Digital Media Tools is a clearly focused introduction to the major software tools used for creating multimedia. Focusing on multimedia authoring for the Web, it offers basic tutorials on the practical preparation of illustrations and still images, video animation and sound. It enables the students to learn through doing as well as to understand the basics of design and integration in a multimedia environment. This edition is revised to include up-to-date material on multimedia advances since the publication of the first edition, making it the most up to date guide on the market. It is fully revised to cover multimedia advances since the publication of the first edition. Each section focuses on an industry-leading application including Flash, Photoshop, Director, ImageReady, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver. Readers will acquire a basic fluency with these tools, learn what they do best and what their limitations are. It offers basic tutorials on the practical preparation of illustrations and still images, video animation, and sound.