Multimedia Production

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Multimedia Production
Multimedia Production
Multimedia Production
Multimedia Production

• Uses and Terms to Know
• Computer Applications II

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Objective

• To investigate and explore terms and usage of
  multimedia production

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Uses of Multimedia Production

• Communication is essential in todays high-tech,
  fast-paced work environment. Multimedia can help
  to enhance your communication skills by giving
  your audience a visual representation
  of your ideas.

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Multimedia production can be used when you find
yourself...

• presenting new ideas
• motivating team members
• persuading others to take action
• delivering bad news to workers
• facilitating meetings
• working with customers
• ...just to name a few situations.

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Terms to Know

• Aspect ratio (height X width) Proportions of
  graphics. Some programs allow you to maintain
  the aspect ratio when sizing a picture. (i.e.-no
  distortion)
• Authoring software Programs used to create full,
  multimedia productions, such as simulations and
  tutorials. Most have some point-and-click
  features, but require some knowledge of
  programming language concepts. (i.e.-Microsoft
  Visual Basic, Macromedia Director)

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• AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) Windows format
  for saving video with sound. Same as Macs
  QuickTime MOV format.
• Bitmap (.bmp) Windows format for storing simple
  graphics. Can create bitmaps with Paint program.
• CODEC Program/device that COmpresses and
  DECompresses digital video. Cinepak, Indeo
  (Intel), and RealVideo are examples of CODECs.

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• Color Palette Available color selections,
  ranging from 16 colors to 16.7 million. Color
  shifts can occur from program to program and from
  computer to computer.
• Digital/Digitalization/Digitized Progress of
  converting video or audio signals, normally in
  waveform, into 1s and 0s. This digital format
  (actually patterns of ons/high voltage (1s) and
  offs/low voltage (0s) can be processed by the
  computer.
• Dithering Blending colors to modify colors or
  produce new ones.

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• Dropped frames In digital video, when the
  computer cannot keep pace with the displayed
  images, it drops frames in an attempt to catch
  up.
• FPS (frames per second) Number of picture images
  displayed per second, giving digital video the
  illusion of motion. (30 fps considered to be TV
  quality)
• Frame A single picture in a computerized movie
• GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) A graphics file
  format originated by Compuserve, usable for web
  pages and some multimedia software.

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• JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) A
  graphics format capable of representing up to
  16.7 million colors that is ideal for complex
  pictures of natural, real world scenes, including
  photographs, realist artwork, and paintings.
  (101 or 201 compression ratios)
• MIDI file A file containing musical data
  encoded according to Musical Instrument Digital
  Interface specifications. (extension .MID)
• MPEG video A format for the compression of
  digitized videos and animations developed by the
  Moving Pictures Expert Group.

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• MPEG-1 postage stamp resolution 352X240
• MPEG-2 broadcast quality resolution
  
• 720X480 w/ CD quality sound
• MPEG-3 High Definition Television
• QuickTime (MOV) A cross-platform real-time
  video and multimedia data format developed by
  Apple Computer. QuickTime can include text,
  sound, and video.

For more information surf to one of the following
sources Online Reference of Multimedia UNCG
Glossary of Multimedia Terms Webopedia Websters
New World Dictionary of Computer Terms