The fast-emerging field of multimedia communications involves the use of various media types - text, images, speech, audio and video in a wide range of subject areas. The book presents these subject areas in - depth that enables the reader to build up a thorough understanding of the technical issues associated with this rapidly evolving subject. The book begins with multimedia and animation, multimedia systems, elements of multimedia and animation and their use. It discusses the background of color theory, sketching and illustration, storyboarding and different tools for animation. It describes the process of multimedia project development. It discusses the requirement of human resources and their skill levels, hardware and software tools, graphics, authoring tools and things involved in planning, costing, designing, producing, delivering, evaluating and testing multimedia projects. It also explains the various image file formats, the concept of morphing, types of animations, principles of animation, animation techniques, animation file formats, animation for Web, animation tools for World Wide Web and professional development tools.
