Olsen, a media designer specializing in the development of interactive CD-ROMs, covers everything from how to choose hardware and software to developing a multimedia concept from start to finish. Topics include the differences in design principles from print design; how to find a complete team of programmers, musicians and writers; how to organize information for an interactive program with multiple screens and navigation buttons; how to add music, sound and video; the need for an alpha prototype; and the best ways to reproduce, package, and price the design. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
If you're interested in being part of the booming field of multimedia, this beautifully illustrated volume shows you how. Its concept-to-product approach is highly visual: with stunning, full-color samples of actual multimedia projects. Title structure, user interface, software dynamics, and many other factors that affect design decisions are explained in detail.
Multimedia Journalism: A Practical Guide, Second edition builds on the first edition’s expert guidance on working across multiple media platforms, and continues to explore getting started, building proficiency and developing professional standards in multimedia journalism. The second edition features new chapters including: getting started with social media live reporting building proficiency with Wordpress building apps for smartphones and tablets building a personal brand and developing a specialism long-form video journalism, audio and video news bulletins and magazine programmes. The new edition also includes an extensive range of new and updated materials essential for all aspects multimedia journalism today. New areas explored include editing video and slideshows for mobile and tablet devices, the advanced use of mobile devices for reporting, location-specific content creation and delivery, the use of video and audio slideshows, and live blogging. Other updates include more material on photojournalism as a storytelling technique, using and transferring digital images and sound, the use of Google Analytics, and practical guides to storytelling through infographics, timelines, interactive graphics and maps. The book fully engages with multimedia journalism in relation to range of social media and web publishing platforms, including Wordpress, Blogger, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, SoundCloud, AudioBoom and iTunes. The book is also be supported by fully updated online masterclasses at www.multimedia-journalism.co.uk.
Feature and Narrative Storytelling for Multimedia Journalists is the first text that truly focuses on the multimedia and documentary production techniques required by professional journalists. Video and audio production methods are covered in rich detail, but more importantly, various storytelling techniques are explored in depth. Likewise, author Duy Linh Tu tackles the latest topics in multimedia storytelling, including mobile reporting, producing, and publishing, while also offering best practices for using social media to help promote finished products. Whether you’re a student, a professional seeking new techniques, or simply looking to update your skills for the new digital newsroom, this book will provide you with the information and tools you need to succeed as a professional journalist. Integrated: The lessons in this book deftly combine traditional media production principles with storytelling craft. It is written with the perspective of modern professional journalists in mind. Practical: While rich with theory, this text is based on the real-world work of the author and several of his colleagues. It features Q&As with some of the best editors and video producers from top publications, including NPR, Vice, and Detroit Free Press, as well as profiles of leading video news organizations such as Frontline, Mediastorm, and Seattle Times. Proven: The author uses pedagogy from the world-renowned Columbia Journalism School as well as case studies from his own award-winning work. Interactive: The text is exercise- and drill-based, and the companion website provides multimedia examples and lesson files, as well as tutorials, case studies, and video interviews.
A quick and comprehensive tutorial book for media designers to jump-start interactive multimedia production with computer graphics, digital audio, digital video, and interactivity, using the Pure Data graphical programming environment.An introductory book on multimedia programming for media artists/designers who like to work on interactivity in their projects, digital art/design students who like to learn the first multimedia programming technique, and audio-visual performers who like to customize their performance sets
Over the last few years, Internet and World Wide Web use has skyrocketed and, consequently, many are interested in developing a Web site for personal or business use. Though, creating a Web site has in the past been very complicated and primarily left to computer professionals, the introduction of Web publishing programs such as Microsoft FrontPage 98 has made Web site creation a possibility for almost anyone. While many computer books are enormous and difficult to read, Getting Started: Web Page Design with Microsoft FrontPage 98 is concise and readable. It begins with the essential information a Web page designer needs to become familiar with the World Wide Web and basic Web page design fundamentals, and then covers how to create complete Web sites -- all in six concise chapters.
The world is experiencing a growing obsession with the World Wide Web. Never before has there existed a medium through which anyone almost anywhere (given certain economic requirements) can share information of virtually any sort with practically everyone else. Millions are publishing pages on the World Wide Web and many millions are eagerly devouring them without editor, distributor or market forces intervening. Designed to provide a practical guide to those interested in the production of Web pages, Getting Started with HTML emphasizes available devices and features of Web pages with simple but thorough discussion of how and where to use them with practical examples. Concise and readable, Denis Titchenell provides real-world scenarios and case studies with today's students (or webmasters) in mind. Getting started has never been easier.
