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This section covers all media types created, edited and embedded into websites.
The primary image type used on the web due to good scalability and choice of compression in image editors. Mainly used for photos and complex images with many colours.
Used as a static image this type excels at images that use few colours, there will be no mixing of colours from 1 or 2 pixel lines and the file size will be minimal even at large sizes. the transparency available is limited to transparent or not transparent, which has limited uses.
My main image type used when transparency is required. Unlike a .gif this type can have many levels of alpha so guarantees smooth blending of every pixel onto the background.
Despite it's excellence with transparency and compression quality, this image type has large file sizes and some outdated browsers such as Internet Explorer 6 do not fully support them, so extra workarounds are required.
This animated image type doesn't require plugins such as flash or javascript. so is very good at satisfying low memory requirements.
VirtualDub video editing software allows the exporting of a video in a frame by frame format, this allows the importing of those image frames into animation editing software. In using this technique part of a video file can be turned into an animated gif.
The Adobe Flash software is an excellent all round media editing software, covering all of the types listed here.
Due to the nature of Flash mixing all media types together, I have dedicated a section to it: Flash Media.
.mp3 is really the best choice for online audio: I compress all .wav files into it for online use. My audio editor of choice is Goldwave due to being able to get good experience from the free version.
I'm no music buff but have enough skills to copy/cut/edit, mix, fade and pitch shift among other effects. Very useful for putting together a flash project (which is what led me to try it) and adding commentary, mouseover button sounds, on click sound bites and music snippets.
Most video I have dealt with is uploaded onto a Youtube account (which is then converted to .fla for standard or .mp4 for HD), and W3C compliant code embedded into a website. This is ideal due to the free service and double presence boosting SEO.
In terms of capture, editing and exporting of my own video, I have recorded footage using a HD camera at university and my own Sony Handycam, then used Adobe Premier (HD footage) and Sony Vegas 7 (Handycam footage) to edit and compress the video for the web.
Although my editing experience is limited due to availability of the software and lack of projects to implement video.