Multimedia:Making It Work 7/e

Thoroughly Updated for the Latest Advances in Multimedia
Learn the fundamental concepts and essential skills required for a successful career in multimedia from this bestselling guide. Multimedia: Making It Work, Seventh Edition shows you how to use text, images, sound, and video to deliver compelling messages and content in meaningful ways. You will learn to design, organize, and produce multimedia projects such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and professional web sites. Each chapter includes step-by-step instructions, full-color illustrations and screenshots, self-quizzes, and hands-on projects.
Inside this book, you will learn how to:
Master the building blocks of multimedia, including text, images, audio, video, and animation
Record, process, and edit digital audio
Work with bitmap, vector, and 3-D images
Create vivid computer animations
Shoot and edit digital video
Select the best hardware, software, and authoring tools for your needs
Design dynamic Web content
Determine the scope and cost of a multimedia project
Acquire the appropriate content and best talent
Prepare and deliver a professional multimedia project
Each chapter includes:
Learning objectives
Full-color illustrations
Helpful notes, tips, and warnings
Chapter summaries and key term lists
End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 What is Multimedia?
2 Introduction to Making Multimedia
3 Multimedia Skills
4 Text
5 Sound 96
6 Images
7 Animation
8 Video
9 Hardware
10 Basic Software Tools
11 Multimedia Authoring Tools
12 The Internet and How It Works
13 Tools for the World Wide Web
14 Designing for the World Wide Web
15 Planning and Costing
16 Designing and Producing
17 Content and Talent
18 Delivering
GLOSSARY
INDEX