MULTIMEDIA:

INTRODUCTION & TOOLS USED IN MULTIMEDIA

MULTIMEDIA• Multimedia = Rich media• Multimedia is a woven combination of text,

audio, video, images and animation.• Multimedia systems finds a wide variety of

applications in different areas such as education, entertainment etc.

• The categories of multimedia are linear and non-linear.

• The stages for multimedia application development are Planning & costing, designing & producing, testing & delivery.

Definition • Multimedia is the media that uses multiple

forms of information content and information processing (e.g. text, audio,

graphics, animation, video, interactivity) to inform or entertain the user.

• Multimedia also refers to the use of electronic media to store and experience

multimedia content.

Multimedia tools

• It facilitate message sharing in a way that allow readers and viewers to internalise content more fully and also encourages action.

• It includes:i. websitesii.Software programmeiii.Social media

Tools

• Video tools(premiere)• Photos• Presentation• Audio tools (wave studio,

wham, gold wave)• Multimedia authoring tool

(flash)• Graphic tools (Photoshop,

adobe illustrator)

7 essential tool• Photo editing (photoshop)• Web design (dreamwaver)• Video (final cut, adobe

premiere)• Audio (Pro tools, adobe

audition)• Slideshow (soundslide)• Interactive media (flash)• Word processing (microsoft

office)

Font Editing and Design tools• Used to create customized font• Help an multimedia developer to communicate his

idea or the graphic feeling. • Different typefaces can be created.• To create a special symbols and use it in the entire

text.• Following is the list of software that can be used

for editing and creating fonts:Fontographer (graphics editor)FontmongerCool 3D text

Image Editing• Used for creating image.• A bitmap is a simple information matrix describing the

individual dots that are the smallest elements of resolution on a computer screen or other display or printing device

• In additive color model, a color is created by combining colored lights sources in three primary colors: red, green and blue (RGB).

• Software used for creating imagesCoreldrawMSPaintAutocad

Audio editing

• Audio editing includes the following:Multiple TasksTrimmingSplicing and AssemblyVolume AdjustmentsFormat ConversionEqualization

Animation

• Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways.

Stages of Multimedia Application Development

• Following are the four basic stages of multimedia project development

Planning and Costing Designing and Producing Testing Delivering

Applications of Multimedia

• Creative industries• Commercial• Entertainment and Fine Arts• Education• Engineering• Industry• Mathematical and Scientific Research• Medicine• Public Places(hotels, railway stations, shopping

malls, museums)

Thanks!!!!Submitted By: Shalini PandeyB.Sc. IV yearGBPUAT, Pantnagar