Software Takes Command

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Software has replaced a diverse array of physical, mechanical, and electronic technologies used before 21st century to create, store, distribute and interact with cul...

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Hlavní autor: Manovich, Lev
Médium: E-kniha Kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: New York Bloomsbury Academic 2013
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Vydání:1
Edice:International Texts in Critical Media Aesthetics
Témata:
Computer graphics
Computer software
Computer software > Social aspects
Computer-Aided Design
Computers and civilization
Cultural and media studies
Film & Media
Mass media
Mass media > Technological innovations
Media studies
Media Theory
New Media and Technology
Philosophy: aesthetics
Social aspects
Social media
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Society and culture: general
Society and Social Sciences
Software Studies (Film & Media ASC3)
Technological innovations
Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes
Technology: general issues
ISBN:9781472544988, 1472544986, 9781623568177, 1623567459, 162356817X, 9781623567453, 9781623562618, 1623562619, 9781623566722, 162356672X
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Shrnutí:This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Software has replaced a diverse array of physical, mechanical, and electronic technologies used before 21st century to create, store, distribute and interact with cultural artifacts. It has become our interface to the world, to others, to our memory and our imagination - a universal language through which the world speaks, and a universal engine on which the world runs. What electricity and combustion engine were to the early 20th century, software is to the early 21st century. Offering the the first theoretical and historical account of software for media authoring and its effects on the practice and the very concept of 'media,' the author of The Language of New Media (2001) develops his own theory for this rapidly-growing, always-changing field. What was the thinking and motivations of people who in the 1960 and 1970s created concepts and practical techniques that underlie contemporary media software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya, Final Cut and After Effects? How do their interfaces and tools shape the visual aesthetics of contemporary media and design? What happens to the idea of a 'medium' after previously media-specific tools have been simulated and extended in software? Is it still meaningful to talk about different mediums at all? Lev Manovich answers these questions and supports his theoretical arguments by detailed analysis of key media applications such as Photoshop and After Effects, popular web services such as Google Earth, and the projects in motion graphics, interactive environments, graphic design and architecture. Software Takes Command is a must for all practicing designers and media artists and scholars concerned with contemporary media.
Bibliografie:bloomsburyOpenAccess; txt
Includes index
ISBN:9781472544988
1472544986
9781623568177
1623567459
162356817X
9781623567453
9781623562618
1623562619
9781623566722
162356672X
DOI:10.5040/9781472544988