Digital Media Tools is a clearly focused introduction to acquiring skills in the use of major software tools to create multimedia. It will help you in the practical preparation of illustrations and still images, video animation and sound as well as multimedia authoring for the Web. With the benefit of these experts coaching you, as you turn your hand to the exercises and get plenty of practice, you will acquire a mastery of the tools. You will learn what they do best and what their limitations are.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
  
• Common Features
  
• Bitmapped Images: Photoshop
  
• Web Graphics: ImageReady
  
• Animation with Interactivity: Flash
  
• Vector Graphics: Illustrator
  
• Web Sites: Dreamweaver
  
• Video and Audio: Premiere
  
• Colour; Typography; Bezier Curves
  
• Optimizing Images for the WWW
  
• Projects