Amazon.co.uk Review
There is far more to Apple's QuickTime than a movie that plays on your computer--it is an entire technology whose rich features go largely untapped. In this second edition of
QuickTime for the Web, the QuickTime gurus at Apple lay bare the inside tricks, hidden features and underlying structure of this dynamic media tool.
This book proves useful to anyone using QuickTime as a presentation tool, regardless of their method of delivery. Although titled QuickTime for the Web, it describes features that go far beyond the Web. The interactive section is the highlight of this book. It describes how to build custom interfaces (skins) for your movie, how to connect your movie or interface elements to the Web, how to add and edit an array of tracks such as text and Flash tracks, and how to add interactive audio.
However, this is not the only chapter worth reading--far from it. From the very beginning, each and every page offers some tip or describes a feature that one could learn to make use of. Need to know how to convert PowerPoint presentations into interactive QuickTime movies? Page 241. Need the HTML code to detect QuickTime before loading a movie? Page 113. Don't know the difference between streaming and non-streaming? There's a chapter devoted to mixing the two and demonstrating how they can each be used to their fullest.
QuickTime has much to offer and many of the underlying features are very easy to use. This is an important and informative book and an invaluable reference for anyone who seriously works with QuickTime and uses it as a presentation tool. --Mike Caputo
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Amazon.co.uk Review
If you are doing anything related to creating QuickTime movies for the Web, you'll want this book. QuickTime for the Web: A Hands-On Guide for Webmasters, Site Designers and HTML Authors is one of the most informative and easy-to-read guides of its kind, perhaps one of the best in Apple's QuickTime Developer Series.
Loaded with real-world examples, code snippets and digestible text, this book opens up one's eyes to the real power of QuickTime, which goes much farther than merely allowing you to create and play a short video. QuickTime is a deep, all-encompassing technology that can be used for displaying all kinds of things, including programmable functions and site navigation.
Nineteen chapters cover everything from how to download and install QuickTime to special features of the QuickTime plug-in (you can limit the download rate of a movie so that users with a fast connection don't hog all the bandwidth) to streaming vs. nonstreaming applications. Other chapters discuss using QuickTime layers (text, Flash and so on) and programming sprites for creating interactive QuickTime movies. There's a great example of a calculator created entirely in QuickTime using sprites.
As an added bonus, the accompanying CD-ROM has QuickTime Pro 4 for both Windows and Mac (worth the cost of the book alone); an assortment of tools for creating, editing, and converting audio and video; and most of the examples in the book. Leave it to Apple to come out with a technical manual that reads easily and is packed with more fun things to do than a boardwalk arcade. --Mike Caputo, Amazon.com
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