Sunday, 22 November 2015

INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMEDIA

What is Multimedia?

Multimedia is a combination of text, graphics, sound, animation and video that is delivered interactively to the user by electronic or digitally manipulated means.





ELEMENTS OF MULTIMEDIA


1. TEXT
  • the most basic element of multimedia
  • contains words to express something
  • a good choice of words could help us to convey messages to the users
  • normally used in contents, menus, navigational buttons  
# To produce an effective multimedia program, there are 3 things that need  to be considered:
  • the position of the text on the screen
  • the length of the message
  • legibility of the text 
2. GRAPHIC/IMAGES
  • two-dimensional figure or illustration
  • could be produced manually (by drawing, painting, carving etc) or by computer graphics technology
  • to show more clearly what a particular information is all about.
  • for example: diagrams, pictures 
3. AUDIO
  • produce by vibration, as perceived by the sense of hearing  
  • audio could come in the form of speech, sound effects and music
4. ANIMATION
  • is the process of making a static image look like it is moving
  • animation is used to further enhance or enriched the experience of the user to further understand of information conveyed to them
5.  VIDEO
  •  is the technology of capturing, recording, processing, transmitting and reconstructing moving pictures.
  • video is more towards photo realistic image sequence/live recording as in comparison to animation

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