Designing Multimedia : A visual guide to multimedia and online graphic design. / Lisa Lopuck

Increasingly, graphic designers, artists, and other creative professionals are being asked to design interactive multimedia titles and Web sites. Many times after taking the assignment, however, designers realize that they are in over their heads when dealing with technical issues, color palettes, and production processes. Multimedia and online design have become their own specialties-requiring that creative professionals understand these new media landscapes. Designing Multimedia presents a holistic 'soup-to-nuts' aproach that includes the multimedia production process; the technology; user interface design; graphic production tips'. strategies, and exercises; and color and palettes-all intended to get you started designing multimedia. The information is presented in a clear, down-to-earth, visual style-a style just for visual people. Tli book grew out of a class I teach at the San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program, 'Graphic Design: Making the Transition to Multimedia,' and so it has been fieldtested by a variety of talented and established designers. I hope that you will find this book as instrumental as they did.