Peterson Interactive QuickTime

Authoring Wired Media
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-08-049546-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 597 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: QuickTime Developer Series

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.

*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).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peterson, Matthew R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Interactive QuickTime: Authoring Wired Media;2
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Contents;6
5;Foreword;16
6;Preface;19
6.1;What This Book Is and Is Not;19
6.2;How to Read This Book;20
6.3;Explorations;22
7;Acknowledgements;23
8;Part I: Background Information;26
8.1;Chapter 1. What Is Interactive QuickTime?;28
8.1.1;Explorations ;32
8.2;Chapter 2. How Do You Play an Interactive Movie?;35
8.2.1;Explorations ;39
8.3;Chapter 3. The Stuff QuickTime Is Made Of;44
8.3.1;What Are Atoms;44
8.3.2;Tracks;46
8.3.3;Samples;46
8.3.4;Sprite Track Samples;46
8.3.5;Sprites;47
8.3.6;Scripts;48
8.3.7;How to Make Interactive Sprite Tracks;51
8.3.8;Explorations;53
9;Part II: Wiring Existing Movies;54
9.1;Chapter 4. Getting Familiar with the Tools;56
9.1.1;Explorations;66
9.2;Chapter 5. Customizing the Presentation of an Existing Movie;68
9.2.1;Explorations;74
9.3;Chapter 6. Digital Rights Management;76
9.3.1;Explorations;82
9.4;Chapter 7. Adding DVD Features;84
9.4.1;Explorations;92
10;Part III: Sprite Worlds;94
10.1;Chapter 8. A Simple World;96
10.1.1;Explorations;108
10.2;Chapter 9. Talking with Sprites;110
10.2.1;Targets;110
10.2.2;Properties;112
10.2.3;Actions;114
10.2.4;Custom Actions;116
10.2.5;Custom Properties;119
10.2.6;Rotation Behavior;120
10.2.7;Explorations;122
10.3;Chapter 10. Collision Detection;124
10.3.1;Bounds Overlap;127
10.3.2;Radius Overlap;131
10.3.3;Point Testing;134
10.3.4;Explorations;140
10.4;Chapter 11. Cel-Based Animation;142
10.4.1;Picasso;143
10.4.2;Interactive Door;145
10.4.3;Looping Images;147
10.4.4;Inchworm Technique;151
10.4.5;Onionskinning;155
10.4.6;Coordinated Animation;157
10.4.7;Cel-Based Pushing;158
10.4.8;Cel-Based Dragging;160
10.4.9;Explorations;161
10.5;Chapter 12. User Interaction;164
10.5.1;Pop Quiz;165
10.5.2;Mouse Event Definitions;166
10.5.3;Checkbox;170
10.5.4;Mouse Hit Testing;172
10.5.5;Mouse Enter and Mouse Exit;173
10.5.6;Mouse Moved;175
10.5.7;Drag Manager;175
10.5.8;Double Clicks;179
10.5.9;Focus;180
10.5.10;Key Events;181
10.5.11;Keyboard Managers;186
10.5.12;Explorations;187
10.6;Chapter 13. Scripted Motion;190
10.6.1;Linear Interpolation;191
10.6.2;Easing In and Out;192
10.6.3;Motion along a Mathematical Function;194
10.6.4;Circular Motion;198
10.6.5;Paths;201
10.6.6;Spline Interpolation;204
10.6.7;Explorations;207
10.7;Chapter 14. Scripted Stretching;210
10.7.1;Bar Graphs;211
10.7.2;Drawing Lines;213
10.7.3;Perspective;216
10.7.4;Explorations;218
10.8;Chapter 15. Cloning Sprites;222
10.8.1;Making New Sprites;222
10.8.2;Cloning Sprites with Behavior;224
10.8.3;Disposing of Sprites;226
10.8.4;Explorations;228
10.9;Chapter 16. Modeling Physics;230
10.9.1;Forces;230
10.9.2;Friction;233
10.9.3;Collisions;235
10.9.4;Explorations;237
11;Part IV: User Interfaces;240
11.1;Chapter 17. Buttons;242
11.1.1;Simple Buttons;242
11.1.2;Checkboxes;246
11.1.3;Components;248
11.1.4;Radio Buttons;249
11.1.5;Explorations;252
11.2;Chapter 18. Sliders;254
11.2.1;Explorations;258
11.3;Chapter 19. Text Input;260
11.3.1;Filtering the Input;265
11.3.2;Text Field Component with Border;266
11.3.3;Recursive Connections;268
11.3.4;Multilined Text Areas;268
11.3.5;Password Fields;269
11.3.6;Explorations;272
11.4;Chapter 20. Menus;274
11.4.1;Explorations;279
12;Part V: Multimedia;280
12.1;Chapter 21. Audio and Video;282
12.1.1;Audio;284
12.1.2;Video;287
12.1.3;Loading Linear Media;292
12.1.4;Explorations;293
12.2;Chapter 22. Effects;296
12.2.1;Codec Effects;299
12.2.2;Explorations;301
12.3;Chapter 23. Image Overrides;302
12.3.1;Explorations;306
12.4;Chapter 24. MIDI Instruments;308
12.4.1;SoundFonts;314
12.4.2;Sampled Instruments;315
12.4.3;Explorations;318
12.5;Chapter 25. Text Tracks;320
12.5.1;Scrolling Ticker Tape;320
12.5.2;LCD Clock;322
12.5.3;Text Links (Hotspots);330
12.5.4;Searching Text Captions;333
12.5.5;Explorations;340
12.6;Chapter 26. Flash Tracks;344
12.6.1;Controlling QuickTime from a Flash Button;345
12.6.2;Controlling a Flash Button from QuickTime;347
12.6.3;Controlling Flash Movie Properties;350
12.6.4;Explorations;351
12.7;Chapter 27. QTVR;354
12.7.1;Controlling VR;357
12.7.2;Multinodes, Hotspots, Cubics, and Maps;360
12.7.3;Explorations;364
12.8;Chapter 28. MovieTracks;368
12.8.1;Explorations;375
12.9;Chapter 29. Third-Party Tracks;378
12.9.1;Explorations;383
12.10;Chapter 30. Other Tracks;384
12.10.1;Video Tracks in Disguise;384
12.10.2;Text Tracks in Disguise;384
12.10.3;Timecode Tracks;385
12.10.4;Modifier and Tween Tracks;386
12.10.5;QuickDraw 3D Track;388
12.10.6;Streaming Tracks;388
12.10.7;Hint Tracks;388
12.10.8;PDF Tracks;389
12.10.9;Fast Tracks (FT);389
12.10.10;Cursor Tracks;389
12.10.11;WorldWideVariables Tracks;391
12.10.12;Base Tracks;391
12.10.13;Explorations;392
13;Part VI: Communicating with the World;394
13.1;Chapter 31. XML and QTLists;396
13.1.1;QTLists versus XML;398
13.1.2;Working with QTLists;402
13.1.3;Explorations;407
13.2;Chapter 32. Loading Data;410
13.2.1;Explorations;413
13.3;Chapter 33. Setting Up a QTList Server;416
13.3.1;About Tekadence Magik;416
13.3.2;Setting Up the Test Server;417
13.3.3;Explorations;419
13.4;Chapter 34. Sending Data to a Server;422
13.4.1;Launch the Server;422
13.4.2;Explorations;428
13.5;Chapter 35. Exchanging QTLists;430
13.5.1;Explorations;439
13.6;Chapter 36. Communicating with the Browser;442
13.6.1;Passing Data into a Movie;446
13.6.2;Explorations;448
13.7;Chapter 37. Dynamic Media;452
13.7.1;Explorations;461
13.8;Chapter 38. Intermovie Communication;464
13.8.1;IsMovieActive;469
13.8.2;Explorations;469
13.9;Chapter 39. Communicating with Applications;472
13.9.1;Explorations;475
14;Appendices;478
14.1;Appendix A. Useful Numbers;480
14.2;Appendix B. Math Functions;488
14.3;Appendix C. String Functions;496
14.4;Appendix D. QTList Functions;502
14.5;Appendix E. Programming Techniques;508
14.5.1;Spatial Programming;508
14.5.2;Breaking a Loop;509
14.5.3;Exception Handling and Error Detection;510
14.5.4;Functions, Methods, and Subroutines;511
14.5.5;Recursion;512
14.5.6;Numerical Correction;513
14.5.7;Dividing by Zero (Epsilon Correction);514
14.5.8;Random Number Generation;516
14.5.9;Dictionaries and Lists;517
14.5.10;Debugging;518
14.5.11;Profiling;519
14.5.12;Lazy Constructors;520
14.5.13;Parallel Processing;521
14.5.14;Sustainable Hacking;523
14.5.15;Dynamic Script Evaluation;523
14.5.16;Collaboration;524
14.6;Appendix F. Sprite and Track Geometry;526
14.6.1;Coordinate System;526
14.6.2;Spatial Properties;527
14.6.3;Distance between Two Tracks;529
14.6.4;2.5 Dimensions;529
14.6.5;Screen Updates;530
14.6.6;Matrix Transformations;530
14.6.7;Area of Sprites;538
14.6.8;Sprite Center;539
14.6.9;Two Points;540
14.6.10;A Point and a Line;540
14.6.11;Two Lines;541
14.6.12;Regular Polygons;541
14.6.13;Triangles;541
14.6.14;Circles;541
14.6.15;Spheres;542
14.7;Appendix G. Graphics Modes;544
14.8;Appendix H. Codecs;546
14.9;Appendix I. General MIDI;548
14.9.1;Instruments;548
14.9.2;Drum Kits;550
14.9.3;Controllers;551
14.10;Appendix J. Components;552
14.11;Appendix K. QTText Tags;556
14.12;Appendix L. HTML Embed Parameters;560
14.12.1;Embed Attributes;561
14.13;Appendix M. Wired Actions;564
14.14;Appendix N. Wired Constants;572
14.15;Appendix O. ASCII Table;578
14.16;Appendix P. Wired Sprites with Java;582
14.17;Appendix Q. Web Links;584
14.18;Appendix R. Contributing Developers;588
14.19;Appendix S. CD Contents;590
15;Glossary;594
16;Index;600
17;About the Author;623
18;QuickTime Developer Series;624