Web and Multimedia Development Software
Available at the UNR Seismological Lab

Contents:

	Development Recipies		General Notes
	Web Page Layout		Document Publishing		Illustration
	Raster Graphics		Video Animation		Audio
	Virtual Reality		Netscape Notes		Java Workshop Notes
	Illustrator Notes		Photoshop Notes

• Create a Web page. See the discussion of Netscape below.

• Convert a paper from word-processor to Web format. Import the word-processor (Word Perfect, MS-Word, etc.) document into Adobe Pagemaker on the Power Mac. For proper printing, you may have to convert your graphics to EPS format using Adobe Illustrator on the Sun or Mac, and then Place them into your Pagemaker document. Equations are probably best converted to EPS and Placed as graphics as well. Convert your paper to a high-resolution PDF version, and the Placed graphics will be converted to PDF within it. Now make an HTML version of your paper by selecting the Export->HTML item from Pagemaker 6.5's File menu, and it will automatically create GIF or JPEG versions of your EPS graphics and equations and link them in the output HTML. Send email to webmaster@seismo with the location of your HTML, GIF, and PDF files, for them to be linked into the Seismology web pages.

• Convert a paper from text-formatter to Web format. Open a copy of the text-formatted (TeX, LaTeX, troff, etc.) document in a plain text editor. Manually alter formatting commands to HTML commands. For each figure, import PostScript to Illustrator 6.0 on the Power Mac or convert to PDF with Acrobat Distiller on the Mac or Sun. Convert equations to GIF just as for figures. From Illustrator or Photoshop on the Mac or Sun save a GIF and a PDF version of each figure, and link into HTML. Send email to webmaster@seismo with the location of your HTML, GIF, and PDF files, for them to be linked into the Seismology web pages.

• Convert a multi-page document on paper to Web format. If mostly monochrome, connect PaperPort scanner to Power Mac and scan all pages. Save stacked into one PaperPort file, and use OCR conversion to RTF or de-columnized text. Use RTFtoHTML on a Mac to convert RTF to HTML text, or add simple HTML formatting commands to plain text by hand in a text editor. Use word processor or Pagemaker to spell-check carefully for OCR errors (can take up to half an hour per scanned page, if original text is small or quality poor). Open pages with graphics in PaperPort, select graphic, and copy and paste into Photoshop on Mac. Save as GIF using a small number of adaptive colors or 255 browser colors.

• Scan a color graphic on paper to Web format. Scan graphic on the HP scanner attached to the Power Mac using DeskScan II. Save as compressed TIFF on the Mac. Open TIFF in Photoshop on Mac or Sun, enhance with Image->Adjust->Levels and the Unsharp Mask filter, and save as JPEG with medium or high quality. Can also use Image->Image Size to make a small thumbnail to save as GIF using a small number of adaptive colors or 255 browser colors.

• Annotate an image. Open image in Photoshop on Mac or Sun (convert from Sun or other exotic formats using XV3 or GraphicConverter if needed), enhance with Image->Adjust->Levels and the Unsharp Mask filter; save as EPS with a Mac 8-bit or JPEG preview and in binary JPEG High EPS format. Start Illustrator on the same platform (if possible) and select File->Place Art. Place (not Parse, if asked) the EPS image file and adjust its position and size in Illustrator. In Illustrator select the image and choose Arrange->Lock, then draw or import the annotations and save as Illustrator 5.5 and PDF. In Illustrator 6.0 on the Power Mac save also as JPEG, or shrink and save as GIF using a small number of adaptive colors or 255 browser colors.

• Convert a PostScript graphic for the Web.
  • On the Power Mac in Illustrator 6.0, open the PostScript file, then save as JPEG, or save as GIF using a small number of adaptive colors or 255 browser colors; or
  • On a Mac or Sun, convert to PDF with the Acrobat Distiller, then open the PDF in Illustrator 5.5, and save as Illustrator 5.5. Possibly large placed image EPS files with names ``Image N'' will be written by Illustrator when the PDF is opened. Start Photoshop and open each EPS placed image file, and Save As EPS with a Mac 8-bit or JPEG preview and in binary JPEG High EPS format with sensible names. Then from Illustrator open the saved Illustrator 5.5 file and locate all the placed images (it will ask in the order of the number N of each placed Image file). Re-save the Illustrator 5.5 file, and save a PDF file for the Web as well. See below to rasterize a PDF into JPEG or GIF for the Web.

• Convert an IslandDraw graphic for the Web. On a Sun, start islanddraw, open your islandraw file, and select Print. In the Printing dialog, select the printer type PostScript Color, and 100% scaling. Leave the printing dialog and select Save As, and in the Save dialog select file type Printer File, and save with the file name extension ``.ps''. This is a PostScript level 1 file.
  • On the Power Mac in Illustrator 6.0, open the PostScript file, select any raster images that should be grayscale and choose Filter->Colors->Saturate... with -100% saturation; then save as JPEG, or save as GIF using a small number of adaptive colors or 255 browser colors; or
  • On a Mac or Sun, convert to PDF with the Acrobat Distiller, then open the PDF in Illustrator 5.5, and save as Illustrator 5.5. Possibly large placed image EPS files with names ``Image N'' will be written by Illustrator when the PDF is opened. Start Photoshop and open each EPS placed image file, select Mode->Grayscale if your raster is not color, and Save As EPS with a Mac 8-bit or JPEG preview and in binary JPEG High EPS format with sensible names. Then from Illustrator open the saved Illustrator 5.5 file and locate all the placed images (it will ask in the order of the number N of each placed Image file). Re-save the Illustrator 5.5 file, and save a PDF file for the Web as well. See below to rasterize a PDF into JPEG or GIF for the Web.

• Convert PDF to GIF or JPEG.
  • In Illustrator 6.0 on the Power Mac open the PDF file, then save as JPEG, or shrink and save as GIF using a small number of adaptive colors or 255 browser colors; or
  • In Illustrator 5.5 on the Mac or Sun open the PDF file in version 3 of the Acrobat Reader. If necessary shrink the graphic in the Reader with the Unzoom tool. On the Mac use the Select Graphics tool and copy and paste into Photoshop, then save as JPEG, or save as GIF using a small number of adaptive colors or 255 browser colors. On the Sun start XV3, make sure the graphic is entirely exposed on the screen, and click Grab on the XV3 control panel. Then click with the left mouse button on the Reader window. Save the image from XV3 as JPEG or GIF, and open in Photoshop to crop and save as JPEG, or save as GIF using a small number of adaptive colors or 255 browser colors.

• Snap a monochrome picture of an object. On the Power Mac plug the QuickCam into the modem port and start QuickPict 2.1. Set your options for size and zooming, and to save to disk. Frame and snap your picture, then save as JPEG on the Power Mac. Open the JPEG in Photoshop and enhance with Image->Adjust->Levels and the Unsharp Mask filter, and save as JPEG with medium or high quality. Can also use Image->Image Size to make a small thumbnail to save as GIF using a small number of adaptive colors or 255 browser colors.

• Create a GIF image using ``Web-Safe'' browser colors. When saving or exporting a GIF89a graphic from Illustrator or Photoshop (from RGB mode) on the Mac or Sun, you will be asked what color palette to use. Indicate ``Other'' in Illustrator 6.0 on the Mac to select a browser color palette after rasterizing, or Load one of the following browser color palettes into Photoshop on the Mac or Sun: BrowserCLUT or WebPalette. If you want to use browser colors from the beginning to draw your graphics, load internetcolors.gif into Photoshop or internetcolors.ai into Illustrator, and use the eyedropper tool to transfer colors to your artwork.

• Shoot a monochrome movie for the Web. On the Power Mac plug the QuickCam into the modem port and the triangular microphone into the microphone jack. Start QuickMovie 2.1 and set your options for size and zooming. Live video with sound at a size of 160x120 pixels takes about 1 Mbyte for every 10 seconds, so consider your sizing carefully. Under the Sound menu select the Built-In microphone and 11 kHz sampling, and open the Sound Other panel to be sure there is No sound compression. Under the Video menu select Normal, and open the Video Other panel to set QuickCam options like automatic brightness control, and the compression. For the Web either Cinepak or Video compression is best. Cinepak compresses very slowly but very tightly, and Video compresses fast but not as much. Both compression algorithms uncompress fast upon viewing. Record your video, and then Save from QuickMovie, and use Compress Movie to produce a flattened QuickTime that can be downloaded on the Web. Use Adobe Premier on the Power Mac to edit movies, alter compression, and change sound tracks.

• Produce a movie for the Web from a sequence of images. Make sure all the images have the same size and similar brightness and color ranges, usually by preparing them in Photoshop on the Sun or Mac. Save each frame as GIF or JPEG. For an animated GIF, Add each image in the Gif Builder program on a Mac, and save as animated GIF. Gif Builder will also save as QuickTime. On the Mac is also a ConvertToMovie application that will create a QuickTime movie from a folder of numbered images. You can also Copy and Paste images from Photoshop directly into Premiere or the Apple Movie Player on the Mac. Make sure your save the QuickTime as a ``flattened'' movie independent of other files, and Playable on Non-Apple Computers. For movies without sound, such as time-lapse animations, MPEG is the best and most tightly-compressed format. Convert QuickTime to cross-platform MPEG on the Mac with the Sparkle application, selecting simple I-frame logarithmic compression and Best frame rate (blank). MPEG plays very fast on Windows PCs.

Packages available for Sun, lacking further notes, are available on any UNRSL Sun by typing the name given on the command line. Packages available for Mac may have been installed only on the ``SeismoPPC'' 6100/66 Power Mac in LME320, and are available from the Apple Menu. For further information on accessing Sun hard disks from UNRSL Macintosh machines, see the tutorial at this link.

If you have trouble running X-Windows graphics programs on the Suns, make sure that the ``.cshrc'' and ``.login'' files are up-to-date. You should save your old versions, and replace your ``.cshrc'' file with a file that contains only the line:

	source /usr/local/lib/seismo.cshrc

	source /usr/local/lib/seismo.login

	Package	Sun	PC	Mac	Inputs	Outputs
	Netscape	V3.0	V3.0	V3.0	HTML, GIF, JPEG, Java, QuickTime	Screen, PostScript
vi, textedit, notepad	Text Editors	Yes	Yes	Avail.	Text	HTML Text
	BBEdit	No	No	Yes	Text	HTML Text
	RTF to HTML	No	No	Yes	RTF (MS-Word)	HTML Text
	Sun Java WorkShop	V1.0	95, NT only	No	Java Classes and GUI Coding	Java Runtime Classes
	Java Compiler ``javac file.java''	V1.0.2 Solaris only	95, NT only	V1.0.2	Java Code	Java Runtime Classes
	Java Linker ``javah''	V1.0.2 Solaris only	95, NT only	V1.0.2	Java Code	Java Runtime Classes
	Java Applet Viewer ``appletviewer file.class''	V1.0.2 Solaris only	95, NT only	V1.0.2	Java Runtime Classes	Screen, Audio
	Java Runner ``java file.class''	V1.0.2 Solaris only	95, NT only	V1.0.2	Java Runtime Classes	Standalone Application

	Package	Sun	PC	Mac	Inputs	Outputs
	Adobe Pagemaker	No	$250	V6.5	Any Text, Most Graphics	Print, PostScript, PDF, HTML
tex, latex, dvips	Tex	Yes	Avail.	Yes	Text, Styles	Print, PostScript
ptroff	Troff	Yes	Linux only	Avail.	Text	Text, Print, PostScript
	GhostScript ``gs''	Yes	Avail.	Yes	PostScript L1, EPS	Screen, TIFF, GIF87
	Adobe ShowPS ``showps &''	V1.0.5	No	No	PostScript L2, EPS	Screen
	Sun PageView ``pageview &''	SunOS only	No	No	PostScript L1, EPS	Print, Screen
	Adobe Acrobat Distiller ``distill -asciipdf on file.ps''	V3.0	$200	V3.0	PostScript L2, EPS	PDF
	Adobe Acrobat Reader ``acroread &''	V3.0	V3.0 for All	V3.0 for All	PDF	Screen, Print, PostScript
	Adobe Acrobat Exchange ``acroexch &''	V3.0	$200	V3.0	PDF	Annotated PDF
	Adobe Acrobat Catalog	V3.0	$200	V3.0	PDF	PDF Catalog

	Package	Sun	PC	Mac	Inputs	Outputs
	Adobe Illustrator	V5.5	V4.2 $250	V6.0	Most Graphics (V6.0: TIFF, GIF, JPEG)	Print, EPS, PDF, PostScript (V6.0: GIF89, JPEG)
	Corel Draw	Solaris only	Yes	No	Most Graphics	Print, EPS, PostScript, GIF, JPEG
islanddraw	Island Draw	V4.0	Xwin only	Xwin only	EPS, PostScript L1	Print, PostScript, EPS, TIFF
ice	Lamont ICE	SunOS only	No	No	PostScript	PostScript
	Adobe Dimensions	No	No	V2.0	Most Graphics	3-D EPS, PostScript

	Package	Sun	PC	Mac	Inputs	Outputs
	XV3 ``xv3 &''	V3.0	Xwin only	Xwin only	PBM, BMP, X11, Sun Raster, TIFF, JPEG, GIF87	PBM, BMP, X11, Sun Raster, TIFF, JPEG, GIF87
	Adobe Photoshop	V3.0.1	V3.0.1 $250	V3.0.5	Raw, PCX, BMP, TIFF, GIF89, JPEG, PICT, PhotoCD, EPS	Raw, PCX, BMP, TIFF, GIF89, JPEG, PICT, EPS, EPS JPEG
	Graphic Converter	No	No	V2.2.2	Any Raster	PCX, BMP, TIFF, GIF89, JPEG, PICT, EPS, QuickTime movie
	DeskScan II	No	No	Yes	Color materials	TIFF, PICT, Text, RTF
	Visioneer PaperPort	No	$150	Yes	Monochrome pages	TIFF, PICT, Text, RTF
	Connectix QuickPict	No	$100	V2.1	Monochrome Camera	PICT, JPEG, TIFF, QuickTime movie
	Sun VideoPix ``vfctool &''	Yes	Xwin only	Xwin only	NTSC Video	TIFF, Sun Raster
	Sun Snapshot ``snapshot &''	Yes	Xwin only	Xwin only	Screen	Sun Raster
Cmd-Shft-3	Mac Snapshot	No	No	Yes	Screen	PICT

	Package	Sun	PC	Mac	Inputs	Outputs
	Apple MoviePlayer	No	V2.1, no edits	V2.5	QuickTime movie, AIFF & CD Sound, MIDI Music, PICT	Flattened QuickTime movie, AIFF sound, PICT
xanim	XAnim	Yes	Xwin only	Xwin only	QuickTime, MPEG, GIFs, JPEGs	Screen, speakers
	Adobe Premier	No	No	V4.2.1	QuickTime, Most Graphics, AIFF & CD Sound, MIDI Music, microphone	Flattened QuickTime, PICT, AIFF
	Connectix QuickMovie	No	No	V2.1	Monochrome Camera	Flattened QuickTime
	Sparkle	No	No	V2.4.5	QuickTime, MPEG, PICT	QuickTime, MPEG
	VMPEG	No	Yes	No	MPEG	Screen
	Gif Builder	No	No	0.3.2	GIFs, QuickTime	Animated GIF, QuickTime
	Specular LogoMotion	No	No	Yes	Logo Text, PICT	PICT, QuickTime

	Package	Sun	PC	Mac	Inputs	Outputs
audiotool	Sun AudioTool	Yes	No	No	AU audio, microphone	AU audio, speakers
	SoundApp	No	No	V1.3	AU, CD, WAV, AIFF	WAV, AIFF, speakers
	SoundMachine	No	No	V2.1	AU, AIFF, microphone	AU, AIFF, speakers

	Package	Sun	PC	Mac	Inputs	Outputs
	Apple QuickTime VR Player	No	Yes	Yes	QuickTime VR	Screen, PICT
	Apple Make QuickTime VR Object	No	No	Yes	Object view PICTs	QuickTime VR scene
	Apple Make QuickTime VR Panorama	No	No	Yes	Panoramic PICT	QuickTime VR scene
	SunVoxel ``sunvision &''	Yes	No	No	VFF Volume	Screen, VFF Images, Sun Raster
	MacCubeView	No	No	V2.0	VFF Volume	Screen, PICT

• Run Netscape 2.0.1 on a Sun with a ``netscape'' command.
  • For Netscape version 3.0 on a UNRSL SunOS 4.1.3 machine, use a ``netscape.30'' command.
  • For Netscape version 3.0 on a UNRSL Solaris 2.x machine, use a ``netscape3.0'' command.
  • If you need to know what operating system version is running on the machine you are using, give a ``uname -a'' command.
• Go to Netscape Communications to download the latest version and multimedia plug-ins for your platform.
• Look at a tutorial on Web page development.

	xhost +rumble
	rlogin rumble
	setenv DISPLAY machine:0
	jws &

• Go to Rumble's local Java Developer's Kit directory.
• Go to the Java Developer's Kit documentation and examples.
• Go to Sun's Java site.

• Version 4.2, the highest sold for the PC, can only handle line art (vector graphics), and no images. This version can open and save only Illustrator and EPS formats, and print to PostScript.

• Version 5.5, which we have on Mac and Sun, can ``place'' color raster art (images) and allow them to be viewed at high resolution while they are annotated with vector art. The images have to be prepared as separate files using a raster image package such as Adobe Photoshop that can save to EPS format. Recent versions of Photoshop allow saving in a binary JPEG-compressed variety of EPS, saving usually 80% of the normal EPS file size. Version 5.5 of Illustrator can open and edit PDF and Vector PICT graphics, and save to PDF as well. PostScript graphics can be edited by conversion to PDF using the Acrobat Distiller, and then opening the PDF in Illustrator.

• Version 6.0, available only on the ``SeismoPPC'' Power Mac, is the first version able to import and export a wide variety of useful vector and raster graphic file formats. It can apply many of the image enhancing tools available in Photoshop to artwork it rasterizes in-place. Version 6.0 can open and edit any Level 1 or 2 PostScript file directly, without prior conversion to PDF. In addition, it will rasterize and save the artwork as a GIF89 file with anti-aliasing, transparency, and color table optimization, for the quickest path to high-quality Web graphics. Unfortunately, saved Illustrator files containing raster images are quite large, taking much more space than an Illustrator 5.5 graphic and separate binary JPEG EPS image files. Version 6.0 files cannot be opened on the Sun or PC by previous versions. So continued use of placed binary JPEG EPS images and saving in version 5.5 format is still desirable.

Notes on running Illustrator on the Suns

	xhost +rumble
	rlogin rumble
	setenv DISPLAY machine:0
	illustrator &

Notes on running Photoshop on the Suns

	xhost +rumble
	rlogin rumble
	setenv DISPLAY machine:0
	mkdir /tmp/user
	photoshop &

To get to the preferences, hold down the left mouse button over the Open menu, then drag down to Preferences, drag onto the Preferences menu, then drag down to the Memory and Scratch Files... item and release the mouse button.

In the Memory and Scratch Files dialog enter ``/tmp/user'' in the Primary scratch file directory field (where user is your Sun login name as above). Then click on Percentage in the Physical Memory Use box, and enter 30%. Photoshop should only be run on machines with over 64 Mbytes of memory such as rumble, diamond, cemat, or mmv.mines; so the 30% should come out to about 32 Mbytes. Now Quit Photoshop and start it again, and you should not have to go through this exercise again.

When you first try to Open or Save a file you may not see immediately how to access all of the Sun disks. The screen shot at left shows the Open dialog box; notice the UNIX path name field at the top, which has an arrow to the right of it. This arrow is a menu of directories that you are using; when you first run the program it will only show what turns out to be a Photoshop directory created inside your home directory. There will not be enough space to save anything much there. The Edit Hotlist... item on this menu will let you type in additional UNIX directory paths. In Photoshop you can also add directories simply by typing the path into the field at the top and hitting return; the dialog box will now list the contents of the directory, and it will be added to the menu.