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  Multimedia Tools  

 
 
  Enough already about the importance of method. (See the rest of this site.) The tools are what help make creative methods possible. And there are some pretty cool tools out there.
  
  ere are the ones I consider to be indispensable in my designer's toolbox...

 
  · Imaging

· Audio & Video

· Multimedia Platforms

· Communications		  



  Imaging    
  
  Image Aquisition

· 35mm Photography

· Digital Photography

· Flatbed Scanning

· Slide Scanning

· Video Still Export

Image Creation

· Crayons, watercolors, collage

· Claris Draw ® and Adobe Illustrator ®

Image Manipulation

· Adobe Photoshop ® and related plug-ins

· Darkroom techniques

  


  Audio & Video    
  
  Media Acquisition

· Video Media: Digital, High-8, 3/4", VHS (have used 1", 1/2" open reel);
  character generation

· Video Formats: Studio--Live & Recorded, Field

· Audio Media & Formats: Recorded tape in the studio and the field.

· Film Media & Formats: 16mm film for short features

· Supporting Media: Analog & digital images, clip media, music and
  sound effects libraries

Media Editing

· Analog: Usually 3/4" (Sometimes 1" or VHS; can crash edit on open reel);
  Cut & splice audio, 16mm film

· Digital: Adobe Premiere ®, Macromedia SoundEdit ®

Media Delivery

· Live broadcast TV (Past director, segment producer public affairs)

· Cable TV (Have produced programs, hosted alternative media program)

· Videotape (Produced LOTS of instructional videos for the University of
  Arizona)

· Videodiscs (One for NCR Corporation and the University of Arizona,
  one for the University of Virginia)

· CD-ROMs (What I don't deliver on the Web, I am now burning on CDs)

 


  Multimedia Platforms    

  
  Current and Hot (top tray in the toolbox):

· HyperText Markup Language (HTML) for the Web

· Macromedia's Director, Flash, & Authorware ®

Not very current, but they're in my toolbox just in case:

· HyperCard/HyperTalk ®

· Authology ®

· BASIC

· SuperPilot (now I'm really dating myself)
  


  Communications    
  
  Always in style:

· Adobe PageMaker ®

· Microsoft PowerPoint ® & Adobe Persuasion ®

· Microsoft Word, Excel ®

· Eudora

· Newsgroups (including Web-based)

· MOO's (text-based online environments for exploration & communication)



  

 
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