Mediapedia

Kit Laybourne teaches media design at The New School in New York City. He is an accomplished animator, producer, media executive and author, His down-to-earth but comprehensive guide, The Animation Book, has sold more than 75,000 copies in multiple editions from Three Rivers Press. While this book does not follow the Knack interior format, the title is intended to anchor a line of digital photography/personal media books under the Knack imprint.

Mediapedia: Table of Contents IntroductionCREATIVITY & COMPUTER Part ITHE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE Chapter 1: Digital Photography the camerakinds of photography pixels light point of view lens choice exposure framing composition focus & depth of field blur color vs. b&w lighting set-ups apps & file formatsplaying around: Portraiture Chapter 2: Image Editing photoshopping as a verbcompositing images resolution & resizingselecting parts of pictures global manipulationscolor & brightness layers edge treatments cloning, blending & transforming filters compression apps & file formats playing around: Photoshop Make-Overs Part IITHE PAGE Chapter 3: Type & Layout text letters typography structurecomposition layout apps & file formatsplaying around: A Garish Screen Saver Chapter 4: Illustration bitmaps vs vectorkinds of illustration drawing conventionsinputting vector-based illustration anchors, handles, paths & strokes when to use pen, pencil or brush tracing with Illustratorfillsscaling & manipulations special effectstype & text apps & file formats playing around: Alter Ego Avatars Part IIISHARING YOUR WORK Chapter 5: Slide Shows kinds of slide showsscreen structure timingin-frame movement transitions screen graphicsaudioapps & file formats playing around: A Park in 4 modes Chapter 6: Display & Distribution desktop printingoutside the home servicesonline storge, display & publishingwebsites, networks, wikis & blogs CD’s, CD-ROM’s & DVD’s two protocols that save tearsapps & file formatsplaying around: Time Capsule Chapter 7: Project Idea Rogues Gallery Design-a-Font Gone But Not Forgotten Binding Relationships Pattern in Space Landscape Tweaks Blogging Collaborative CookbookComix Webisodes Digital Storytelling Index