Web Developer Com Guide To Producing Live Webcasts

A total hands-on guide to producing interactive live webcasts Here's all the practical information you need to create exciting online broadcasts that take full advantage of the Web's unique interactive nature. Webcasting pioneers Novak and Markiewicz offer an honest appraisal of the capabilities and limitations of current webcasting technology. They acquaint you with the various forms of webcasting now possible. And they use fascinating case studies to show you what today's most successful webcasters are up to. Focusing on webcasting production, they tell you everything you need to know about: * Datacasts, wordcasts, audiocasts, animacasts, and videocasts * Webcasting hardware, software, and development tools * Assembling and managing a webcasting team * Using e-commerce technology to make webcasting a paying proposition * Scheduling broadcasts, managing venue operators, and working with performers, copyrights, and other day-to-day issues * Successful webcast publicity, marketing, and promotion * The future of webcasting and the impending consolidation of traditional broadcast media and the Internet into one medium Wiley Computer Publishing. Timely. Practical. Reliable. Visit our Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/ The companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/novak supplies you with: * Links to webcast multimedia players, servers, and authoring tools * Demo versions of audio/video. streaming and media management software * Hundreds of links to webcast resources and live Internet broadcast sites

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The bestselling bible for social media is now completely revised and updated! The Social Media Bible, Second Edition (www.TSMB2.com) is the most comprehensive resource that transforms the way corporate, small business, and non-profit companies use social media to reach their desired audiences with power messages and efficiency. In this Second Edition, each of the three parts - Tactics, Tools, and Strategies - have been updated to reflect the most current social media trends. Covers all major new software applications, including features and benefits, in detail Lists more than 120 companies integral to the social media industry with updated data, products, services, and links Includes advanced topics like measuring social media return on investment (ROI) and how to develop and implement the Five Steps to Social Media Success strategy plan Includes dozens of social media ROI case studies Author is a widely acknowledged social media authority with numerous media appearances and speaking engagements The Social Media Bible, Second Edition gives you a fully up-to-date toolbox to revamp your marketing strategy and create new opportunities for growth.

Practical introduction to creating and editing high quality video on the desktop. Using examples from a variety of video applications, benefit from a professional's experience, step-by-step, through a series of workshops demonstrating a wide variety of techniques. These include producing short films, multimedia and internet presentations, animated graphics and special effects. The opportunities for the independent videomaker have never been greater - make sure you bring your understanding fully up to date with this invaluable guide. No prior knowledge of the technology is assumed, with explanations provided in an easy to understand manner. Ken Pender provides an overview of the hardware and software needed and describes how to output completed projects to the Internet, CD-ROMs, Zip and Jaz discs and videotape. The following software is covered: · Realtime compression: Codecs · Editing, including transitions and special effects: Adobe Premiere, Ulead MediaStudio, Corel Lumiere · 2D Animation: Corel PHOTO-PAINT, Fractal Design Painter, Power Goo · 3D Animation: Ray Dream Studio, MetaCreations Poser and Bryce 3D · Frame stack editing: Adobe Photoshop, Fractal Design Painter · Still image frame editing: CorelDRAW, Fractal Design Painter · Audio creation, editing and mixing: Cool Edit, Goldwave and Multiquence The accompanying CD-ROM provides sample software for Adobe Premiere 5.0, Cool Edit 96, Goldwave 4.02 and Multiquence 1.02. (For further information on Goldwave and Multiquence, see http://www.goldwave.com; for information on Cool Edit, see http://syntrillium.com.)

In this revision of the market-leading text, Susan Eastman and Douglas Ferguson, two noted scholars and experts in the area of broadcast programming, provide students with the most accurate and current information on the techniques and strategies used in the programming industry. The text has helped professors teach this course with clear current illustrations and examples, and just right approach of student friendly writing. Comprehensive, accurate and up- to- date, the text covers all aspects of programming for broadcast, cable, radio, and the Web.

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