Understanding Basic Concepts of Media Handling:
Pictures, Movies, and VR
Handling Media – an Introduction
Media formats will continue
to evolve. There will be new
graphic, video, photo, and audio formats emerge as new technologies
create new
demands and new opportunities. In all likelihood, as these things
change, the
core questions will still remain:
1)
What
are you going to use it for?
2)
Where
will you use it? (Web, CD, DVD, Streaming video, print only, etc.)
3)
How
are you going to get your media?
4)
How
will you organize it?
5)
How
will you store it?
The following websites can
act as ongoing references for you
as you broaden your experiential base.
1. Graphic
File
Formats
The page lists the most
common file formats you are likely
to encounter. It gives you their full name and a brief explanation of
what they
are.
2. Wikipedia:
Graphic
File Formats
Here’s a very extensive
list of graphic file formats that is
bound to help you find what you’re looking for.
This is an excellent site –
very brief, to the point – to
help you understand video file formats and what you need to know to be
happy
with your final product.
4. Planning
Digital
Video for CD’s, DVD’s, and Web Distribution
This resource is a little
bit longer than some but it walks
you through practical considerations you need to think about as you
plan your
projects.
6. Audio File
Formats
If you’ve got an audio file
and you don’t know what it is,
you’ll find it listed here.
7. Understanding Digital Music Files
8. More on
Understanding Audio Formats
Despite the technical
sounding title, this site will
provide you with a quick overview of the key issues in terms of
creating and
saving audio files in a format that makes sense for your intended use.
10. Photo
Formats Explained
You’re only going to learn
about different types of
photo files here. The explanations are very simple and straightforward.
11. Digital
Photography: Photo File Formats
This is the next step up in
terms of detail in the
explanations. When you’re ready for a lot more information, especially
when it
comes to which formats are best for which purposes, check this out.
12. Everything
you
want to know about JPEG
13. Digital
Camera Stuff
Most of us struggle with
understanding file formats,
printing, etc. when it comes to our first digital camera. This webpage
attempts
to walk you through some of the main issues.
14. The Kodak
Site – Online Courses on Digital Imaging – FREE!
If you work through the
online courses Kodak has put
together, you’ll be in good shape to understand just about anything you
will
encounter when it comes to digital photo issues.
15. What’s the
difference between the size for printing and the size for displaying?
Bob Atkins has done an
excellent job of explaining what we
have to consider when we are going to display an image or print an
image. Don’t miss this explanation.
16. File
Formats and
Compression
When you’re ready for all
the information you can hold in
image file formats, head for this site.
A second handout was made available to Windows users who needed to know
how to use the Windows Sound Recorder. That is available at this site through
this link.
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