Birth of an Illustration

Whether it's about management concepts, film production, or multimedia, a teaching book needs illustrations. The old saw about a picture being worth a thousand words is true -- and with a few refinements, we can improve on that ratio! Let's take a look at one example:

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Before we start rendering, we need to understand the author's intent: What is this illustration about? Usually, this means simply reading the related text manuscript, but sometimes it requires a chat with the author to clear things up. With very technical subjects, we may need to do further research. For our example, though, let's pick a simple drawing that shows, in basic terms, how video is digitized for use in multimedia presentations. Below is Jim Shuman's pencil sketch for this figure, as it appeared in his original art manuscript for Multimedia in Action. JUMP TO STEP 2

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