Chapter 2 Multimedia Hardware and Software

1. Requirements of for Multimedia Project

1.1. The intangibles

1.2. Multimedia skills

1.3. Hardware

1.4. Software

1.5. Authoring Systems

2. The intangibles

2.1. Creativity

2.2. Organization

2.3. Communication

3. Multimedia Development Process

3.1. Planning and costing

3.2. Designing and Producing

3.3. Testing

3.4. Delivering

4. Multimedia Skills

4.1. Project Manager

4.2. Multimedia Designer

4.3. Interface Designer

4.4. Writer

4.5. Audio/Video Specialist

4.6. Multimedia Programmer

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6. Hardware

6.1. Production Plaforms

6.2. Window vs. Macintosh

6.3. Connections

6.4. Memory and Storage devices

6.5. Input Devices

6.6. Output Devices

7. Software

7.1. Text editing and word processing tools

7.2. OCR software

7.3. Painting and drawing software features

7.4. 3-D modeling tools

7.5. Image editing tools

7.6. Sound editing tools

8. Authoring System

8.1. Types of Authoring Tools

8.1.1. Card- and page- based authoring tools

8.1.2. Icon- and object-based authoring tools

8.1.3. Time-based authoring tools

8.2. Choosing and authoring tool

8.2.1. Editing and organizing features

8.2.2. Programming features

8.2.3. Interactivity features

8.2.4. Performance-tuning

8.2.5. Playback features

8.2.6. Delivery Features

8.2.7. Cross-platform and

8.2.8. Internet-playability features