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Interactive QuickTime: Authoring Wired Media (Paperback)

by Matthew R. Peterson (Author) "Most computer-savvy people have heard of QuickTime, and in their minds, QuickTime usually means a certain format of audio and video ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 597 pages
  • Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition (Aug 8 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1558607463
  • ISBN-13: 978-1558607460
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.6 x 2.8 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #549,535 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Matthew Peterson, one of the world's most innovative minds, infuses Interactive QuickTime with applicable insight and helpful humor. This book goes well beyond the basics, far into the best practices, with plenty of supporting scripts and sample projects. Covering a wide spectrum of topics, Interactive QuickTime: Authoring Wired Media addresses the building of UIs, repurposing already existing media, using physics for richer motion, and that's just getting started. The appendices along with the exploration of XML in QuickTime are indispensable resources for the active producer of QuickTime media. I am excited to have this resource available for QuickTime authors!" -Michael Shaff, founder of Small Hands "This book belongs on the shelf of anyone who takes multimedia development seriously. For the aspiring QuickTime media developer, it addresses the most critical authoring issues-and the techniques described are clever and applicable to multimedia development of any ilk." -Ken Loge, Oregon Research Institute "You are holding a book written by one the smartest people I have ever met-and it has been my pleasure to know some VERY smart people-a book about one of the most exciting technologies on the planet. The writing is clear and enjoyable. It starts with material suitable for beginners and proceeds steadily through intermediate, advanced, and into previously uncharted territory ... It's a trip, my friend. And one worth taking ... Be warned: this is not an ordinary book. It can literally change your life." -from the foreword by Steven Gulie, author of QuickTime for the Web "This book is chock-full of useful algorithms and interesting approaches to programming interactive behaviors in QuickTime movies." - MacTech

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"This is the master wizard's recipe book."
-From the foreword by Steven Gulie, author of QuickTime for the Web

"This book belongs on the shelf of anyone who takes multimedia development seriously."
-Ken Loge, Oregon Research Institute

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent lessons useful in other dev environments as well, Feb 3 2004
By Trevor K. Devore (La Canada, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This really is an excellent book. The examples that Matthew uses to teach in each chapter are useful far beyond just wired QuickTime. I keep it next to my desk for use in my other development environments as well.

For example there is a chapter on scripted motion which talks about linear interpolation, easing in and out, motion along mathematical functions, circular motion, paths and spline interpolation. I incorporated a few of these animation algorithms into my desktop applications and they work/look great.

Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring, Dec 11 2003
By Glenn R. Howes (Nashua, NH) - See all my reviews
This is one of the most helpful computer books I have ever read. I not only learned from the numerous examples, I was inspired by their creativity to create content of which I'm proud, and to go from making a me-too product to something people will talk about.

It is truly amazing what the unpublicized, interactive capabilities of QuickTime allow you to make.

I would warn anyone buying this book, use LiveStage Pro on a Mac as nature intended it; the Windows version is quite buggy and more than a little clunky.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Super helpful book, Oct 26 2003
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I just started using Live Stage Pro to author quicktimes 2 months ago and found the software's manual to be helpful but light on insight. In a nutshell 'Interactive Quicktime' is a crucial book to get if you're learning LSP (although the author goes into other methods of working with quicktime too). What can I say? It helps you understand what's going on within the world of the quicktime architecture and walks you through tons of projects to help you get it. I wasn't getting it with the LSP manual. As the author states it would be helpful to know a little bit of applescript or some other programming language but I'm picking it up slowly but surly and I've never written a word of code in my life. It's well worth the price.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent reference book with all projects included on th
If you think that QuickTime is just a media player for showing video and listening to audio, this book will make you think again. Read more
Published on Oct 25 2003 by Ian James Wood

5.0 out of 5 stars Ever thought you know all about wired QuickTime movies?
By reading this book you may probably notice, that you are wrong and you will be surprised how much there is you can still learn about the subject. Read more
Published on Oct 17 2003 by rabit1

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