1. Introduction to Multimedia
G6DPMM - Lecture 1
Introduction to Multimedia

2. Multimedia
Text
Images
Sound
Multiple Media
Animation
Movie

3. Uses of the word Interactive Multimedia Presentation tool
Broadcasting industry
Theatre
Advertising industry
Interactive Multimedia
IT & Publishing

4. Converging Technologies
Broadcasting
Publishing
Computing

5. Major applications Public Information Kiosks CD/DVD Encyclopaedias
Commercial CD/DVD ‘Titles’
Games (‘edutainment’ or otherwise)
Communication Systems
Computer Based Training (CBT)
Computer Based Learning (CBL)
Interactive TV

6. Why Multimedia? “What is the use of a book” thought Alice, without
pictures or conversations”?
Lewis Carroll
Tell me, I forget.
Show me, I remember.
Involve me, I understand.
Confucius

7. Added Value
The Lindisfarne Gospels
The Talmud
Fundamentally media is about the communication of ideas and information
Mixing media types adds value to the message
This principle is centuries old
IT provides a new set of tools to integrate media and add value

8. Issues in Multimedia Concepts & Design - “the vision”
Media (mostly digital)
Capture, manipulation & storage
Data standards
Compression etc
Software development
Development strategies
Authoring tools

9. Multimedia Systems Integrated collection of media User interface
Media database
May or may not be a RDBMS
May consist of media organised by hand
May consist of media automatically retrieved
User interface
Professional design and production values
Strong metaphors are very common

10. Major Design Paradigms
Database
Media “records”
Search/retrieval system
Presentation
Linear – or near linear sequences
Publishing
Book-like resources
Web
The “page”
Hypertext

11. Hypertext Hypertext/Hypermedia A discipline in its own right
Underpins most multimedia design
Non-linear management of “documents”
though!
This is an
This is an example of
This is
This is an example of some
This is an example

12. Components of G6DPMM
Coursework - group projects
Lecture Sessions
Lab Sessions

13. G6DPMM Supported Software
Photoshop
Dreamweaver
Flash
Authorware Professional