Multimedia Production Tools is a collection of interactive course modules designed by Diana Schwartz for use by students in the Multimedia Certificate program at New York University's School of Continuing Education. Multimedia Production Tools Course Syllabus the basic course description with a ten-week plan for learning the necessary software packages, reading assignments, recommended books and CD-ROMS, websites to visit and weekly assignments. Multimedia Production Tools Bibliography is a list of recommended multimedia and web design books. Adobe Photoshop How-Tos consist of several sets of instructions on how to use Adobe Photoshop to create useful graphics for web and CD-ROM production. Topics covered include the following: How to Make a Yellow Ball Icon Variations on the Basic Sphere How to Cast a Shadow How to Scan Using Adobe Photoshop Basic Photoshop Cleanup Operations for Scans Color Modes in Photoshop Selective Colorization in Photoshop How to Make a Seamless Pattern Tile Making Selections In Photoshop Photoshop Tips How to Create Textures from Type How to Create Interesting Edges GIFs and Download Times Some Type Recipes Color Issues on the Web will help you learn what you need to know to design fast-loading and attractive graphics for the web. This module contains: Netscape Color Basics Web Graphic File Formats How to Create Animated Gifs Tips and Tricks Try Out Netscape Palette Colors as Backgrounds Fonts 101 is a basic introduction to Fonts on the Macintosh. Tools Available on the Web is a list of downloadable Macintosh and Windows tools available on the Web. Web Sites to Visit will point you to some of the best resources on the Web. Web sites are broken down into the following categories: HTML Resources JavaScript Resources Java Resources Web Graphics Resources Developer Resources - Graphics Developer Resources - Music and Sound Clips MIDI Resources Shockwave Resources QuickTime and QTVR Resources MPEG Resources DVD Resources VRML Resources Font Resources Hardware and Software Resources Organizations Museums Copyright Information HTML Special Character Chart is a chart containing some of the most frequently used special characters and their HTML equivalents. Macromedia Director Review Notes is a module introducing some of the basic techniques for using Macromedia Director. Items covered and step-by-step instructions are provided for the following: Paint Window Basics Animation Techniques Placing Cast members onto the Stage Keyboard Shortcuts Extended Keyboard Keypad Commands Our First Lingo - The ClickOn Lingo Summary is a complete listing of Lingo commands. Adobe Premiere Review Notes is a module introducing some of the basic techniques for using Adobe Premiere. Items covered and step-by-step instructions are provided for the following: Eight simple steps to moviemaking using Adobe Premiere, Tool Palette summary, Digitizing Video Using the Radius VideoVision Board from within Premiere, Making a Garbage Matte, Masking Techniques and Traveling Mattes. Digital Sampling Sound Basics and SoundEdit 16 Review Notes are modules introducing some of the basic techniques for using SoundEdit 16. Items covered and step-by-step instructions are provided for the following: Sound basics Digital Sampling Shockwave Animation Macintosh Sound controls SoundEdit 16 save file formats Working with multiple sound tracks Waveform editing Setting loops Recording from SoundEdit 16 Adding effects: Sound fade-ins and fade-outs Elastic Reality Review Notes is a module introducing some of the basic techniques for using Elastic Reality morphing software. Items covered and step-by-step instructions are provided for the following: How to create a morph animation How to create a single-image warp animation Summary of the Elastic Reality Tool Palette Logomotion Review Notes is a module introducing some of the basic techniques for using Logomotion. Items covered and step-by-step instructions are provided for the following: Turning a printed logo into a Logomotion 3-D animation Morphing Type Creating flying logos QuickTime VR Site List is a list of QTVR sites. Multimedia Production Tools CD-ROM Titles List is a list of the CD-ROM titles which will be used throughout the Multimedia Production Tools course to illustrate various multimedia development techniques. Multimedia Periodicals is an ever-expanding list of multimedia and web publications. How To Turn Printed Text Into Editable Text is a set of step-by-step instructions for using OmniPage Professional to OCR printed pages. DVD Technology Overview is a brief introduction to DVD and other related technologies. Multimedia Team Design is a module introducing some of the basic techniques for using for multimedia team design and working in groups.      The CD-ROM which accompanies this course is available from The Multimedia Library for $40.00 (Macintosh only). This CD-ROM contains course module material and sample files which would take too long to load over the Web, along with save-disabled versions of all the applications used in the course. Click here to order the CD-ROM. You can also call (800) 362-4978 or fax your order to (212) 674-1958. Please allow 2 days for delivery. We ship via Airborne Express.