Back to school: class acts and all the facts of multimedia training
Article Abstract:
The popularity of the computer multimedia industry, combining text, audio, graphics, and video for graphic design purposes, is leading to the emergence of training courses for interested individual and corporate students. Training courses are not as easy to find as other software tutorial classes, but software publishers, colleges, and private teaching centers are expanding their curriculum as fast as the multimedia packages are being released. Industry professionals warn that marketing campaigns can make learning multimedia seem easier than it might really be. Computer groups offering multimedia classes and computer conferences often introduce the latest technologies with hands-on experience available. Software developers such as MacroMind, Aldus Corp, and Adobe Systems offer courses or provide referrals. Apple Macintosh users have the greatest spectrum of multimedia to work with but NeXT, Amiga and IBM PC users also have some options for learning about multimedia. Colleges are increasingly supporting the trend by offering courses and degrees in multimedia as well.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1991
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Kicking tires: in-house testing at McGraw Hill, the Cincinnati Inquirer, and Art Media Graphic Services
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Companies interested in testing hardware and software equipment for in-house publishing systems are making use of product testing and compatibility centers on the premises and under deadline. McGraw Hill's Cesare Del Vaglio and his manufacturing technology group research publishing and prepress products, but center their approach on matching the needs of the magazines and the software that these magazines already have installed. At the Cincinnati Inquirer, testing, software acquisition, budgeting and planning are the responsibility of John Bryan, who has limited time and resources with which to make decisions regarding system selection. Bryan either tests programs and peripherals himself or asks other publications about their experiences or calls tech support numbers for more specific information. At Art Media Graphic Services, Chris King speaks to industry experts, reads product documentation, and scans reviews for any additional information he can glean on software and hardware performance.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1991
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Big screens for small change: monitor choices expand lower-cost Mac options
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Apple Macintosh peripheral developers offer a variety of displays for the Mac Classic, LC, and IIsi microcomputers, including a diverse selection of monitor screen sizes, resolutions and prices. Many users who opt for low cost Macs want to add full-page or two-page monitors to machines that were designed without accommodating slots. The small screen size of the Classic encourages users to add larger screens from Radius Inc, Generation Systems, RasterOps Corp, Mirror Technologies and Mobius Technologies Inc. The Mac LC and IIsi have color capabilities that support a greater selection of monitors from which to choose. Developers also offer adaptors that allow modular Macs to hook up to almost any color or monochrome liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. Additional video cards offer speed and expansion slots that help Mac users improve performance and move the low-cost Macs into the corporate publishing realm.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1991
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