Multimedia resources

· Multimedia (misc) Information

 

· Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites

· Multimedia Training Material

· STORYBOARDING "A RECIPE"

· Index to Multimedia Information Sources Page is not updated anymore though.

 

· Fonts

· Frequently Asked Questions About Fonts

· The Font Pool - Various types of fonts and their examples

 

· Graphics and Image Capture mechanisms for use in Multimedia Applications

· The Graphics File Format Page

· Evaluation of Image Capture Pathways for Multimedia Application

·  Various SOUND and AUDIO resources and Applications on the internet:

· Audacity An open source Audio Manipulations/editing program.

· Digital Audio Compression by Davis Yen Pan, Digital Technical Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, Spring 1993.

· The Physiology of Hearing

· Sound

· Audio Tutorial by Robin Parmar

· The CWI Audio File Formats Guide

· Streaming Media: Tutorial

· Color, Image and Vision Related

· Make a Splash with Color (TheTech Museum of Innovation)

· Color Theory by Jim Scruggs

· How We See: The First Steps of Human Vision

· Interactive JPEG examples

· GIF89a Tutorial

· Animated GIF Tutorial

· PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Home Page

 

· Animation

· Animation Factory Animations

 

· Data Compression

· Arithmetic Coding + Statistical Modeling = Data Compression (Arithmetic Coding Page)

 

· Multimedia Author ware, Image and Sound Manipulation/Processing Software

· XV (X11 Image Display Tool) - (You will be able to FTP it)

· Gimp You can also find Gimp for Windows.

· Image Magic

· Adobe Audition (old Cool Edit 2000 - an audio software)

· For Macromedia Director and other Macromedia products

· Director Web - resources for Macromedia Director

· Director Tutorials and Technotes (The University of New South Wales, Australia)

· Macromedia Director Examples

· Macromedia Director and Lingo

· Lingo Tutorial

· Eternal Egypt Multimedia at work with history

· More of Multimedia ArchitecTour-Simulations in Israel.

 

·   3D Modeling, softwares, tutorials

·  Maya Unlimited training

·  3dlinks

·  Modeling Morphing Heads in Maya

·  MAYA MODELS (free)

·  zoorender

·  Escape Studios

·  Adding a vase on your table

·  Turbo Squid - various types of models

·  Amazing 3D Graphics - 3D model collections - Free

·  Okino NuGraf/PolyTrans

· Tools for CAD and Computer Graphic: Visualize and Translate All the Popular 3D Formats More 3D from 3dm3

· 3d02: Finest 3d Models

· Free 3D Modeling Software

· For Windows OpenGL Applications Various 3D models in different formats.

· You may need to convert these models to "W3D" format. Quick 3D is one such program. For 3D Cafe Lots of 3D stuff, including some free stuff

 

· Textures, etc.

· Got3d Texture Store

· Free textures from imageafter.com

· TextureKing

· Textures Library

· Free Textures from alterlinks.com

· Genetica Texture Packs

· Environment Textures for 3D Artists and Game Developers

 

· Images, movies, audio, etc collections (some are free where others may require payment)

· For Derek R. Audette Music and much more

· For ccMixter

· For The Freesound Project

· For PacDV: Free Sound Effects

· For SoundSnap:

· For in ZONES: Images, web templates, etc.

· For bigfoto.com: Pictures free Download

· For Stock Vault: Stock Photography

· For Flickr Share your photos

· For Vector Graphics (not free)

· For Partners in Rhymes

· For Frogstar Audio Archive

· For Absolute Sound Effects Archive

· For Sound Files and Sound Effects

· For Links to various Audio Resources

· For Sound Archive

· For School Clip Arts for Teachers and Students

· For 1 Free Clip Archive

· For Clips from clipart.com

· For free photos/images

· For free mp3 audio

· For Animated Clipart Items

· For Flickr - A system for sharing photos online.

· For Yotophoto - A search engine for free-to-use stock photographs and images.

 

· Photoshop Tutorials Related

· For HOW TO USE PHOTOSHOP: BASICS and TRICKS

· For Advanced Photoshop Tutorials

· For Layers Magazine: Photoshop Tutorials

· For Photoshop Tips & Tricks

· For Adobe Photoshop Tutorials at tutorialized.com

Imran Ahmad, Ph.D.

 

School of Computer Science

University of Windsor—Canada

Last Modified: Feb. 28, 2009