Chapter 2: Multimedia Hardware & Software
저자: Lee Tze Pei
1. 4 Basic stages in multimedia project: Stage 1: Planning and costing Stage 2: Designing and producing Stage 3: Testing (Two phases of testing) -Alpha Testing -Beta Testing Stage 4: Delivering
2. What you need: The Intangibles -Creativity -Organization -Communication
3. Multimedia Skills -Main roles in the team: *Project Manager *Multimedia Designer *Interface Designer *Writer *Audio/Video Specialist *Multimedia Programmer
4. Hardware -Production platforms -Connections *Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) *Universal Serial Bus (USB) *FireWire (IEEE 1394) -Memory and storage devices *RAM *ROM *Hard disks *DVD *Flash or thumb drives *CD-ROM *Blu-ray discs -Input devices -Output devices *Stereo *Monitor *Projector *Printer
5. Software -Text editing and word processing tools -OCR software -Painting tools allow to create and modify bitmap images. -Drawing tools allow to create and modify vector graphics. -Painting and drawing software -Image editing tools -Sound editing tools
6. Authoring Systems -An authoring tool that combine all elements into one. -Types of authoring tools *Card and page-based authoring tools *Icon and object-based authoring tools *Time-based authoring tools -Choosing an authoring tool: *Editing and organizing features *Programming features *Interactivity features *Performance tuning and playback features *Delivery,cross-platform and Internet playability features