REVIEW: THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO MULTIMEDIA  David Haskins Alpha Books 

Recently I reviewed THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO CD-ROM and found it to be 
most informative and well written.  THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO MULTIMEDIA
seems to take up where the first book leaves off in expanding and offering
new material on the subject.

Some of the subjects covered include the Top Ten Things You Need to Know
About Multimedia, Graphics and Sound, MIDI, WAV, installing and trouble-
shooting multimedia peripherals, hardware and software.  Also covered are 
the Top Ten CD-ROMs including Encarta, MYST and eight more.  

Of particular interest is a complete section on how to make your own
multimedia presentations using text, images and sound to make all kinds of 
innovative and creative productions - slide shows, cartoons, animations and 
even movies!  

The book comes with a bonus CD-ROM that contains some neat stuff to play 
with - such as several game demos such as Epic's Pinball, Overkill (a
fast space arcade game) and DOOM which is one of the hottest PC games ever!
Also included are several neat graphics like chevy.gif and lunarium.gif
and a whole lot more.

In short - there's a lot in THE CONPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO MULTIMEDIA to
keep you occupied and busy for months.  Its easy learning and fun to boot!


%T      The Complete Idiot's Guide to Multimedia
%A      David Haskin
%I      Alpha Books
%C      Indianapolis Indiana
%D      1994
%O      Includes CD-ROM, $19.95 USA, $26.99 Canada
%G      ISBN: 1-56761-505-8 
%P      357 pages, paperbound
%K      CD-ROM, multimedia, computers


(C) 1995
Michael Crestohl
Nahant Massachusetts  USA
mc@shore.net

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failure of the book or materials reviewed herewith, nor have I received any 
compensation (other than a review copy requested by me) from anyone who has.  
All opinions expressed are strictly my own.

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