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Most people are thrilled at the notion of adding multimedia to their Web sites, but do you know when and
how to do it? To truly enhance a Web site, multimedia must be used at the right time and in the right place.
The Web Wizard's Guide to Multimedia shows you how to prepare images, animation, sound, video, and interactivity files. You will learn how to incorporate these files into your sites when and where they belong. This book will help you create well-designed, user-friendly Web sites.
Features:
- Teaches how to prepare images, animation, video, and sound for your Web
pages, as well as how to link and embed them.
- Explains how data compression works, and why it is so important to
multimedia on the Web.
- Shows how to use multimedia software programs such as Flash, Fireworks, GIF
animators, Photoshop, and more.
- Covers key issues such as the bandwidth bottleneck, the perplexity of
plug-ins, and the quality of the user experience.
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Chapter 1: Key Issues
- The Internet as the combiner of all media types
- The role of bandwidth
- Data compression: why and how
- Standards and file formats
- Desktop performance and user experience
Chapter 2: Images
- Possibilities and examples of images on the Web
- How images work on the Web
- Preparing images for the Web
- Embedding images on a Web page
Chapter 3: Animation
- Possibilities and examples of animation on the Web
- How animation works on the Web
- Preparing animations for the Web
- Embedding animation in a Web page
Chapter 4: Sound
- Possibilities and examples of sound on the Web
- How sound works on the Web
- Preparing sound for the Web
- Embedding sound on a Web page
Chapter 5: Video
- Possibilities and examples of video on the Web
- How video works on the Web
- Preparing video for the Web
- Embedding video on a Web page
Chapter 6: Manipulation and Play
- Possibilities and examples of manipulation and play on the Web
- How play works on the Web
- Creating play and manipulation for the Web
- Embedding play in a Web page
- Tables and Web Page Layouts
Chapter 7: Other Media Forms
- Motion, smell, and texture
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To order The Web Wizard's Guide to Multimedia, ask your bookstore for ISBN 0-201-74561-5.
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