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Multimedia is a combination of different media types including text, graphics, sound, and video. It can be delivered via physical media like CD-ROMs and DVDs or hosted online. Multimedia has many applications in business, education, public spaces, and homes. It becomes interactive when users can control elements and navigate through linked content.

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Chap 01 Intro

Multimedia is a combination of different media types including text, graphics, sound, and video. It can be delivered via physical media like CD-ROMs and DVDs or hosted online. Multimedia has many applications in business, education, public spaces, and homes. It becomes interactive when users can control elements and navigate through linked content.

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Chapter 1: What Is Multimedia?

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Overview

• Introduction to multimedia
• Applications of multimedia
• Primary delivery methods of multimedia

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Introduction to Multimedia

• Multimedia is a combination of text, art,


sound, animation, and video.
• It is delivered to the user by electronic or
digitally manipulated means.
• A multimedia project development requires
creative, technical, organizational, and
business skills.

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Introduction to Multimedia
(continued)

• Multimedia becomes interactive multimedia


when a user is given the option of
controlling the elements.
• Interactive multimedia is called hypermedia
when a user is provided a structure of linked
elements for navigation.
• Multimedia developers develop multimedia
projects.

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Introduction to Multimedia
(continued)

• The software vehicle, the messages, and the


content together constitute a multimedia
project.
• A multimedia project shipped to end users
with or without instructions is called a
multimedia title.
• A project can also be launched on the Web.

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Introduction to Multimedia
(continued)

• Multimedia projects can be linear or


nonlinear.
• Projects that are not interactive are called
linear (e.g. montage,video,tv).
• Projects where users are given navigational
control are called nonlinear and user-
interactive (e.g. online quizzes, games or
kiosks).

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Introduction to Multimedia
(continued)

• Authoring tools are used to merge


multimedia elements into a project.
• These software tools are designed to
manage individual multimedia elements
and provide user interaction.

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Applications of Multimedia

• Business - Business applications for


multimedia include presentations training,
marketing, advertising, product demos,
databases, catalogs, instant messaging, and
networked communication.

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Applications of Multimedia
(continued)

Multimedia is a very effective presentation and sales


tool that greatly increases viewers’ retention rates.

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Applications of Multimedia
(continued)

• Schools -
Educational software can be
developed to enrich the
learning process.

The figure on the right shows a selection of


instructional videos used for training emergency
medicine specialists. Such online e-learning provides
a cost-effective vehicle to learn clinical techniques
outside of the hospital setting.

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Applications of Multimedia
(continued)

• Home - Most
multimedia
projects reach
homes via
television sets
or monitors
with built-in
user inputs.
Genealogy software such
as Reunion from Leister
Productions lets families
add text, images, sounds,
and video clips as they
build their family trees.

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Applications of Multimedia
(continued)

• Public places -
Multimedia will Kiosks in public
become available places can make
everyday life
at stand-alone simpler.
terminals or
kiosks to provide
information
and help.

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Delivering Multimedia

• Virtual reality (VR)


– Virtual reality is an extension of multimedia.
– It uses the basic multimedia elements of imagery,
sound, and animation.
– It requires terrific computing horsepower
to be realistic.

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Delivering Multimedia (continued)

• Virtual reality (VR) (continued)


– In VR, cyberspace is made up of thousands of
geometric objects plotted in three-dimensional
space.
– The standards for transmitting VR in Virtual Reality
Modeling Language (VRML) documents have been
developed on the World Wide Web.
– VRML documents have the file extension .wrl.

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Delivering Multimedia (continued)

• Copper wire, glass fiber, and radio/cellular


technologies also serve a means for
delivering multimedia files across a
network.

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Delivering Multimedia (continued)

• The primary media for delivering multimedia


projects are:
– Compact disc read-only (CD-ROM)
– Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)

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Delivering Multimedia (continued)

• Compact disc read-only (CD-ROM)


– CD-ROM is the most cost-effective distribution
medium for multimedia projects.
– It can contain up to 80 minutes of full-screen
video or sound.
– CD burners are used for reading discs and
converting the discs to audio, video, and data
formats.

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Delivering Multimedia (continued)

• Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)


– Multilayered DVD technology increases the capacity
of current optical technology to 18GB.
– DVD authoring and integration software is used
to create interactive front-end menus for films
and games.
– DVD burners are used for reading discs and
converting the discs to audio, video, and data
formats.

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Summary

• Multimedia is a combination of text, graphic


art, sound, animation, and video.
• Multimedia projects can be linear or
nonlinear.
• Multimedia projects are often stored on CD-
ROM or DVDs. They can also be hosted on
the Web.

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Summary (continued)

• Multimedia is widely used in business,


schools, public places, and at home.
• Virtual reality is an extension of multimedia.

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