2. General Purpose Packages Presentation & Multimedia Chapter 7

3. General Purpose Packages What is Multimedia?

4. General Purpose Packages Multimedia is the presentation of information by a computer system using…. Foundation

5. Graphics Sound (G) Animation (G) Foundation

6. General Purpose Packages What is a Presentation package?

7. General Purpose Packages A presentation package is an application package used to produce multimedia presentations.

8. General Purpose Packages The user creates a series of slides which can include sound and video clips as well as text and graphics. Linear linkage of slides Foundation

9. Assembling a Presentation Entered from the keyboard, saved to disk from a wordprocessors, bulleted, notes to accompany slides.Entered from the keyboard, saved to disk from a wordprocessors, bulleted, notes to accompany slides. Clipart library, created by graphics package, scanned images, WWW resources.Clipart library, created by graphics package, scanned images, WWW resources. Sound library, audio CD recorded using a microphone, WWW resources.Sound library, audio CD recorded using a microphone, WWW resources. Video in clipart, created using a digital video camera, WWW resources.Video in clipart, created using a digital video camera, WWW resources. Hyperlinks to the WWW or to other documents. Hyperlinks are non-linear.Hyperlinks to the WWW or to other documents. Hyperlinks are non-linear. Click on me Foundation / General

10. General Purpose Packages Template – a ready made document containing formatting with guides or placeholders. Wizard or Assistant – programs that lead the user step–by–step through the creation of the document. F1 Help Facilities Foundation

11. Capturing Audio: Sources A microphone built into the computer (low quality) An external microphone (high quality) Digital sources (e.g. imported from CD) General Purpose Packages Credit

12. Capturing Images: (Digitising) S canner S canner Digital camera Digital camera Webcam Webcam General Purpose Packages Credit

13. Capturing Video: Sources A digital video camera can be connected to the computer. Video editing software is required: to put clips in order to put clips in order to add titles and special effects to add titles and special effects to change audio to change audio Disadvantage: Video takes up a lot of disk space General Purpose Packages Credit

14. Multimedia Authoring Multimedia Authoring software can also be used to create presentations. Stand alone applications can be created. General Purpose Packages Credit

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