QuickTime 5 for Macintosh and Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) [Paperback]

Judith Stern (Author), Robert Lettieri (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201741458 | ISBN-13: 978-0201741452 | Publication Date: June 27, 2001 | Edition: 1st

QuickTime is Apple's platform-independent collection of files, applications, and plug-ins for playing or interacting with a wide range of multimedia formats, including live video, MP3 music files, and interactive 3D environments. Since the QuickTime plug-in is built into all major Web browsers, users can easily download movie trailers, streaming news broadcasts, and music videos for home viewing. QuickTime allows media to be viewed, edited, and manipulated in whatever way an artist, teacher, video professional, or hobbyist sees fit. With QuickTime 5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers will learn a variety of QuickTime technologies, including creating slide-show presentations, editing movies, creating music soundtracks, and uploading videos for streaming over the Web. The task-based, visual layout takes an easy approach to teaching QuickTime, using pictures to guide readers through the software. Beginners learn just what they need to know to get started, while more seasoned professionals can use the handy visual tabs to quickly look up the new features and tools of version 5.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

These days, everyone's gone multimedia, not just business and graphics professionals. Artists, teachers, real estate agents, and parents have discovered the compelling power of dynamic visuals and sound. If you edit,combine, manipulate, stream, or view video, audio, text, or animation, you need Apple's QuickTime. And if you download the software, don't forget to pick up a copy of QuickTime 5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide.

Using the proven VQS approach, the authors break QuickTime into easy-to-follow tasks, with detailed, step-by-step instructions and plenty of pictures that guide you through QuickTime and QuickTime streaming. Beginners will quickly learn what they need to know to get to work with QuickTime, while more seasoned QuickTime pros can use the handy tabs to look up the new features and tools in version 5.

About the Author

Judith Stern is a multimedia specialist, software designer and technical writer who works for the University of California at Berkeley on several educational research projects.

Robert Lettieri is a graphics and multimedia specialist at the University of California at Berkeley, working on NEEDS, a Digital Library for Engineering Education.

Product Details

• Paperback: 440 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education; 1st edition (June 27, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201741458
• ISBN-13: 978-0201741452
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,385,584 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)