| "Each presentation Matthew has done...has had the same electrifying effect. And it's always followed by a question and answer period, featuring the same questions: "How did you do that? And that? And THAT??!!" The question and answer session is always too short. I've been waiting for this book a long time. And I'm here to say, it was worth the wait. This book will show you, step by step, how to do things you never suspected were even possible. This is the master wizard's recipe book."
-From the foreword by Steven Gulie, author of QuickTime for the Web
Interactivity is one of the most captivating topics for today"s online community. It is a fast-growing field pushed by the rapid development and dispersion of Java, Shockwave, Flash, and QuickTime. While several good books are available about the interactive capabilities of Java, Shockwave, and Flash, until now there hasn"t been a book about QuickTime interactivity. A logical follow-up to QuickTime for the Web, this eagerly awaited book by Matthew Peterson details the power of QuickTime"s wired media technology and provides a resource for professionals developing and deploying interactive QuickTime content. This content can extend far beyond simple movies-it can act as application user interfaces, educational multimedia, scientific display panels, musical instruments, games and puzzles, etc., and can interact with you, your browser, a server, or with other movies.
Features
*Describes concepts and techniques of interactivity applicable to technologies beyond QuickTime-including Flash.
*Features real-world, hands-on projects of progressive sophistication allowing developers to start with a project appropriate to their own level of QuickTime experience.
*A companion CD-ROM contains the book's source code, tutorials, and demo software, including a demo version of Live Stage Pro (with a discount offer for the full version).
About the Author
Matthew Peterson is a neuroscientist at the University of California, Berkeley, and is co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of the M.I.N.D. Institute, in Costa Mesa, California. Matthew has made many contributions to the QuickTime community in the form of open source projects, libraries, and applications. He is a familiar speaker at QuickTime Live!, MacWorld, and Apple's World Wide Developer Conferences.
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