Chapter 2 Multimedia Hardware  and Software

1. Hardware

1.1. Connections     >Integrated Drive Electronics(IDE) >Universal Serial Bus (USB) >FireWire (IEEE 1394)

1.2. Memory Storage Devices   #RAM                           #ROM                            #Hard disks                #Flash or thumb drives     #CD-ROM                     #DVD                           #Blue-ray disc

1.3. Input devices and Output devices

2. Software

2.1. ~Text editing and word processing tools Ex: Microsoft Word                                   ~ OCR software                                         ~Painting tools                                           ~Drawing tools                                           ~ 3-D modeling tools                                 ~ Image editing tools                                 ~Sound editing tools

2.2. Authoring Systems                             Type of authoring tools:                     `Card and page-based authoring tools     `Icon-and object-based authoring tools   `Time-based authoring tools

3. FOUR basic stages                       1. Planning and costing             2. Designing and Producing       3. Testing                       4.Delivering

3.1. Two phases of testing:           -Alpha Testing -Beta Testing

4. The intangibles *Creativity *Organization *Communication

5. Multimedia Skills         The main roles:       *Project Manager *Multimedia Designer *Interface Designer *Writer         *Audio/VideoSpecialist *Multimedia Programmer