible to those who need it most - artists, musicians, educators, publishers, advertisers, marketing people, and so on - and who feel that interactive sound and video is the way forward in their business. This book should benefit all those who are now building (authoring) or considering building multimedia applications. This is above all a practical book about multimedia PCs and applications, featuring extensive and detailed examples of how multimedia applications are authored, and taking a tutorial approach. A disk is available to support the book, containing multimedia applications to run instantly (authored by using ToolBook) and a Windows video recorder (VFW compatible) so the applications can run on any multimedia PC. This book should be of interest to users or potential users of multimedia PCs and those considering upgrading an "ordinary" PC to a multimedia one.

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From the Back Cover

PC Multimedia: An Introduction to Authoring Applications covers all aspects of multimedia in the PC environment, ranging from hardware issues to authoring business presentations and interactive multimedia applications. The basic aim of this book is to show you how to combine stereo sound, video, graphics and text to create high impact multimedia. Coverage is given to the hardware required to play commercial titles as well as to what's needed to author your own multimedia productions. You'll be shown how to select, or develop, a multimedia authoring station that fits your needs. This book also covers such topics as how multimedia can help business users other than to create high impact presentations. For example, you will be shown how to add video clips to your Windows business applications using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). In addition, coverage is also given to adding voice annotations to your applications, as well as to packages that allow you to operate Windows using voice commands alone. Because multimedia brings video, sound synthesis, audio and computing together, this book also covers multimedia production techniques, and the periphery of audio and video hardware that surrounds them. So, within this book, you'll also learn about camcorders, capturing video, video editing, recording sound files, loudspeakers and much more. Enjoy the world of multimedia with this insightful, helpful, and above all, practical guide.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0750620838
• ISBN 13: 9780750620833
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 400