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§ Describe graphics software, including desktop publishing, image editors, illustration programs, image galleries, and graphics suites.
§ Discuss audio and video editing software.§ Describe multimedia, including links, buttons,
and multimedia authoring programs.
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§ Explain Web authoring, Web site design, and Web authoring programs.
§ Describe artificial intelligence, including virtualreality, knowledge-based systems, and robotics.
§ Discuss mobile appsand apps stores.
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§ Specialized applications let users perform advanced computing tasks.
§ Examples include Web design, graphics, audio and video editing, artificial intelligence, and cell phone apps.
§ Competent end users need to be aware of specialized applications.
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§ Graphics§ Audio and Video§ Multimedia§ Web Authoring§ Artificial Intelligence
§ Virtual Reality§ Knowledge-based Systems§ Robotics
§ Mobile Apps
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§ Desktop publishing § Image editors§ Illustration programs§ Image galleries § Graphic suites
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§ Programs that allow you to create publications§ Mix text and graphics§ Professional quality
§ Popular programs§ Adobe InDesign§ Microsoft Publisher§ QuarkXPress
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§ Photo Editors§ Editing and modifying digital photographs
§ Bitmap Images § Use dots or pixels to represent an image§ Also called
raster images§ Popular programs
§ Paint.NET§ Adobe Photoshop§ Corel Paint Shop Pro
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Bitmap Image Vector Image
§ Drawing programs§ Vector images
§ Use geometric shapes or objects
§ Popular programs§ Adobe Illustrator§ Inkscape§ CorelDRAW
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§ Libraries of electronic images§ Two basic types
§ Stock photographs§ Clip art
§ There are numerousWeb image galleries
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§ Bundled graphic programs§ Lower cost than individual programs§ CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
§ Five individual programs§ Library of clip art, media clips & fonts
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§ Video editing software§ Reorganize§ Add effects
§ Popular Programs§ Apple iMovie§ Windows Movie Maker
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§ Audio editing software§ Create and edit audio
clips§ Filter out imperfections§ Make MP3s
§ Popular Programs§ Apple Garage Band§ Sony ACID
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§ Capture, edit, and produce videos§ Create a DVD or upload to YouTube
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§ The integration of a variety of media into one presentation § Video§ Music§ Voice§ Graphics§ Text
§ Include user interactivity
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§ Links can be to…§ Other pages§ Video§ Sound § Graphics§ Text Files
§ Buttons are links § Provide the ability to navigate through a
presentation
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§ Create multimedia presentations§ Bring together video, audio, graphics, and text
elements into interactive framework§ Popular programs
§ Adobe Director§ Toolbook
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§ Creating a web site§ Corporations use the Web to reach new customers§ Individuals create their own personal sites, called blogs
§ Web Site Design§ Web Authoring
Programs
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§ Interactive multimedia form of communication § Create a graphical map of overall content § Add multimedia elements like animation
§ Flash movies
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§ Web Pages are typically HTML documents§ Word Processors can create simple HTML
documents§ Web Authoring programs known as Web page
editors or HTML editors§ Advanced Web site design§ Creates HTML coding
§ Popular programs§ Adobe Dreamweaver§ NetObjects Fusion§ Microsoft Expression
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§ Attempts to simulate human senses, thought processes, and actions§ Reasoning§ Learning from past experience§ Vision§ Touch
§ Help people and organizationsbecome more productive
§ Three areas of AI§ Virtual reality§ Knowledge-based (expert) systems§ Robotics
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§ Artificial or simulated reality § Generated in 3-D by a computer§ Commonly known as VR, artificial reality,
or virtual environments
§ Second Life from Linden Labs
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§ Artificial intelligence that uses a database for assistance
§ Database is known as a knowledge base§ Facts, rules to relate the facts, and user input to
formulate recommendations or decisions
§ Many use "fuzzy logic"
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§ The field of study concerned with developing and using robots
§ Computer-controlled machines§ Mimic motor activities of living things§ Four types of robots
§ Perception system robots§ Industrial robots§ Mobile robots § Household
robots
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§ Add-on features for mobile devices including smartphones, netbooks, and tablets.§ Text messaging§ Internet browsing§ Connecting to
social networks
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§ App stores are Web sites that allow you to download apps for a nominal fee or free§ Apple’s App Store and Android Market
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§ Desktop publishers use computers to format and create publication-ready material§ Books§ Magazines§ Newsletters§ Newspapers
§ Generally requires completion ofa program, good communicationskills, and artistic ability
§ Desktop publishers can expect toearn $26,500 - $44,500 annually
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§ Research is being done to give robots a sense of values so they can make decisions independently
§ The Saya robot is under development in Tokyo