1. Media Design: Multimedia Asset Creation & Use ETT 555 Summer 2004 Session 1, 14 June Jim Lockard

2. Agenda Introductions Introductions Announcements Announcements Multimedia Overview Multimedia Overview Syllabus Syllabus Digital Imagery Digital Imagery

3. Introductions l Pairs Activity – Someone you DON’T know l Key Questions – Major/ degree/ anticipated grad. – What you do – Why this class – “When I grow up, I want to...”

4. Announcements l Meeting Schedule – Breaks l Food & Drink – Sign up sheet (4-5 per) l NECC, June 20 – 23, New Orleans l Other?

5. What is Multimedia? l Any combination of media l Earliest = ??

6. What is Multimedia? l Any combination of media l Earliest = silent movies + sound silent moviessilent movies

7. What is Multimedia? l Any combination of media l Earliest = silent movies + sound l Talkies l Sound Filmstrips l TV

8. What is Multimedia? l Any combination of media l Earliest = silent movies + piano l Talkies l Sound Filmstrips l TV l Linear or Hyper

9. Current Multimedia l INTERACTIVE! l Interactive Multimedia (IMM) = Hypermedia l Digital (computer-based) l Highly visual –Stills / Movies / Animation l Audio – most overlooked l Constantly changing l Other?

10. Is Multimedia ‘better?’ l Compared to what? – Lectures? l For what purpose? – Learn from vs demo learning l Richard Clark’s view l Is VR the ultimate form of MM?

11. Traditional Challenges of IMM l Storage l Access / display speed l Processing power l Creating it!

12. Traditional Challenges of IMM l Storage l Access / display speed l Processing power l Creating it!

13. Copyright Issues l Intellectual Property Rights l Fair Use Doctrine l Legal Status viz MM l Resources on Class Web Site Class Web SiteClass Web Site

14. What’s 555 About? l Multimedia – Assets & their use – Small bits & pieces l Technical understanding – Guides hands-on manipulation l Enhancing your IT technical skills – Are you ready to be THE expert among your peers? The TJ?

15. Multimedia Topic Survey Please complete tomorrow, then email to me then email to me

16. Course Topics Digital Multimedia Creation & Use l Still images  Clip art  Photos  Audio  cda, mp3, wav, midi, wma, rm, au, aiff,... l Video  analog, digital, digitizing, streaming

17. Course Topics l Multimedia Assets: Creation & Manipulation – Still Images – Audio – Video l Moving files among locations – USB Flash drives – Large capacity media – Server (FTP) &/or BlackBoard – Maintaining links in products

18. Course Topics l Hardware (will vary) – CD-R, CD-RW – DVD-ROM, ±R, ±RW – Cameras, Scanners, Printers – Microphones, audio sources – Digitizers, etc etc etc l Interfacing (depends on time) – Devices, Cables, Connectors – Interface Standards / Types – Inside “the box”

19. Syllabus l The Good – Breadth – Flexibility – Useful & Fun l The Bad – It’s still work, a whole lot l The Ugly – Multimedia frustration

20. Syllabus l A detailed look l Blank discs – what to buy? – CD-R (DVD±R ok, cost more) – Avoid CD-RWs – Spindles are cheap u Need jackets

21. Break Time Back at ?