What is a 3DNY MediaBook?
As our customers have said "I've never seen anything like this before!"
MediaBooks give the student an extraordinary opportunity to learn faster
and easier than ever before. Material is presented using the full range
of multimedia-video, animation, voice over audio, and additional texts
for more advanced studies. All presented within an immersive learning
environment on you computer.
MediaBooks are not traditional videos, DVDs or books. They are fully
software driven products that can take the student to places other
products could never dream of going.
- Imagine stepping right into working simulations of the
applications you are learning. Even if you do not have those
applications installed on your computer!
- Imagine actually using the tools on your computer while the
narrator steps you through the projects.
- Imagine going seamlessly from a lecture video on a technique,
into studying the tools, and then having advanced text-based
studies and resources just one mouse-click away.
- Imagine working with real-time rendering and other time saving
techniques to help speed the learning process.
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What is a MediaBook?
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High Resolution: MediaBooks are produced in a high 1024 X 768 pixel
computer resolution-not the low resolution used for TV videos or DVDs.
This makes viewing the software interfaces you wish to learn very easy
to see since you watch it on your computer screen. Many times you will
be watching the interfaces at actual size, so it will appear exactly the
same as when you run the application yourself.
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High Quality Audio/Video: MediaBooks are produced with an emphasis on
good communication. This means you will never find video clips from
"live" lectures or other lower quality and hard to understand material.
All work is produced in the studio with clear and easy to understand
speakers.
Unique Topics: 3DNY strives to produce MediaBooks that offer the
digital community unique products that are not found elsewhere. Many of
our titles cover subjects that cannot be found anywhere else.
Competitive Prices: With all of the extra love and care we put into our
products one might think the prices would be higher than other products
on the market. However, most of our products are priced to be affordable
and are available for the same or lower prices than competing volumes
that offer far less.
Our Authors: Last but not least are the efforts of our authors who are
some of the top practitioners, educators, developers and researchers in
the field of digital graphics. What makes our MediaBook technology
really special is its ability to help bring these authors knowledge,
understanding and energy for their subjects to the student in a more
powerful way than ever seen before.
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TECHNICAL FEATURES
 | | | Multiplatform Support: A professionally produced learning tool that runs on your multiplatform computers, Window, Mac OS 9/X, and some titles on Linux. |
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 | | Digital Bookmarks: When exiting a MediaBook, the user can choose to mark their location and return to it at a later date. |
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 | | Instructor Mode: When turned on, tutorial text floats atop other applications in a compact module. This reduces the need to application-switch when following tutorial instructions. |
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 | | Application Simulations: Functional application simulations are coded right into the MediaBook software and give the student realistic hands-on experience with applications they wish to learn. |
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 | | Interface Controls: All media interface controls--such as volume and transport controls--are on every screen so the student never has to hunt for their computer's control panel. |
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 | | Backlight Dimmer Control: To make text easy to read in any lighting environment, MediaBooks include a user controllable back light dimmer. Dial it up when reading in brightly lit environments, or down when reading in a darker room. |
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 | | Captioning for the Hearing Impaired: Open caption support for the hearing impaired easily toggles on and off. |
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 | | Multiple Language Subtitles: Many of our MediaBooks offer multi-lingual support for English, Spanish and others, through sub-titles that toggle on and off at the flip of a switch. |
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 | | Downloadable Patches & Errata: MediaBooks can be updated with any new materials that are made available. With MediaBooks this is done with a simple internet download. |
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 | | Version Updates: MediaBooks are easily updatable when new versions are released. No need to re-buy a book when the next version comes out, simply download and apply an inexpensive update from our online store. Not a separate addendum, the update seamlessly patches the current version. This feature will change the way you view ongoing education. |
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 | | Searchable Topics: Many sections offer search functionality to let you quickly locate topics of interest. |
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 | | | Printable Texts: Text and transcripts can be printed for reference when not on the computer. |
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 | | Video Transcripts: All video footage and narration is provided with full text transcripts for easy reviewing. |
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 | | DVD Set-Top Material: Some additional material may also be provided in standard television format for use with set-top DVD players, and viewed on Standard or High Definition TVs. |
Note: Exact feature lists vary by product.
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