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Summary: Explains how to use QuickTime clearly for non-programmers
Review: I've been using QuickTime for nearly ten years, and have often been frustrated when trying to explain to people that it is not just for video and sound any more. The frustration stems from the lack of examples and explanations to use these powerful features for non-programmers. This book changes that. It explains clearly and wittily how to use QuickTime to enhance your website or CD-ROM, and take advantage of over 10 years of cutting-edge digital media technology for free.[Full disclosure - I work for Apple on the QuickTime Engineering team, and know the author - believe me I wouldn't endorse this book if it wasn't great]
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Summary: Explains how to use QuickTime clearly for non-programmers
Review: I've been using QuickTime for nearly ten years, and have often been frustrated when trying to explain to people that it is not just for video and sound any more. The frustration stems from the lack of examples and explanations to use these powerful features for non-programmers. This book changes that. It explains clearly and wittily how to use QuickTime to enhance your website or CD-ROM, and take advantage of over 10 years of cutting-edge digital media technology for free. [Full disclosure - I work for Apple on the QuickTime Engineering team, and know the author - believe me I wouldn't endorse this book if it wasn't great]
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Summary: Do you believe in sprites? You will!
Review: I've used QuickTime for over two years now, especially for QTVR movies. I belong to several email lists, have bought several tools (hardware, books, and software), and prowl Apple's QT web site. But until this book, I had many questions. Now I have many answers. Actually more than I can handle. At over 700 pages of truly "hands-on" information that is very friendly to read, I now can do many more things with QuickTime. Also, I can plan more than I can do, since I now understand how. The book has just the necessary illustrations and screen shots, not too many. For a long time, I'd heard of sprites, which sounded like elves, but were graphics. This book explains them and why QuickTime is a good place for them. It also has a glossary and index, so you can find things easily. ..............
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Summary: Essential Reading for Web Delivery of Multimedia
Review: Mastering QuickTime is essential to quickly and easily building exciting, dymamic and interactive web sites. This book (QuickTime for the Web) is essential to mastering QuickTime for the web. It has saved me more time and energy than any book I've bought in the last two years.
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Summary: Essential Reading for Web Delivery of Multimedia
Review: Mastering QuickTime is essential to quickly and easily building exciting, dymamic and interactive web sites. This book (QuickTime for the Web) is essential to mastering QuickTime for the web. It has saved me more time and energy than any book I've bought in the last two years.
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Summary: A Rare Find in the World of Computer Books!
Review: This book is a must have if you plan on working with QuickTime to make multimedia content available! I call this book 'a rare find', as it is great for beginner through master, leaving few questions unanswered or stones unturned. The text is a good mix of "how to" information combined with "tips and tricks" to get your implementations to work. I purchased this book for its material regarding steaming content over the Internet, and learned a great deal in the process. The chapter on QuickTime VR answered my "how do they do that?" questions, and has led me to explore the use of this technique for my upcoming projects. The QuickTime VR chapter is a good example of the depth of knowledge used to develop this text, as it gives in-depth information on photography techniques that only a mid- to experienced photographer would know. My only criticism of the book is that it only begins to explore about half of the knowledge needed to set up your own streaming web server, but I can hardly fault the authors for that -- it says right on the cover "A Hands-On Guide for Webmasters, Site Designers, and HTML Authors." It says nothing about being aimed at System or Network Administrators. If your main interest in this book is the setup of streaming servers, you might want to consider another book (or better yet, purchase this book along with another to round out your knowledge). With the ... QuickTime Pro included, I can say without reservation that this is one of the best computer book values I have ever purchased. The book paid for the rest of the cost by showing me how to trick Microsoft Internet Explorer / Windows Media Player in such a way that it will not try to open your .mov files (great in a Windows-dominated environment)! Highly recommended, even if you have only a passing interest in QuickTime.
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Summary: A Rare Find in the World of Computer Books!
Review: This book is a must have if you plan on working with QuickTime to make multimedia content available! I call this book 'a rare find', as it is great for beginner through master, leaving few questions unanswered or stones unturned. The text is a good mix of "how to" information combined with "tips and tricks" to get your implementations to work. I purchased this book for its material regarding steaming content over the Internet, and learned a great deal in the process. The chapter on QuickTime VR answered my "how do they do that?" questions, and has led me to explore the use of this technique for my upcoming projects. The QuickTime VR chapter is a good example of the depth of knowledge used to develop this text, as it gives in-depth information on photography techniques that only a mid- to experienced photographer would know. My only criticism of the book is that it only begins to explore about half of the knowledge needed to set up your own streaming web server, but I can hardly fault the authors for that -- it says right on the cover "A Hands-On Guide for Webmasters, Site Designers, and HTML Authors." It says nothing about being aimed at System or Network Administrators. If your main interest in this book is the setup of streaming servers, you might want to consider another book (or better yet, purchase this book along with another to round out your knowledge). With the ... QuickTime Pro included, I can say without reservation that this is one of the best computer book values I have ever purchased. The book paid for the rest of the cost by showing me how to trick Microsoft Internet Explorer / Windows Media Player in such a way that it will not try to open your .mov files (great in a Windows-dominated environment)! Highly recommended, even if you have only a passing interest in QuickTime.
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Summary: QuickTime for the Web
Review: This book is a must have! From how to create VR with interactive sounds and sprites - to getting your video or photos streaming on the web - this book shows you how. As a web master of a site with over 100 different Virtual Reality and QT movies, I found this book (and the free tools and interactive sprites for my use) to be invaluable. I reccommend it without hestitation. Luke Wonderly, Web master - vrbakersfield.com
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Summary: The Best QuickTime Book That Exists
Review: This book is such a great QuickTime resource that we are including it as part of the seminar we offer called LiveStage Professional QuickTime Authoring Environment - Beginner to Intermediate Users Seminar. We want all our students to have it when they leave to go away and author cool interactive QuickTime content using LiveStage Professional. The book assembles the most comprehensive information about QuickTime for the Web in practical terms that is available as a third party resource anywhere. It is detailed and has good examples and Steve Gulie's great grasp and knowledge of QuickTime shows as well as his passion for it. Plus if you buy the book it includes an offer for $100.00 off the retail list price for LiveStage Professional QuickTime Authoring Environment. LiveStage Professional is the leading tool for developers wanting to create compelling and interactive QuickTime content and recently was Awarded the Most Innovative Product and Runner-up in Best Adoption Apple Technology at the Apple 2000 Design Awards as well as having won a MacWorld Best of Show award in 1999.
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Summary: An holistic resource
Review: This is an important resource for anyone who is serious about maximizing the potential of Quicktime. At Rayhawk.com we have been using this book to enhance our web productions and the results have been noticable, not only to us, but to our clients (KFC, Taco Bell, BMW, Porsche). The book is full of useful info and the author is fun and helpful. He assumes we have little prior knowledge with either QuickTime or HTML and by the end of the book, he teaches us how to produce some amazing content.
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