The Cd-I Designer's Guide

by Hoffos, Signe; Sharpless, Graham; Smith, Philip; Lewis, Nicholas

• ISBN13: 9780077075804
• ISBN10: 0077075803
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-12-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Table of Contents

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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