CHAPTER 2: MULTIMEDIA HARDWARE & SOFTWARE

1. THE INTANGIBLES    -Creativity -Organization -Communication

2. HARDWARE: IDE, USB, FIREWIRE, MEMORY & STORAGE DEVICES(Ram, Rom, Hard Disks, Flash or Thumb Drives, CD-ROM, DVD, Blu-ray dics), INPUT DEVICES (voice recognition, microphones, digital cameras), OUTPUT DEVICES (stereo, monitor, projector, printer)

3. AUTHORING SYSTEM: -Organize & edit multimedia elements. -Design screen layouts. -Create interactivity. -Assembling diverse multimedia elements into a single. TYPES: 1. Card & page-based authoring tools. 2. Icon & object-based authoring tools 3. Time based authoring tools CHOOSING: -Editing & organizing features -Programming features -Interactivity features -Performance tuning & playback features -Delivery, cross-platform, and internet-playability features

4. 4 BASIC STAGES 1.Planning &          costing 2.Designing &        producing 3.Testing 4.Delivering

5. MULTIMEDIA SKILLS   -Project Manager         -Multimedia Designer -Interface Designer    -Writer                        -Audio/Video      Specialist                     -Mutlimedia Programmer

6. MEMORY & STORAGE DEVICES -RAM,ROM,HARD DISKS,FLASH or THUMB DRIVES, CD-ROM, DVD, BLU-RAY DISCS.

7. SOFTWARE: Text editing & word processing, OCR Software, Painting tools, Drawing tools, Image editing tools, Sound editing tools