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Interactive QuickTime - Authoring Wired Media
of: Matthew R. Peterson
Elsevier Reference Monographs, 2003
ISBN: 9780080495460 , 597 Pages
Format: PDF
Copy protection: DRM
Front Cover
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Interactive QuickTime: Authoring Wired Media
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Copyright Page
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Contents
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Foreword
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Preface
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What This Book Is and Is Not
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How to Read This Book
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Explorations
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Acknowledgements
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Part I: Background Information
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Chapter 1. What Is Interactive QuickTime?
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Explorations
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Chapter 2. How Do You Play an Interactive Movie?
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Explorations
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Chapter 3. The Stuff QuickTime Is Made Of
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What Are Atoms
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Tracks
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Samples
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Sprite Track Samples
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Sprites
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Scripts
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How to Make Interactive Sprite Tracks
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Explorations
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Part II: Wiring Existing Movies
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Chapter 4. Getting Familiar with the Tools
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Explorations
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Chapter 5. Customizing the Presentation of an Existing Movie
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Explorations
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Chapter 6. Digital Rights Management
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Explorations
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Chapter 7. Adding DVD Features
84
Explorations
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Part III: Sprite Worlds
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Chapter 8. A Simple World
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Explorations
108
Chapter 9. Talking with Sprites
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Targets
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Properties
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Actions
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Custom Actions
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Custom Properties
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Rotation Behavior
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Explorations
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Chapter 10. Collision Detection
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Bounds Overlap
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Radius Overlap
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Point Testing
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Explorations
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Chapter 11. Cel-Based Animation
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Picasso
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Interactive Door
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Looping Images
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Inchworm Technique
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Onionskinning
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Coordinated Animation
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Cel-Based Pushing
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Cel-Based Dragging
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Explorations
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Chapter 12. User Interaction
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Pop Quiz
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Mouse Event Definitions
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Checkbox
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Mouse Hit Testing
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Mouse Enter and Mouse Exit
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Mouse Moved
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Drag Manager
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Double Clicks
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Focus
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Key Events
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Keyboard Managers
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Explorations
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Chapter 13. Scripted Motion
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Linear Interpolation
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Easing In and Out
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Motion along a Mathematical Function
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Circular Motion
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Paths
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Spline Interpolation
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Explorations
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Chapter 14. Scripted Stretching
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Bar Graphs
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Drawing Lines
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Perspective
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Explorations
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Chapter 15. Cloning Sprites
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Making New Sprites
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Cloning Sprites with Behavior
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Disposing of Sprites
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Explorations
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Chapter 16. Modeling Physics
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Forces
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Friction
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Collisions
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Explorations
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Part IV: User Interfaces
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Chapter 17. Buttons
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Simple Buttons
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Checkboxes
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Components
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Radio Buttons
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Explorations
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Chapter 18. Sliders
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Explorations
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Chapter 19. Text Input
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Filtering the Input
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Text Field Component with Border
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Recursive Connections
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Multilined Text Areas
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Password Fields
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Explorations
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Chapter 20. Menus
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Explorations
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Part V: Multimedia
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Chapter 21. Audio and Video
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Audio
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Video
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Loading Linear Media
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Explorations
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Chapter 22. Effects
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Codec Effects
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Explorations
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Chapter 23. Image Overrides
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Explorations
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Chapter 24. MIDI Instruments
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SoundFonts
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Sampled Instruments
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Explorations
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Chapter 25. Text Tracks
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Scrolling Ticker Tape
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LCD Clock
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Text Links (Hotspots)
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Searching Text Captions
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Explorations
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Chapter 26. Flash Tracks
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Controlling QuickTime from a Flash Button
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Controlling a Flash Button from QuickTime
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Controlling Flash Movie Properties
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Explorations
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Chapter 27. QTVR
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Controlling VR
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Multinodes, Hotspots, Cubics, and Maps
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Explorations
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Chapter 28. MovieTracks
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Explorations
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Chapter 29. Third-Party Tracks
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Explorations
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Chapter 30. Other Tracks
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Video Tracks in Disguise
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Text Tracks in Disguise
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Timecode Tracks
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Modifier and Tween Tracks
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QuickDraw 3D Track
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Streaming Tracks
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Hint Tracks
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PDF Tracks
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Fast Tracks (FT)
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Cursor Tracks
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WorldWideVariables Tracks
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Base Tracks
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Explorations
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Part VI: Communicating with the World
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Chapter 31. XML and QTLists
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QTLists versus XML
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Working with QTLists
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Explorations
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Chapter 32. Loading Data
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Explorations
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Chapter 33. Setting Up a QTList Server
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About Tekadence Magik
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Setting Up the Test Server
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Explorations
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Chapter 34. Sending Data to a Server
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Launch the Server
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Explorations
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Chapter 35. Exchanging QTLists
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Explorations
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Chapter 36. Communicating with the Browser
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Passing Data into a Movie
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Explorations
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Chapter 37. Dynamic Media
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Explorations
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Chapter 38. Intermovie Communication
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IsMovieActive
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Explorations
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Chapter 39. Communicating with Applications
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Explorations
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Appendices
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Appendix A. Useful Numbers
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Appendix B. Math Functions
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Appendix C. String Functions
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Appendix D. QTList Functions
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Appendix E. Programming Techniques
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Spatial Programming
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Breaking a Loop
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Exception Handling and Error Detection
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Functions, Methods, and Subroutines
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Recursion
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Numerical Correction
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Dividing by Zero (Epsilon Correction)
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Random Number Generation
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Dictionaries and Lists
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Debugging
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Profiling
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Lazy Constructors
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Parallel Processing
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Sustainable Hacking
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Dynamic Script Evaluation
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Collaboration
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Appendix F. Sprite and Track Geometry
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Coordinate System
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Spatial Properties
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Distance between Two Tracks
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2.5 Dimensions
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Screen Updates
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Matrix Transformations
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Area of Sprites
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Sprite Center
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Two Points
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A Point and a Line
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Two Lines
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Regular Polygons
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Triangles
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Circles
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Spheres
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Appendix G. Graphics Modes
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Appendix H. Codecs
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Appendix I. General MIDI
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Instruments
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Drum Kits
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Controllers
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Appendix J. Components
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Appendix K. QTText Tags
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Appendix L. HTML Embed Parameters
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Embed Attributes
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Appendix M. Wired Actions
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Appendix N. Wired Constants
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Appendix O. ASCII Table
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Appendix P. Wired Sprites with Java
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Appendix Q. Web Links
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Appendix R. Contributing Developers
588
Appendix S. CD Contents
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Glossary
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Index
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About the Author
623
QuickTime Developer Series
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