Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow Handbook: A Guide to Staying Ahead of the Workflow Curve
Patricia Russotti
Richard Anderson
ISBN: 978-0-240-81095-9

Teaching students how to manage their digital files can be extremely challenging. Authors Patti Russotti (professor at R.I.T.) and Richard Anderson (board member of the ASMP) provide you with the best workflow practices for planning and capturing to archiving your digital photography and everything in between. Stay current with the accompanying website that provides resources and links for ever changing technology and the latest advances in workflow, including interactivity, QuickTime movie tutorials, the Seminar series presentations and interviews with professional photographers.Co-published with the American Society of Media Photographers and DPBestflow (A Library of Congress funded project) Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow Handbook is the most trusted resource for digital photographers and digital imaging artists... [more]

Video Production Handbook, 4th Edition
Gerald Millerson
Jim Owens
ISBN: 978-0-240-52080-3

Video Production Handbook shows the full production process, from inception of idea to final distribution. The book focuses especially on why each step occurs as it does and provides guidance in choosing the simplest methods of creating the shots your students want in their video projects. Concentrating on the techniques and concepts behind the latest equipment, this book demonstrates the fundamental principles needed to create good video content on any kind of budget. Suitable for students and beginning videographers, the new edition of this classic text retains its clarity and directness but has been completely revised and updated ... [more]

Game Design Workshop
A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games, 2nd Edition
Tracy Fullerton
ISBN: 978-0-240-80974-8

This novice-level game design book is the ideal guide to teaching aspiring game designers the essential skills with a hand's-on methodology. No programming or artwork skills are required. Classical and contemporary principles of game play and game mechanics are analyzed thoroughly. Design skills are demonstrated with workshop exercises that put the readers to work in prototyping, playtesting and redesigning their own games. Theory and practice meld together with a process that has been rigorously road-tested in schools and professional environments.

This design methodology is currently used in the USC Interactive Media program — a cutting edge program partially funded by Electronic Arts... [more]

Modern Recording Techniques, 7th Edition
David Miles Huber
Robert A Runstein
ISBN: 978-0-240-81069-0

As the most popular and authoritative guide to recording available, Modern Recording Techniques provides everything you need to master the tools and day-to-day practice of music recording and production. The sixth edition has been expanded to cover the latest digital audio technology and features a new section on surround sound. For those who are just starting out or are looking for their next job in the industry, this edition also provides essential advice on career options and networking... [more]

Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing, 4th Edition
Ted White
ISBN: 978-0-240-80659-4

Special Features:
• A new student-friendly price • Up-to-date coverage including the new practice of embedded journalism • Unlike other contributed texts, this book is written in one constant voice • Instructor's Manual includes chapter notes, exercises and additional examples • A new companion website with even more updates

Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing, Fourth Edition examines the skills, technologies, and challenges of writing and reporting for broadcast journalism. Along with complete coverage of the fundamentals, this text presents current writing samples through actual scripts and discussion with the people who bring us the news... [more]

Motion Graphic Design and Fine Art Animation: Principles and Practice
Jon Krasner
ISBN: 978-0-240-80989-2

Improve the aesthetic and communication qualities of your motion graphics. Reach beyond technical craft skills with this multimedia examination of the essential elements of the art, which includes:
Foundation: Realize the artistic expression of pioneering artists from film, television, interactive media, and immersive environments as they combine the principles of painting, traditional graphic design, and the dynamic visual language of cinema.

Technique: Develop an understanding of motion literacy, kinetic images and type, and the pictorial and sequential aspects of composition and choreography. Principles are presented with contextual examples and suggested assignments to challenge you artistically... [more]