While researching digital magazines, I came across this post from almost 3 years ago. It was attempting to prototype what digital magazines could be. The purpose of publishing this concept video is first and foremost to spark a discussion around the digital reading experience in general, and digital reading platforms in particular. Thus, we would…
Read MoreLearn how to use Adobe Audition to clean up your audio files so they sound great. Whether you’re producing an audio or video podcast or just audio to put inside an app, this tool does a great job.
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While major sites like YouTube and Vimeo remain important, here are a few additional sites to keep in mind as you build your video distribution network: 5min (www.5min.com)—Tutorial videos shorter than five minutes in duration. Bing (www.bing.com)—Microsoft’s new search engine has a video directory. Brightcove (www.brightcove.com)—A paid service that lets you target many outlets including…
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Each year Edison Research and Arbitron issue an influential study called the Infinite Dial which tracks the behavior of consumers. It is targeted in part and the broadcast and entertainment industries, but there’s lot to glean from the study. Here are two statistics that stand out to us as deep in meaning. The Internet…
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The United States Marine Corps and Bates Creative Group use Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to create Marines Magazine. Both organizations endeavor to stay on the cutting edge of technology and provide bold and engaging content for its audience. In order to streamline resources, they use Adobe products to create both the print and digital versions…
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Here’s how to make a valid ePUB file with Apple Pages. Download this template file – http://images.apple.com/support/pages/docs/ePub_Best_Practices_EN.zip Open the file and fill in your content on a Mac. Be sure to use the styles drawer to use proper formatting. Add photos or media files (such as audio or video). Stick with iPad compatible formats like…
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While you may have a long of fonts on your Mac, you don’t on your iPad. The iBooks you’re creating rely upon a set of built-in fonts to work. In a practical sense this means. Stick to the fonts in the templates and you are safe. Use the fonts that appear in the Format Bar. If…
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