What is Flash Animation, When and why to use it ? ?
Flash is a vector animation software which facilitates multimedia operation. Thanks to Flash, animation in websites is so common today. Browsing the internet was never so lively. The software which was launched as Adobe Flash in 1996 has come a long way. While 'Flash' has been retained, the prefix has undergone changes from time to time. Nevertheless, Flash has emerged as the most popular software for web based animation till date.
The compatibility factor of Flash and HTML is questionable. This is because the former is vector based. Programming related to operations like selecting text, scrolling, right-clicking etc are fashioned in a completely different system and is no way similar to HTML webpages.
Advocates of Flash promote the software over HTML for the following reasons:
Flash movies load faster and save on download time because Flash is vector based where as HTML is not.
Flash intelligently 'caches' it's movies so they don't have to be reloaded.
Flash gives the viewers a more responsive 'rich-client' like experience.
A Flash animation or Flash cartoon is an animated film which is created using Adobe Flash or similar animation software and often distributed in the .swf file format. The term Flash animation not only refers to the file format but to a certain kind of movement and visual style which, in many circles, is seen as simplistic or unpolished. However, with dozens of Flash animated television series, countless more Flash animated television commercials, and award-winning online shorts in circulation, Flash animation is enjoying a renaissance.
In the late 1990s, when for most Internet users, bandwidth was still at 56 kbit/s, many Flash animation artists employed limited animation or cutout animation when creating projects intended for web distribution. This allowed artists to release shorts and interactive experiences well under 1 MB, which could stream both audio and high-end animation. One example is the first episode of The Goddamn George Liquor Program released in 1999, rendered at only 628kB.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Photoshop
What is Photoshop?
Photoshop is the leading digital image editing application for the Internet, print, and other new media disciplines. It is embraced by millions of graphic artists, print designers, visual communicators, and regular people like you. It's likely that nearly every picture you've seen (such as posters, book covers, magazine pictures, and brochures) has either been created or edited by Photoshop. The powerful tools used to enhance and edit these pictures are also capable for use in the digital world including the infinite possibilities of the Internet.
In the past few versions (CS3 & CS4), Photoshop has been enhanced.
The Workspace
The Photshop workspace consists of five main components: the Application Bar, the Tools Panel, the Options Bar, the Document Window, and the Panel Dock. One of the nice things about using Photoshop is that its workspace interface is very similar to that of other products in the Adobe Creative Suite, for example Indesign and Illustrator.
The Application Bar
The Application Bar, new to Photoshop CS4, is located across the top of the screen. It contains the old menu bar, along with a number of other controls, for example a dropdown zoom menu, a button for launching Adobe Bridge, and a button for viewing extras. The menu bar contains controls for managing and editing files, manipulating images, managing layers, and more.
Tools Panel
The familiar Tools Panel contains a collection of tools for creating, selecting, and manipulating images. Tools that have a similar function are grouped together.
You can access more options for each tool by holding down the mouse on a tool.
Options Bar
The Options Bar is located below the Application Bar. The options change depending on the tool you have selected. For example, when you select the Type tool, options pertaining to text editing will appear across the bar.
Photoshop is the leading digital image editing application for the Internet, print, and other new media disciplines. It is embraced by millions of graphic artists, print designers, visual communicators, and regular people like you. It's likely that nearly every picture you've seen (such as posters, book covers, magazine pictures, and brochures) has either been created or edited by Photoshop. The powerful tools used to enhance and edit these pictures are also capable for use in the digital world including the infinite possibilities of the Internet.
In the past few versions (CS3 & CS4), Photoshop has been enhanced.
The Workspace
The Photshop workspace consists of five main components: the Application Bar, the Tools Panel, the Options Bar, the Document Window, and the Panel Dock. One of the nice things about using Photoshop is that its workspace interface is very similar to that of other products in the Adobe Creative Suite, for example Indesign and Illustrator.
The Application Bar
The Application Bar, new to Photoshop CS4, is located across the top of the screen. It contains the old menu bar, along with a number of other controls, for example a dropdown zoom menu, a button for launching Adobe Bridge, and a button for viewing extras. The menu bar contains controls for managing and editing files, manipulating images, managing layers, and more.
Tools Panel
The familiar Tools Panel contains a collection of tools for creating, selecting, and manipulating images. Tools that have a similar function are grouped together.
You can access more options for each tool by holding down the mouse on a tool.
Options Bar
The Options Bar is located below the Application Bar. The options change depending on the tool you have selected. For example, when you select the Type tool, options pertaining to text editing will appear across the bar.
DTP
Desktop publishing (also known as DTP) combines a personal computer and WYSIWYG page layout software to create publication documents on a computer for either large scale publishing or small scale local multifunction peripheral output and distribution.
The term "desktop publishing" is commonly used to describe page layout skills. However, the skills and software are not limited to paper and book publishing. The same skills and software are often used to create graphics for point of sale displays, promotional items, trade show exhibits, retail package designs and outdoor signs. In very simple words, it could be said that it is a page maker application.
History
Desktop publishing began in 1985 with the introduction of MacPublisher, the first WYSIWYG layout program, which ran on the original 128K Macintosh computer. (Desktop typesetting, with only limited page makeup facilities, had arrived in 1978–9 with the introduction of TeX, and was extended in the early 1980s by LaTeX.) The DTP market exploded in 1985 with the introduction in January of the Apple LaserWriter printer, and later in July with the introduction of PageMaker software from Aldus which rapidly became the DTP industry standard software.
DTP applications
For a more comprehensive list, see List of desktop publishing software
Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe InDesign
Adobe PageMaker
CorelDRAW
Corel Ventura
iStudio Publisher
Microsoft Office Publisher
The term "desktop publishing" is commonly used to describe page layout skills. However, the skills and software are not limited to paper and book publishing. The same skills and software are often used to create graphics for point of sale displays, promotional items, trade show exhibits, retail package designs and outdoor signs. In very simple words, it could be said that it is a page maker application.
History
Desktop publishing began in 1985 with the introduction of MacPublisher, the first WYSIWYG layout program, which ran on the original 128K Macintosh computer. (Desktop typesetting, with only limited page makeup facilities, had arrived in 1978–9 with the introduction of TeX, and was extended in the early 1980s by LaTeX.) The DTP market exploded in 1985 with the introduction in January of the Apple LaserWriter printer, and later in July with the introduction of PageMaker software from Aldus which rapidly became the DTP industry standard software.
DTP applications
For a more comprehensive list, see List of desktop publishing software
Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe InDesign
Adobe PageMaker
CorelDRAW
Corel Ventura
iStudio Publisher
Microsoft Office Publisher
What is Multimedia?
Multimedia is everything you can hear or see: texts, books, pictures, music, sounds, CDs, videos, DVDs, Records, Films, and more.
Multimedia comes in many different formats. On the Internet you will find many of these elements embedded in web pages, and today's web browsers have support for a number of multimedia formats.
In this tutorial you will learn about different multimedia formats and how to use them in your web pages.
Multimedia Formats
Multimedia elements (like sounds or videos) are stored in media files.
The most common way to discover the media type is to look at the file extension.
When a browser sees the file extensions .htm or .html, it will assume that the file is an HTML page. The .xml extension indicates an XML file, and the .css extension indicates a style sheet.
Picture formats are recognized by extensions like .gif and .jpg.
Multimedia comes in many different formats. On the Internet you will find many of these elements embedded in web pages, and today's web browsers have support for a number of multimedia formats.
In this tutorial you will learn about different multimedia formats and how to use them in your web pages.
Multimedia Formats
Multimedia elements (like sounds or videos) are stored in media files.
The most common way to discover the media type is to look at the file extension.
When a browser sees the file extensions .htm or .html, it will assume that the file is an HTML page. The .xml extension indicates an XML file, and the .css extension indicates a style sheet.
Picture formats are recognized by extensions like .gif and .jpg.
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