44 CHAPTER SPECIALIZED APPLICATION SOFTWARE

2 4.1 Graphics 1. Desktop publishing 2. Image editors 3. Illustration programs 4. Image galleries 5. Graphic suites

3 Desktop Publishing programs (page layout programs) Programs that allow you to Mix text and graphics to create publications of Professional quality Popular programs Adobe Page Maker Microsoft Publisher QuarkXPress

4 Image Editors (Photo Editors) Programs for creating and editing bitmap images Bitmap images are also called raster images Popular programs Microsoft Paint Adobe Photoshop Corel PhotoPaint

5 Illustration Programs(Drawing programs) Programs used to create and edit vector images Which use geometric shapes or objects defined by mathematical equations. Popular programs Adobe Illustrator CorelDraw Macromedia FreeHand Micrografx Designer

6 Image Galleries Libraries of electronic images which consist of Two basic types 1. Stock photographs 2. Clip art

7 Graphic Suites Combining 2 or more graphics programs sold as a unit. Popular suites CorelDraw Graphics Suite Adobe creative Suite

8 4.2 Audio and Video Video editing software Programs that allow you to recognize and add effects to digital video. Apple's iMovie & Windows Movie Maker Audio editing software Programs allow you to Creates and edits audio clips SonicFoundry's ACID Music & Syntrillium Software's Cool Edit

9 4.3 Multimedia The integration of a variety of media into one presentation (Video,Music,Voice,Graphics,Text) Should include user interactivity user interactivity: user participation in multimedia presentation

Links and Buttons Link: connections between one page in multimedia presentation to related pages or information. Button: special area on a page,by click on it we can jump to another related page or area. 10

11 Developing Multimedia Presentations steps Plan( determine project goal, resources and work team) Design ( make “story board”) - story board: design tool used to record overall logic, flow and structure of multimedia project. Create (use multimedia authoring program like Macromedia Director program to create multimedia presentation) Support : evaluation.

Web Authoring Develop and create a web site Web site design : Create a graphical map of overall content Add multimedia elements like animation Flash : full-screen,highly dynamic animation. Morphing: special effect in which one image seems to melt into another.

13 Web Authoring Programs Known as Web page editors or HTML editors Provide support for Web site design Creates HTML coding Popular programs Macromedia Dreamweaver NetObjects Fusion Microsoft FrontPage

Artificial intelligence (AI) Artificial intelligence (AI) : field of computer science that Attempts to simulate human senses, thought processes, and actions Three areas of AI : 1. Virtual reality 2. Knowledge-based (expert) systems 3. Robotics

15 Virtual Reality Artificial or simulated reality Generated in 3-D by a computer Commonly known as VR, artificial reality, or virtual environments Virtual reality modeling language (VRML) Used to create real-time animated 3-D scenes Cosmos Worlds from Cosmos Software

16 Knowledge-Based (Expert) Systems Artificial intelligence that uses a database for assistance Database is known as a knowledge base Many use "fuzzy logic“ that allows users to respond to questions in a human like way.

17 Robotics The field of study concerned with using robots Robots are computer-controlled machines Mimic the motor activities of living things Three types of robots Perception systems (secure homes) Industrial robots (car industry) Mobile robots (locate explosive device)

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