- ISBN: 9780077075804 | 0077075803
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/1/1992
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Interactive multimedia | p. 1 |
| From many media to multimedia | p. 2 |
| New technology? | p. 7 |
| Multimedia platforms | p. 12 |
| Multimedia systems | p. 13 |
| Compact Disc-Digital Audio (CD-DA) | p. 14 |
| Compact Disc plus Graphics (CD+G) | p. 16 |
| Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) | p. 17 |
| LaserDiscs: LaserVision and CD-V (CD-Video) | p. 22 |
| LaserDisc-Read Only Memory (LD-ROM) | p. 24 |
| Interactive Video (IV) | p. 24 |
| From analogue to digital | p. 28 |
| Compression and decompression | p. 29 |
| Photo Compact Disc (Photo CD) | p. 36 |
| Digital Video Interactive (DVI) technology | p. 38 |
| Desktop video (DTV) | p. 41 |
| Commodore Dynamic Total Vision (CDTV) | p. 42 |
| CD-ROM eXtended Architecture (CD-ROM XA) | p. 45 |
| Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-I) | p. 47 |
| Electronic books | p. 50 |
| Recordable and erasable discs | p. 51 |
| Multimedia standards | p. 53 |
| Winners and losers | p. 54 |
| Multimedia titles | p. 57 |
| CD-DA | p. 57 |
| CD-ROM | p. 58 |
| LaserDiscs | p. 61 |
| Interactive Video (IV) | p. 62 |
| DVI Technology | p. 65 |
| Desktop video | p. 68 |
| CDTV | p. 69 |
| CD-ROM XA | p. 72 |
| CD-I titles for the consumer market | p. 73 |
| CD-I applications in professional markets | p. 79 |
| European initiatives | p. 83 |
| Building bridges | p. 85 |
| Publishing multimedia | p. 87 |
| Consumer markets | p. 87 |
| Launching CD-I | p. 93 |
| Push you, pull me | p. 95 |
| The price is right | p. 97 |
| Some publishers' views | p. 99 |
| Key questions | p. 101 |
| Trends and opportunities | p. 102 |
| Publishing in-house | p. 106 |
| Copyright | p. 107 |
| Designing for interactivity | p. 114 |
| The fruit bowl | p. 114 |
| Introducing interactivity | p. 116 |
| Initial design | p. 117 |
| Identifying the audience | p. 120 |
| Establishing a structure | p. 125 |
| Navigation | p. 127 |
| Data management | p. 134 |
| Creative choices | p. 138 |
| Added value | p. 143 |
| Some advice from the field | p. 148 |
| CD-I discs and drives | p. 153 |
| The Green Book | p. 153 |
| Data organization and streaming | p. 154 |
| CD modes and forms | p. 156 |
| CD data transfer channels | p. 158 |
| CD tracks and sectors | p. 159 |
| CD structure | p. 159 |
| CD-I sectors | p. 163 |
| CD-I drives or players | p. 166 |
| CD-RTOS | p. 172 |
| CD-RTOS file managers | p. 174 |
| Audio and video on CD-I | p. 180 |
| CD storage capacities | p. 180 |
| CD-I audio: technical overview | p. 183 |
| CD-I video: technical overview | p. 190 |
| Creating special effects on CD-I | p. 206 |
| Interleaving audio and video | p. 215 |
| Watching TV | p. 219 |
| The production team | p. 221 |
| Learning from experience | p. 221 |
| The production team | p. 222 |
| Internal and external resources | p. 230 |
| Explaining interactivity | p. 234 |
| Documentation | p. 235 |
| Observations from the field | p. 238 |
| Stages in production | p. 240 |
| Stages in production: Interactive video | p. 240 |
| Stages in production: CD-I | p. 244 |
| Converting IV to CD-I | p. 257 |
| Bridge discs | p. 262 |
| Safe copies | p. 264 |
| Screen design | p. 265 |
| Information versus decoration | p. 265 |
| Ergonomics | p. 268 |
| Establishing conventions | p. 270 |
| Colour | p. 272 |
| Cursors | p. 278 |
| Icons and objects | p. 280 |
| Typography | p. 282 |
| Writing for the screen | p. 286 |
| Consistency | p. 288 |
| Field testing | p. 290 |
| Programming for CD-I | p. 291 |
| Programming for interactivity | p. 291 |
| Programming languages | p. 299 |
| Programming and authoring | p. 300 |
| Productivity tools for CD-I | p. 305 |
| A sample program | p. 313 |
| Case history | p. 321 |
| Background | p. 321 |
| Project team | p. 322 |
| Timetable | p. 322 |
| Adaptation study | p. 323 |
| Instructional design and software specification | p. 326 |
| Audio-visual production | p. 328 |
| Authoring | p. 330 |
| Evaluation | p. 338 |
| Promotion | p. 341 |
| Implementation | p. 341 |
| Appendix 1: Video and computers | p. 343 |
| Appendix 2: Data storage on disc | p. 359 |
| Appendix 3: Glossary | p. 373 |
| Appendix 4: Multimedia timeline | p. 405 |
| Appendix 5: Further reading | p. 421 |
| Appendix 6: Addresses | p. 429 |
| Indexes | p. 435 |
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