MultimediaElements

Review

MultimediaSystemanditsRequirements Hypermedia Applications/ImportanceofMultimedia

MultimediaElements

Multimedia

Text

Graphics

AudioVideo

Animation

MultimediaElements

Text Graphics Audio Video Animation

Text

a broadtermforsomethingthatcontainswordstoexpresssomething.

mostbasicelementofmultimedia. usedincontents,menus,navigationalbuttons

TextExample

Graphics

Twodimensionalfigureorillustration Couldbeproducedmanually(bydrawing,painting,etc.)orbycomputergraphicstechnology.

Usedinmultimediatoshowmoreclearlywhataparticularinformationisallabout(diagrams,picture).

GraphicExample

Audio

Producedbyvibration,asperceivedbythesenseofhearing.

audiocouldcomeintheformofspeech,soundeffectsandalsomusicscore.

Video

Isthetechnologyofcapturing,recording,processing,transmitting,andreconstructingmovingpictures.

moretowardsphotorealisticimagesequence Videoalsotakesalotofstoragespace.Soplancarefullybeforeyouaregoingtouseit.

Animation

Theillusionofmotioncreatedbytheconsecutivedisplayofimagesofstaticelements.

animationisusedtofurtherenhance/enrichedtheexperienceoftheusertofurtherunderstandtheinformationconveyedtothem.

Animation

MultimediaAuthoringTool

Alsoknownasauthorware,aprogramthathelpsyouwritehypertextormultimediaapplications.

Helpyoucreateafinalapplicationmerelybylinkingtogetherelementsofmultimedia

ExampleofAuthorware

Adobe/MacromediaFlash Adobe/MacromediaDreamweaver Aptana Adobe/MacromediaDirector

Authoring*Tool*

It*is*an*authoring*system*intended*for*use*by*a*user*who*are*not*tradi7onal*programmer*or*even*do*not*know*any*programming*language*but*wish*to*create*interac7ve*mul7media*presenta7ons*or*product*or*computer*based*learning*material.*

Role*of*authoring*so>ware*

Produce*content*with:*Paint,*text,*anima7on*tools*

Incorporate*and*combine*contents* Design*screen*layouts*using*templates* Create*interac7vity* Create*hypertext*

Products*developed*with*authoring*so>ware*

Mul7media*presenta7ons*EG*Learning*Computer*Based*Training*(CBT)*Web*pages*Ar7s7c*visualiza7ons*

Multimedia ElementsLab ProjectReviewSlide Number 4Multimedia ElementsMultimedia ElementsTextText ExampleGraphicsGraphic ExampleAudioVideoAnimationAnimationMultimedia Authoring ToolExample of Authorware