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Multimedia refers to the integration of various forms of information, including text, graphics, audio, video, and animation, allowing for digital representation and processing. It can be categorized into linear and non-linear presentations, with applications in education, advertising, and entertainment. While multimedia offers advantages such as interactivity and flexibility, it also poses challenges like information overload and high costs.

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Multimedia refers to the integration of various forms of information, including text, graphics, audio, video, and animation, allowing for digital representation and processing. It can be categorized into linear and non-linear presentations, with applications in education, advertising, and entertainment. While multimedia offers advantages such as interactivity and flexibility, it also poses challenges like information overload and high costs.

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INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMEDIA

Introduction to
Multimedia system
What is edia?
Multim
Multi means many, much, multiple
Medium mean: An intervening substance that which something is transmitted or
carried out.
Multimedia means that computer information can be represented through audio,
video, and animation in addition to traditional media (i.e., text,
graphics/drawings, images).
Multimedia is the field concerned with the computer controlled
integration of text, graphics, drawings, still and moving images (Video),
animation, audio, and any other media where every type of information can
be represented, stored, transmitted and processed digitally.
Multimedia is a media that uses multiple form of information content and
information processing.
The Basic element of multimedia

GRAPHIC
TEXT
Text
Graphic
Animation
VIDEO
AUDIO Video
ANIMATION Audio
The Basic element of multimedia

  TEXT
 characters that are used to create words sentences, and
paragraphs.
The Basic element of multimedia

  Graphics
A digital representation of non-text information, such as a
drawing, chart, or photograph.
The Basic element of multimedia

  Animation
 Flipping through a series of still images. It is a series of graphics that create
an illusion of motion.
The Basic element of multimedia

 Video
  photographic images that are played back at speeds of 15 to 30
frames a second and the provide the appearance of full motion.
The Basic element of multimedia

  Audio
 music, speech, or any other sound.
Categorization

Two types of Multimedia presentation

Linear Non-linear
Presentation Interactive
Categorization

Linear active content progresses often without any


navigational control for the viewer such as a cinema
presentation.
Non-linear uses interactivity to control progress as
with a video game or self-paced computer based training.
Hypermedia is an example of non-linear content.
Application/Usage

Multimedia finds its application in various areas including, but not


limited to:
 Advertisements
 Art Education
 Entertainment
 Engineering
 Medicine
 Mathematics
 Business
 Scientific research
Usage

 In education, multimedia can be used as a source of information. Students


can search encyclopedias such as Encarta, which provide facts on a
variety of different topics using multimedia presentations.
 Teachers can use multimedia presentations to make lessons more
interesting by using animations to highlight or demonstrate key points.
 Multimedia is used for advertising and selling products on the Internet.
Usage

People use the Internet for a wide range of reasons, including shopping and
finding out about their hobbies. The Internet has many multimedia elements
embedded in web pages and web browsers support a variety of multimedia
formats. Many computer games use sound tracks, 3D graphics and video clips.
Advantages of using Multimedia

  It is integrated and interactive. All the different mediums are integrated


through the digitisation process. Interactivity is heightened by the
possibility of easy feedback.
 It is flexible. Being digital, this media can easily be changed to fit
different situations and audiences.
Advantages of using Multimedia

 It can be used for a wide variety of audiences, ranging


from one person to a whole group.
Disadvantage of Multimedia

 Information overload. Because it is so easy to use it can contain


too much information at once.

 It takes time to compile. Even though it is flexible, it takes time to put the
original draft together.
Disadvantages of using multimedia

It can be expensive. As mentioned in one of my previous posts, multimedia


makes use of a wide range of resources, which can cost you a large amount of
money.
Hypertext and hypermedia

Hypertext is a text which contains links to other texts. The term was
invented by Ted Nelson around 1965.
Hypertext and Hypermedia

Information is linked and cross-referenced in many different ways and is widely


available to end users.

Hypertext means a link in which information (text) has been organized


nonlinearly.
Hypertext and hypermedia

Hypermedia is not constrained to be text-based. It can include other media, e.g.,


graphics, images, and especially the continuous media – sound and video.
Hypertext and hypermedia
Characteristics of Hypermedia

 It must be possible to use hypermedia both for writing and reading


information.
 The information comprises non-sequential structures, and may thus
be followed along alternative paths.
 The information must follow natural associations from one
information unit to another.
 The information may be hierarchically structured.

 
Characteristics of Hypermedia

 Each information unit is presented in a separate on-screen window.


 It must be possible to share the information or parts of it among several users.
 It must be possible to have several people working against the database
at the same time.
 The information resides in a database.
CAREERS IN MULTIMEDIA

• Executive Producer/Production • Graphic Designer


Manager • Animation Specialist
• Multimedia Director/Architect • Audio Specialist
• Art Director • Sound Engineer
• Interface Designer • Video Specialist
• Interactive Scriptwriter/Editors • Videographer
• Content Specialist/Instructional • Computer Programmer
Specialist
• Web Master
• Support Positions
MULTIMEDIA SKILLS

• Who are Multimedia Developers?


Computer science experts
Graphic artists
Literary artists
Film and audio specialists
MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM

• A Multimedia System is a system capable of


processing multimedia data and applications.
• A Multimedia System is characterized by
processing,
Storage
 Generation
 Manipulation and
Rendition/ delivery of Multimedia information.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A MULTIMEDIA
SYSTEM
• Multimedia system has four basic characteristics:

Multimedia systems must be computer controlled.


 Multimedia systems are integrated.
The information they handle must be represented
digitally.
The interface to the final presentation of media is
usually interactive.

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