CHP 1- introduction to multimedia

1. -Authoring tools are used to merge multimedia elements into a project. -Software tools are designed to manage individual multimedia elements and provide user interaction.

2. Linear vs Non-linear

2.1. Linear

2.1.1. -not interactive -User have not to control over the content only display purposes   -EX: a movie,presentation slide

2.2. Non-linear

2.2.1. -interactive -User have control over the content -EX:website,games

2.2.1.1. Interactive multimedia is called hypermedia when a user is provided a structure of linked elements for navigation.

3. Multimedia Application

3.1. Business - presentations, training, marketing, advertising, product demos, catalogs, instant messaging, and networked communication.

3.2. Home - reach homes via television sets or monitors EX:xiaotaiyang(astro)

3.3. Public places -  information kiosks -EX :ATM,Cinema

3.4. Virtual reality (VR) -interact in imagined environment EX: 3D Goggles

4. -Represented, stored, transmitted and processed digitally by electronic or digitally format.

5. Multimedia -combination of

5.1. INTERACTIVITY

5.2. TEXT

5.3. AUDIO/SOUND

5.4. IMAGES/ART

5.5. ANIMATION

5.6. VIDEO

6. Delivering Multimedia

6.1. Compact disc read-only (CD-ROM)

6.2. Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)

6.3. Flash drives

6.4. The broadband Internet