27-12-2012, 06:57 PM
Hardware for Multimedia
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MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
A multimedia development environment is the glue that combines different media
elements-images, sounds, text and animation into a coherent project that the user can
explore. Although programs such as Photoshop and Infinite-D enable the user to
create bit-mapped graphics or three-dimensional illustrations, they do not allow
adding buttons or data fields. This really limits the productions created by the user,
and that is why he will nearly always want to have access to some kind of
development environment such as HyperCard, Director, Author ware etc.
The presentation tools available for multimedia development can be divided into three categories.
• Slide Presentation Environments
• Interactive Presentation Environments
• Authoring, Environments
Programs such as HyperCard, Director etc. add another element to be multimedia
developer's arsenal i.e., scripting. Scripting really means programming, because you
write "scripts" using a programming language that the development environment
understands. The scripts or programs perform various functions such as importing a
text file or sorting a list of words.
With scripting it is possible to create very complex interactions between the user and the presentation. For example, by clicking, a single button, the user might inquire about a subject and then find all the information available on that subject in the presentation.
The authoring, environments can be used to create slide presentation or simple interactive presentations but what sets them apart from the other classes of programs is the ability to write scripts and create complex interfaces.
MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING TOOLS
Authoring can be described as creating highly interactive applications in which the information can flow in both the directions i.e., from application to user and from user to application. Multimedia authoring tools has helped in creating higher-quality audio and video applications with very little expertise.
Authoring does not require a team of programmers, Instructors, corporate communications, and content specialists with no previous programming experience should be able to learn and use the authoring environment.
At large, authoring programs could be grouped into the following two distinct types:
(i) Those that relied entirely on point and click, and
(ii) Those that required simple scripting.
Multimedia authoring tools can be evaluated by performing certain tests, which include the creation of non-interactive multimedia, computer-based training (CBT)applications, catalog creation and even authoring for the World Wide Web. The advantage of using object-oriented programming has been inculcated in the authoring products like Everest Authoring System offers object instancing, while Media Verse and Oracle Media Objects allows to add new methods and events to existing objects.
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MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
A multimedia development environment is the glue that combines different media
elements-images, sounds, text and animation into a coherent project that the user can
explore. Although programs such as Photoshop and Infinite-D enable the user to
create bit-mapped graphics or three-dimensional illustrations, they do not allow
adding buttons or data fields. This really limits the productions created by the user,
and that is why he will nearly always want to have access to some kind of
development environment such as HyperCard, Director, Author ware etc.
The presentation tools available for multimedia development can be divided into three categories.
• Slide Presentation Environments
• Interactive Presentation Environments
• Authoring, Environments
Programs such as HyperCard, Director etc. add another element to be multimedia
developer's arsenal i.e., scripting. Scripting really means programming, because you
write "scripts" using a programming language that the development environment
understands. The scripts or programs perform various functions such as importing a
text file or sorting a list of words.
With scripting it is possible to create very complex interactions between the user and the presentation. For example, by clicking, a single button, the user might inquire about a subject and then find all the information available on that subject in the presentation.
The authoring, environments can be used to create slide presentation or simple interactive presentations but what sets them apart from the other classes of programs is the ability to write scripts and create complex interfaces.
MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING TOOLS
Authoring can be described as creating highly interactive applications in which the information can flow in both the directions i.e., from application to user and from user to application. Multimedia authoring tools has helped in creating higher-quality audio and video applications with very little expertise.
Authoring does not require a team of programmers, Instructors, corporate communications, and content specialists with no previous programming experience should be able to learn and use the authoring environment.
At large, authoring programs could be grouped into the following two distinct types:
(i) Those that relied entirely on point and click, and
(ii) Those that required simple scripting.
Multimedia authoring tools can be evaluated by performing certain tests, which include the creation of non-interactive multimedia, computer-based training (CBT)applications, catalog creation and even authoring for the World Wide Web. The advantage of using object-oriented programming has been inculcated in the authoring products like Everest Authoring System offers object instancing, while Media Verse and Oracle Media Objects allows to add new methods and events to existing objects.