Chapter 2 Multimedia Hardware and Software

1. 4 basic stages in a multimedia

1.1. Planning and Costing

1.2. Designing and Producing

1.3. Testing

1.3.1. Alpha Testing

1.3.2. Beta Testing

1.4. Delivering

2. The Intangibles

2.1. Creativity

2.2. Organization

2.3. Communication

3. Multimedia skills

3.1. Project Manager

3.2. Multimedia Designer

3.3. Interface Designer

3.4. Writer

3.5. Audio / Video Specialist

3.6. Multimedia Programmer

4. Hardware

4.1. Production platforms

4.2. Connections

4.2.1. IDE

4.2.2. USB

4.2.3. FireWire

4.3. Memory and storage devices

4.3.1. RAM

4.3.2. ROM

4.3.3. Hard disk

4.3.4. Flash or thumb drives

4.3.5. CD-ROM

4.3.6. DVD

4.3.7. Blu-ray Discs

4.4. Input devices

4.4.1. Microphones

4.4.2. Digital cameras

4.5. Output devices

4.5.1. Stereo

4.5.2. Monitor

4.5.3. Projector

4.5.4. Printer

5. Software

5.1. Text editing and word processing tools

5.2. OCR software

5.3. Painting tools

5.4. Drawing tools

5.5. 3D-modeling tools

5.6. Image editing tools

5.7. Sound editing tools

5.8. Authoring tools

5.8.1. Card-and page-based authoring tools

5.8.2. Icon-and object-based authoring tools

5.8.3. Time-based authoring tools