The Mac-based tools we used to create the sample lessons you
are exploring in this workshop fall into the categories depicted
below.
Here are some products we have found useful.
- Word Processing.
- Low end: Simple Text.. Free
with every Macintosh.
- High end: Microsoft Word.. Sold
by
Microsoft Corp.
- Flat Bed Image Scanners.
- Draw/Paint
- Low end: ColorIt!. Sold by
MicroFrontier (515-270-8109) , $ 49.95
- High end:
PhotoShop
- gif maker: Clip2Gif . Free from
Yves.Piguet
- Video Tools.
- To make your own video you need a good camcorder
(preferably 8 mm).
- AV Macs come with built-in video circuitry,
ready to accept an external video signal.
for
high-end work you can buy special video boards
(several thousand $$)
- Video capture tools come with the Mac.
- Video Editing Tools.
Low end: Simple Player
will allow you to copy/paste/splice QuickTime
movies. High end: Premiere, Video Fusion, Avid
VideoShop
- HTML Editors.
- Low end: You don't need one, as demonstrated in
this workshop.
- High end: Some people like Web Weaver.
For a
good discussion of editors look at or, New Media
, Vol.5, Number 10, (October 1995)