Chapter 2: Multimedia Hardware and Software

1. Multimedia Skills:

1.1. Project Manager

1.2. Multimedia Designer

1.3. Interface Designer

1.4. Writer

1.5. Audio/Video Specialist

1.6. Multimedia Programmer

2. Hardware:

2.1. Production Platforms

2.2. Connections

2.3. Memory and storage devices

2.4. Input devices

2.5. Output devices

3. Software

3.1. Texting editing and word 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. Animation, video, and digital movie tools

4. Multimedia Development Process:

4.1. Planning and costing

4.2. Designing and Producing

4.3. Testing

4.4. Delivering

5. The Intangibles:

5.1. Creativity

5.2. Organization

5.3. Communication

6. Authoring system

6.1. Card- and page-based authoring tools

6.2. Icon- and object-based authoring tools

6.3. Time-based authoring tools