Chapter 2 Multimedia Hardware & Software

1. 4 Basic Stage in Multimedia Project

1.1. Planning & Costing

1.2. Designing & Production

1.3. Testing

1.4. Delivering

2. What you need : Harware

2.1. Production

2.2. Windows & Macintosh

2.3. Connections

2.3.1. Integrated drive electronics

2.3.2. Universal serial bus

2.3.3. Firewire

2.4. Memory & Storage Devices

2.4.1. Rom

2.4.2. Hard disk

2.4.3. Flash or thumb drives

2.4.4. CD Rom

2.4.5. DVD

2.4.6. Blu-ray dics

2.5. Input Devices

2.6. Output Devices

2.6.1. Stereo

2.6.2. Monitor

2.6.3. Projector

2.6.4. Printer

3. What you need : Software

3.1. Text editing & word processing tools

3.2. OCR Software

3.3. Painting tools

3.4. Drawing tools

3.5. Painting & Drawing software feature

3.5.1. Intuitive graphical user interface

3.5.2. Scalable dimension

3.5.3. Multiple undo capability

3.5.4. Layering capability

3.6. 3D modeling tools

3.7. Image editing tools

3.8. Sound editing tools

4. Authoring

4.1. organize and edit multimedia elements of multimedia project

5. 3 Type of Authoring Tools

5.1. Time based authority tools

5.2. Card and Page based authority tools

5.3. Icon and object based authority tools

6. What you need : Authoring System

6.1. Editing and Organizing feature

6.2. Interactivity feature

6.3. Programming feature

6.4. Delivery cross-platform & Internet play ability feature

6.5. Performance tuning and platform feature

7. 6 Main roles in the team

7.1. Writer

7.2. Project Manager

7.3. Audio/Video specialist

7.4. Multimedia Designer

7.5. Multimedia Programmer

7.6. Interface Designer

8. Intangible assets in Multimedia

8.1. Creativity

8.2. Organization

8.3. Communication