MULTIMEDIA & ANIMATION
SITES
BUILDER.COM: Get Animated!
Article explaining how to create a GIF animation.
BUILDER.COM: How to Add Video to Your Site
Article covering the basics of adding video to your site.
Creating Quicktime Content
Workshops, tutorials, and tools for developing Quicktime video content.
DevZone
Find out how to add streaming media to your site using RealNetworks' products. Includes tutorials on RealAudio, RealVideo, and RealFlash.
MNG (Multiple-image Network Graphics) Home Page
Information on MNG, a format built with the same philosophy, and many of the same people, as PNG. Goes beyond PNG in that it supports animation, multiple images, and other advanced features.
MP3.com
Resources related to MP3, a standard for compressing audio on the Internet while preserving near-CD quality.
Preparing Video for the Internet
A tutorial explaining how to add video to your site using Adobe Premiere.
Stream On!
Learn how to add streaming audio to your site.
Tripod: The Sound Bytes Pod
Resources for adding sound to web sites.
Tweening 101
Tripod Web/Tech article explaining how to "tween" using Macromedia Flash.
W3C: Synchronized Multimedia
Information on SMIL, the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language. An HTML-like language that can be used to serve audio, video, text, and other media.
Web Review: Audio/Video
Articles on audio and video editing from Web Review magazine.
ARTICLES
Animation Tutorial
WebMonkey's tutorial on web animation: covering GIF89, DHTML, Flash, and more. (9/7/2001 at WebMonkey)
Animation: Uses and Abuses
Guidance on when it's appropriate to use animation on a website, and when it's not. (11/22/1999 at Contentious)
Apple's Moviemaking Revolution
By providing cheap, relatively-simple software (Final Cut Pro) for movie editing, Apple is reinvigorating the amateur filmmaking field, and threatening the makers of higher-priced software. (6/5/2001 at Salon.com)
Building an Internet Radio Station
An overview of the legal and technical sides of operating an online radio station. (9/25/2000 at WDVL)
Delivering Streaming Media
An explanation of the principles that must go into a video content management system, and sample Java code for managing such a system using Oracle Lite. (12/1/1999 at Web Techniques)
Flash Shortage Slows MP3 Players
A shortage of flash memory is causing problems for the digital music player industry; it's a core component of their devices. (10/21/1999 at TechWeb)
Helix Server Source Released
User reaction to RealNetwork's release of the Helix DNA Server source code. (1/22/2003 at Slashdot.org)
Is Rich Media Worth Its Weight in Gold?
Advertisers want to use rich media to entice potential customers, and millions of people have installed plug-ins for Shockwave and Flash; but most people still don't have broadband Net access, and the web's most successful sites remain low-bandwidth. (9/26/2000 at NewMedia)
Is Rob Glaser For Real?
Rob Glaser built RealNetworks primarily around free media players and expensive media servers; as competition with Microsoft heats up and he begins competing with his own customers, things could get interesting. (9/4/2000 at Fortune)
Lycos Launches Integrated Multimedia Search Engine
Lycos has launched a multimedia search engine aimed at helping users find pictures, movies, and sounds quickly on the Net. (11/1/1999 at CNN)
Macromedia Entertains the Web
Macromedia, creator of multimedia software products like Dreamweaver and Flash, has shed its CD-ROM development tools and is focusing on Web multimedia and its own entertainment portal. (3/16/2000 at Forbes)
MetaCreations Revamps, Targets E-commerce
MetaCreations, creator of such graphics stalwarts as Kai's Power Tools and Poser, has sold its graphics division to concentrate on using its subsidiary, Metastream.com, to stream 3D content for ecommerce sites. An interview with their president. (12/29/1999 at TechWeb)
Multimedia Match: Director vs. Flash
A comparison of Flash and Director - their histories, user bases, ease of use, and cost. (2/27/2001 at builder.com)
Multimedia Software
Descriptions of the various types of multimedia software you might find useful, what to look for in the software, and possible candidates for purchase. (1/4/2000 at about.com)
Netscape 6, Part II: Animation
Information on using DHTML to provide advanced animation effects in Netscape 6. (12/18/2000 at WebReference.com)
Next Wave of the Web: Building the Perfect Radio Station, Part 1
The dream of a perfect Net-based radio station, which would let users access personalized audio and video content from anywhere, at any time. (1/29/2001 at WDVL)
Next Wave of the Web: Building the Perfect Radio Station, Part 2
A look at existing websites that allow some customizable audio content. (2/26/2001 at WDVL)
Open-Source TV
Three companies control most Web-based video broadcasting: Microsoft, Apple, and RealNetworks. If programmers don't come up with a viable open-source video streaming option, these three corporations could control the future of video on the Web. (1/5/2000 at SF Gate)
Ready, Set, Animate!
Using Fireworks to create gif animations. (10/3/2000 at gif.com)
Real-World SVG
The basics of using SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), and example code showing how to build an application using JavaScript and SVG. (9/25/2001 at builder.com)
SMIL: Multimedia for the Masses
A tutorial on using SMIL - synchronized multimedia integration language - to provide synchronized streaming content to your site visitors. You can synchronize text, audio, video, and pictures with this XML-based language. (10/6/2000 at WebMonkey)
Stupid Web Tricks III: The Final Nightmare
A series of five gimmicks to spice up your web page. Make browser windows shake; embed annoying music; let the user reconfigure your site's navigation; or have a set of mobile eyes follow the user's mouse. (11/30/1999 at builder.com)
The Swarmcast Solution
OpenCola has released a public beta of Swarmcast - peer-to-peer-like software that distributes very large files (such as multimedia) by splitting them into small packets and having downloading machines get the packets from multiple sources. (5/24/2001 at OpenP2P.com)
The Webcaster Toolkit
A run-down of what you'll need to set up live streaming video: video and audio equipment, computer hardware, software. (3/1/2001 at WebMonkey)
Will MPEG-4 Fly?
A look at the MPEG-4 standard, an object-oriented straming multimedia solution; the underlying paradigm of delivering content to multiple users with differing devices and bandwidth is sound, but poor video quality and potential royalty problems detract. (3/19/2001 at ZDNet Developer)
Windows Media: Encoding
Basic information on encoding video content for use with Windows Media, and the prospects for Windows Media in both the corporate and consumer markets. (3/12/2001 at WDVL)
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