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Multimedia Applications and Design

The document discusses various software tools used for multimedia applications including text editing, painting and drawing, image editing, sound editing, video editing, and animation/modeling tools. It also defines multimedia design as an art that integrates multiple forms of media such as animated movies, computer-generated image animation, video games, website design, digital videos, and graphics/visual effects. A quiz is included to test the reader's understanding of multimedia applications and design.

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Multimedia Applications and Design

The document discusses various software tools used for multimedia applications including text editing, painting and drawing, image editing, sound editing, video editing, and animation/modeling tools. It also defines multimedia design as an art that integrates multiple forms of media such as animated movies, computer-generated image animation, video games, website design, digital videos, and graphics/visual effects. A quiz is included to test the reader's understanding of multimedia applications and design.

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Multimedia Applications

and Design
Prepared by: Alona Donato
BSCS III
Multimedia Applications
The sound, text, graphics, animation and video are the integral
part of multimedia software. To produce and edit these media
elements, there are various software tools available in the market.
The categories of basic software tools are:
Text Editing Tools- These tools are used to create letters, resumes,
invoices, purchase orders, user manual for a project and other
documents. MS-Word is a good example of text tool. It has following
features:
Painting and Drawing Tools- These tools generally come with a
graphical user interface with pull down menus for quick selection.
You can create almost all kinds of possible shapes and resize them
using these tools. Drawing file can be imported or exported in many
image formats like .gif, .tif, .jpg, .bmp, etc. Some examples of drawing
software are Corel Draw, Freehand, Designer, Photoshop, Fireworks,
Point etc. These software have following features:
• Image Editing Tools- Image editing tools are used to edit or
reshape the existing images and pictures. These tools can be
used to create an image from scratch as well as images from
scanners, digital cameras, clipart files or original artwork files
created with painting and drawing tools. Examples of Image
editing or processing software are Adobe Photoshop and Paint
Shop Pro.
• Sound Editing Tools- These tools are used to integrate sound
into multimedia project very easily. You can cut, copy, paste and
edit segments of a sound file by using these tools. The presence
of sound greatly enhances the effect of a mostly graphic
presentation, especially in a video. Examples of sound editing
software tools are: Cool Edit Pro, Sound Forge and Pro Tools.
These software have following features:
• Video Editing Tools- These tools are used to edit, cut, copy, and
paste your video and audio files. Video editing used to require
expensive, specialized equipment and a great deal of knowledge. The
aritistic process of video editing consists of deciding what elements
to retain, delete or combine from various sources so that they come
together in an organized, logical and visually planning manner.
Today computers are powerful enough to handle this job, disk space
is cheap and storing and distributing your finished work on DVD is
very easy. Examples of video editing software are Adobe Premiere
and Adobe After Effects.
• Animation and Modeling Tools- An animation is to show the still
images at a certain rate to give it visual effect with the help of
Animation and modeling tools. These tools have features like
multiple windows that allow you to view your model in each
dimension, ability to drag and drop primitive shapes into a scene,
color and texture mapping, ability to add realistic effects such as
transparency, shadowing and fog etc. Examples of Animations and
modeling tools are 3D studio max and Maya.
Multimedia Design
What is a multimedia design?
Multimedia design is a type of art that integrates multiple
forms of media. Some examples of this type of work is used in
video games, information kiosks, websites and other interactive
applications. Some of the specialties of multimedia design include:
• animated movies
• computer-generated image animation
• video games,
• website design
• digital videos
• graphics and visual effects.
QUIZ

1. What is Multimedia Applications?


2. What is Multimedia Design?
3. Give at least 3 Examples of Multimedia Design.
4. What is the different between Multimedia Applications and
Multimedia Design?
5. What is the important of Multimedia Design?

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