Multimedia Foundations: Core Concepts For Digital Design

Description

Understand the core concepts and skills of multimedia production and digital storytelling using text, graphics, photographs, sound, motion, and video. Then, put it all together using the skills that you have developed for effective project planning, collaboration, visual communication, and graphic design.

Presented in full color with hundreds of vibrant illustrations, Multimedia Foundations trains you in the principles and skill sets common to all forms of digital media production, enabling you to create successful, engaging content, no matter what tools you are using.

Companion website features a wealth of web resources, illustrations, and video tutorials demonstrating the key techniques presented in the book.

* Improve projects with core principles of visual communication and graphic design * Learn necessary strategies for project planning, organization, and asset managment * Understand the intricacy of design and production workflows * Effectively navigate postproduction and the distribution of multimedia content * Utilize the companion web site video tutorials and links to go along with each of the chapters

CONTENTS:

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
About the Website
I. MULTIMEDIA FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1: Understanding Multimedia
Chapter 2: The Computer
Chapter 3: Planning and Design
II. MULTIMEDIA DESIGN
Chapter 4: Visual Communication
Chapter 5: Multimedia Page Design
Chapter 6: Interface Design and Usability
Chapter 7: Web Design
III. STATIC MEDIA
Chapter 8: Graphics
Chapter 9: Text
Chapter 10: Photography
IV. TIME-BASED MEDIA
Chapter 11: Audio Production
Chapter 12: Sound and Video Recording
Chapter 13: Time-Based Editing
Index