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Introduction To Multimedia

Multimedia combines various forms of media and can be delivered electronically. It is used for education, business, and entertainment. The document defines multimedia and discusses how it is created and delivered, including through CDs, DVDs, and online. Virtual reality is an extension of multimedia that aims to create realistic 3D computer-generated environments.

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Introduction To Multimedia

Multimedia combines various forms of media and can be delivered electronically. It is used for education, business, and entertainment. The document defines multimedia and discusses how it is created and delivered, including through CDs, DVDs, and online. Virtual reality is an extension of multimedia that aims to create realistic 3D computer-generated environments.

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Chapter 1

Introduction to Multimedia
Overview
• Definition of Multimedia
• Multimedia Delivery Media
• Usage of multimedia
• Multimedia Terminologies
Introduction to Multimedia
• Multimedia is a combination of text,
graphic 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.
Multimedia is a combination of content forms:
Introduction to Multimedia
• 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.
Introduction to Multimedia
• 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.
Introduction to Multimedia
• Types of Multimedia projects :

– Linear Multimedia: Projects that are not interactive.


Users have very little control over the presentation
Starting at beginning and running through to the end

– Nonlinear (interactive) Multimedia : Projects that are


user-interactive, where users are given navigational
control.
Introduction to Multimedia
• Linear Multimedia
– The users sit back and watches the
presentation
– The presentation normally plays from the
start to end or even loops continually to
present the information.
– A movie is a common type of linear
multimedia.
Introduction to Multimedia
• Non linear (interactive) multimedia
– Users have the ability to move around or follow
different path through the information
presentation.
– Advantage: complex domain of information can
be presented.
– Disadvantage: users might lost in the massive
“information highway”.
– Useful for: information archive (encyclopedia),
education, training and entertainment.
Introduction to Multimedia
• 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.
• Integrated multimedia is the ‘weaving’ part of
the multimedia definition , where source
documents such as montages, graphics, video
cuts, and sound merge into a final presentation.
Delivering Multimedia
The primary media for delivering
multimedia projects are:
– Compact disc read-only (CD-ROM).
– Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)/ / Blu-ray disc
Compact Disc Read-Only Memory(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, images or sound.
• CD burners are used for reading discs
and converting the discs to audio, video,
and data formats.
Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
• Multilayered DVD technology increases
the capacity of current optical
technology to 18 GB.
• DVD authoring and integration software
is used to create interactive front-end
menus for films and games.
Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
• Blu-ray disc (Blu-ray Disc Association BDA) is
next-generation format for high-definition
video and high-density data. A single-layer
disc can fit 23.3, 25, or 27 GB (enough for
approximately four hours of high-definition
video with audio). It supports 25GB for one
layer, 50GB for two and 100GB for four.
• DVD burners are used for reading discs and
converting the disc to audio, video, and data
formats.
Delivering Multimedia
• Copper wire, glass fiber, and
radio/cellular technologies also serve a
means for delivering multimedia files
across a network.
Applications of Multimedia
• Business - Business applications for multimedia

include presentations training, marketing,

advertising, product demos, databases, catalogues,

instant messaging, and networked communication.

• Schools - Educational software can be developed to

enrich the learning process.


Applications of Multimedia
• Home - Most multimedia
projects reach the
homes via television sets
or monitors with built-in
user inputs.
• Public places -
Multimedia will become
available at stand-alone
terminals or kiosks to
provide information and
help.
Multimedia Terminologies
• Multimedia developers : the people who weave
multimedia elements into meaningful tapestries
• Multimedia title : if the project will be shipped or
sold to consumers or end users, typically in a box
or on the Internet, with or without instructions
• Storyboarding : determining how a user will
interact with and navigate through the content of
a project
• Graphical user interface (GUI) : the sum of what
gets played back and how it is presented to the
viewer
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.
Virtual Reality (VR)
• 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.
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.
Summary
• Multimedia is widely used in business,
schools, public places, and at home.
• Virtual reality is an extension of
multimedia.

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