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Multimedia

By: JADE V’ VILLAREAL

+Multimedia

a woven combination of digitally manipulated text, photographs, graphic art, sound, animation, and video elements

+Definitions

Interactive multimedia—when a viewer or an end user is allowed to control what and when the elements in a multimedia project are delivered

Hypermedia—when interactive multimedia provides a structure of linked elements through which the user can navigate

Multimedia developers—people who weave multimedia into a meaningful project using computer tools and technologies

Multimedia project—the software vehicle, the messages and the content presented on a multimedia device

+Where to use Multimedia

Multimedia in Business include presentations, training, marketing, advertising,

product demos, simulations, databases, catalogs, instant messaging, and networked communication

Multimedia in Schools E-learning—using educational software in enriching the

learning process ITV—Interactive TV, used among campuses to join students

from different locations into one class with one teacher

+Where to use Multimedia

Multimedia at Home computers with an attached CD-ROM or DVD drive or a set-

top player that hooks up to the television, such as a Nintendo Wii, X-box, or Sony PlayStation machine

Multimedia in Public Places stand-alone terminals or kiosks, providing information and

help for customers (hotels, train stations, malls, museums, etc)

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+Virtual Reality

an extension of multimedia

it uses the basic multimedia elements of imagery, sound, and animation

interactive multimedia at its fullest extension

+Delivering Multimedia

Bandwidth—more content will be delivered to the end users with greater bandwidth

CD-ROM—compact disc read-only memory Can contain up to 80minutes of full screen video, images or

sound

DVD—digital versatile disc Has a capacity of 4.7GB (single-sided, single layer disc) up

to 17.08GB(double-sided, double layer disc)

Burners—used for reading discs and for making them, too, in audio, video, and data formats

+Multimedia Elements

Text

Graphics

Sound

Video

Animation