Chapter 2 : Multimedia Hardware And Software

1. 4 Basic stages in multimedia project

1.1. 1. Planning

1.2. 2. Designing and Producing

1.3. 3. Testing

1.3.1. -Alpha testing

1.3.2. -Beta Testing

1.4. 4. Delivering

2. Requirement of Multimedia Project

2.1. 1. The Intangible

2.1.1. -Creativity , Organization , Communication

2.2. 2. Multimedia Skills

2.2.1. -Project Manager , Multimedia Designer , Interface Designer , Writer , Audio/Video Specialist , Multimedia Programmer

2.3. 3. Hardware

2.3.1. -Production platform , connections ( IDE , USB , FireWire ) , memory and storage devices ( RAM & ROM ) , input devices , output devices .

2.4. 4. Software

2.4.1. -Texting editing and word processing tools , OCR software , Painting tools , drawing tools , time-based authoring tools.

2.5. 4. Authoring system

2.5.1. -Card and page-based authoring tools , Icon and object-based authoring tools and Time-based authoring tools