Chapter 2 Multimedia Hardware and Software
by Tan Teck Yin
1. Multimedia skills
1.1. Project Manager
1.2. Multimedia Designer
1.3. interface Designer
1.4. Writer
1.5. Audio/Video Specialist
1.6. Multimedia Programmer
1.7. Multimedia Programmer
2. Hardware
2.1. Production Platforms
2.2. Connections
2.3. IDE
2.4. USB (Universal Serial Bus)
2.5. FireWire
2.6. Memory and storage devices
2.6.1. ROM
2.6.2. RAM
2.6.3. Hard Disks
2.7. Input Devices
2.7.1. Digital Cameras
2.7.2. Nicrophones
2.8. Output Devices
2.8.1. Stereo
2.8.2. Monitor
2.8.3. Projector
2.8.4. Printer
3. Software
3.1. Text editing and word processing tools
3.2. OCR software
3.3. Painting tools and Drawing tools
3.4. 3D Modeling Tools
3.5. Image Editing Tools
3.6. Sound Editing Tools
4. Multimedia Development Process
4.1. Planning and costing
4.1.1. Set the Content
4.1.2. Estimate time and budget
4.1.3. prepare short prototype
4.2. Designing and Producing
4.3. Testing
4.3.1. Alpha Testing
4.3.2. Beta Testing
4.4. Delivering
5. The Intangibles
5.1. Creativity
5.2. Intangible assets
5.3. Organization
6. Authoring Systems
6.1. Type of Authoring Tools
6.1.1. Card- and page-based authoring tools
6.1.2. Icon- and object-based authoring tools
6.1.3. Time-based authoring tools