Chapter 2 Multimedia Hardware and Software

1. 4 Basic Stage in Multimedia Project

1.1. Planing & organizing

1.2. Designing & producing

1.3. Testing

1.4. Delivering

2. Hardware

2.1. production Platforms

2.2. Connections

2.2.1. IDE

2.2.2. USB

2.2.3. Fire Wire (IEEE 1394)

2.3. Memory & Storage Devices

2.3.1. RAM

2.3.2. ROM

2.3.3. Hard Disks

2.3.4. Flash/Thumb Drives

2.3.5. CD-ROM

2.3.6. DVD

2.3.7. Blu-ray Disc

3. Software

3.1. Text editing and world processing tools

3.2. OCR software

3.3. Painting tools

3.4. Drawing tools

3.5. 3-D modeling tools

3.6. Image editing tools

3.7. Sound editing tools

3.8. Authoring tools

3.8.1. Card & Page based Authoring tools

3.8.2. Icon & Object -based Authoring tools

3.8.3. Time-based Authoring tools

4. Intangible Assets in Multimedia

4.1. Creativity

4.2. Organization

4.3. Communication