Multimedia and Graphics

MULTIMEDIA & GRAPHICS

BSc Computing & Business Information Systems

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Suppose you had created a new computer program to display images of geological microscope slides interactively. Your program would offer people without a microscope the chance to examine rock samples under different lighting, rotate them and take measurements How would you provide the people who were going to use your program with instructions about how to operate it?

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Information can be conveyed in the form of text, still images, Web pages, slideshow presentations, video, sound or interactive tooltips

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1. 2. Write a tutorial and a reference manual Make use of screenshots and other illustrations

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3. Create an instructive Web site

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Prepare a PowerPoint slide presentation, video and use a tool tip

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Different media – text, image, sound, video and so on

Distinctive characteristics of media
 Time-based  Static media

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Time-based media
 Exhibit some change over time  e.g., video, animation and sound  Presentation of media are usually supplied with player controls: start, stop and pause

Static media
 Do not exhibit any change over time  Still images and text

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WHAT IS MULTIMEDIA?
Media may be combined into multimedia

Multimedia is defined by: Combined media such as text, images, sound, animation, and video that has been digitally manipulated is called multimedia.

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WHAT KINDS OF MULTIMEDIA ARE THERE?
Interactive multimedia is defined by:

A user able to control what, when, or how, multimedia content is displayed is said to be using interactive multimedia.

For example, a computer game.

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WHAT KINDS OF MULTIMEDIA ARE THERE?
Hypermedia is defined by:

If the user