Book description
Flash animation, music and videos, virtual reality 3D, and
more—in a PDF? Yes!
Acrobat documents “converged” with audio, video, and
interactive content— it’s the wave of the future and
it’s called rich media. Do you want to get your video and
audio content out into the world in a more convenient way than on
the Web? Are you looking for a way to share rich-media content with
the broadest possible range of readers? Print publishers,
advertisers, educators, and anyone else who’s ready to
leverage the power of PDF and Adobe Reader can benefit from
learning about the possibilities of this new convergence
technology. In the first book of its kind, rich-media PDF pioneer
Bob Connolly presents an eye-opening overview of the world of PDFs
that contain video, audio, and interactive elements. Dozens of case
studies illustrate the nearly limitless potential of rich media.
And the best part about the book is that it practices what it
preaches, with a fully interactive rich-media version of the book
on the accompanying CDROM. Readers can experience first-hand the
power of rich-media PDFs through interactive animation, videos, and
audio.
Walk through the process of constructing rich-media PDFs on the fly using a Web server
Learn which applications work together for building rich-media PDFs—and which don’t
See how some of the world’s most forward-thinking artists and designers are pushing the boundaries with rich-media PDFs
Learn why PDF documents are more compelling than Web sites for reaching your target audience
Understand how best to translate print material into online PDF documents
Table of contents
- Copyright
- The Making of Dynamic Media
- Welcome to PDF, the Portable Document Format
- 1. Introducing Dynamic Media
- 2. Defining Rich-Media Terms
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3. Adobe’s Trials and Tribulations Toward Rich-Media PDF
- The Race to Rich-Media Domination
- Adobe Steps into the Interactive Arena
- Adobe’s Mission: One Application for Print and Interactivity
- Adobe Redefines the Office Workflow
- Page-Based vs. Timeline Formats
- The Cost of Playback
- Adobe Introduces Reader 5.1
- Multimedia Moves to the Web Page
- Acrobat’s Best Friend—Adobe InDesign
- InDesign Gets Interactive
- A Polarized New-Media Industry
- Rich-Media PDF and Disruptive Technologies
- Building a Team That Includes Everyone
- Reader 8 (PDF 1.7)
- Commenting and Forms
- Attached Files
- Viewing Interactive 3D Rich Media
- Adobe and Macromedia
- 4. Why Use PDF for Rich-Media Publishing?
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5. Preparing Audio and Video for Rich-Media PDF Integration
- How Reader Presents Audio and Video Content
- How Reader Interfaces with QuickTime, Windows Media Player, Real Media, and Flash Player
- Digital Video and Audio Codecs
- Extensions are the key: QuickTime (.mov) and Windows Media Player (.wmv)
- Renditions to the Rescue
- A Real-World Scenario
- Viewing Rich Media Offline
- Streaming Media Servers and Progressive Downloading
- Using Cross-Platform Media Codecs—MPEG Alternatives
- Cross-Platform Streaming Considerations
- QuickTime versus Windows Media Player
- .mov: How Popular Is QuickTime?
- .wmv: A PC-Only File Format for PDF
- QuickTime VR
- Compressing Digital Video for Playback in PDF
- Autodesk Cleaner
- QuickTime Pro
- Interactive QuickTime Movies Using Wired Sprites
- QuickTime Codecs
- QuickTime 4—Interactive!
- QuickTime 5—Supports Flash
- QuickTime 6—AAC iPod Audio
- QuickTime 7—MPEG4 H.264
- QuickTime Version Decisions
- Audio-Only Considerations
- Making the Right Choices
- Conclusions
- 6. From Print to Interactive PDF
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7. Adding Interactivity and Rich Media to PDF Documents
- Achieving Successful Rich-Media Playback
- Downloading Embedded and Linked Rich-Media PDFs
- Placing Rich Media Using InDesign
- Presenting Rich Media
- Exporting the PDF for Testing Playback
- Using the Button Tool
- Button Options General Window
- Button Options Behaviors Window
- Using the Hyperlinks Palette: Advanced Navigation and Connections to the Internet
- Adding Interactivity and Rich Media via Acrobat
- Using Various Acrobat Tools for Interactivity
- Conclusions
- 8. Why PDF? The Proof Is in the Printing
- 9. Design Issues: Converting Printed Documents to Interactive PDF
- 10. Audio eBooks in Education
- 11. Adding Rich-Media Audio Ambiance to Your PDF
- 12. Digital Music Booklets
- 13. Rich-Media Slide Shows
- 14. Interactive Virtual Reality 3D Rich-Media PDF
- 15. Virtual Reality Panoramic Photography
- 16. PDF Photography Portfolios
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17. QuickTime for Multipurpose Multimedia Playback
- The Jaguar XJ Living Brochure
- Versioning Is the Safest Route
- Designing the Document
- Designing the Interactive Navigation
- Producing the Rich Media
- Adding Interactivity to the VR
- Combining Still-Image Slide Shows with Video
- Combining Video and Still Images in a Single Window
- Resolving Web Wars
- Forcing the PDF to Download
- The Volvo S40/V50 Living Brochure
- Collecting the Content
- Capturing the VR
- Lessons Learned
- Conclusions
- 18. Flash SWF
- 19. Flash Story eBooks
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20. Digital Magazines and Rich Media
- Current Digital Magazines
- Rich-Media Reader PDFs Provide an Alternative
- In this issue of RMM: Rich Media Magazine
- Digital Magazines of the Future
- Interactive Gaming for Sport and Pleasure
- Interactive Contests
- Visualize and Puzzle Your Mind in New Ways
- Television and Movie Trailers
- Feature Article
- Attach Your Audio Book to the PDF for iPods
- Conclusions
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21. Server-Side PDF Custom Publications
- Server-Side PDFs Using Database Content
- Server-Side Technologies
- Third-Party Vendors
- The Server-Side Evolution
- Server-Side PDF Using PDF Pages
- Server-Side PDF Workflow
- PDF Search Methods
- PDF Metadata
- PDF Search
- Appending Server-Side PDFs
- Server-Side PDF Samples
- Server-Side Possibilities: Search, Merge, and Converge
- The Rich-Media Video Server-Side Workflow
- Conclusions about Server-Side PDF
- Closing Remarks
Product information
- Title: Dynamic Media: Music, Video, Animation, and the Web in Adobe PDF
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2006
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780321430830
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