Chapter 9

Multimedia, Web Authoring, and More

Multimedia

Multimedia integrates all kinds of information. Pages are linked by buttons. Story boards show logic, flow, and structure. Authoring programs create presentations. Links and Buttons Story boards Multimedia Authoring Programs

Links and Buttons Links – connections to related information

or websites

Buttons – Special areas on a page that you can make appropriate links and navigate through presentations to locate and discover information.

Story Boards Story boards are used in the early planning

phases of multimedia projects. They are a tool to record the intended overall logic.

Multimedia Authoring Programs Special programs used to create

multimedia presentations. They bring together all the video, audio, graphics, and text elements into an interactive framework.

Web Authoring Creating Web sites is called Web

authoring. Graphical maps present overall site design. Web authoring programs support design and HTML coding. Web Site Design Web Authoring Programs

Web Site Design A web site is an interactive multimedia

form of communication. To design a web site you must determine the content of the site. The overall site is represented in a graphical map

Web Authoring Programs Web authoring programs are typically used

to create sophisticated commercial sites. They can be also called Web authoring programs HTML editors

Graphics Programs Desktop publishers mix text and graphics.

Image editors modify bitmap image files. Illustrators modify vector files. Graphics suites bundle separate programs. Desktop Publishing Image Editors Illustration Programs Graphics Suites

Desktop Publishing These are programs that allow you to mix

text and graphics to create publications of professional quality.

Image Editors Image Editors, also known as paint

programs, are best used to create and to modify bitmap image files. They are common and ideally suited to represent realistic images such as photographs

Illustration Programs Also known as draw programs. They are

used to modify Vector Images. Vector Images – an image composed of a

collection of objects such as lines, rectangles, and ovals.

Graphics Suites Companies are now combining or building

their separate graphics programs. These are called Graphics Suites. These help companies buy a larger variety of graphics programs at a lower cost than if purchased separately.

Virtual Reality Virtual reality creates simulated

environments. VRML is a programming language to produce virtual reality applications. Virtual reality authoring programs are used to create applications.

VRML Virtual reality modeling language is used

to create real-time animated 3-D scenes.

Virtual Reality Authoring Programs These programs are lower cost programs

that help utilize VRML and are widely used to create Web-based virtual reality applications.

Applications Simulates importation experiences or

training in environments such as Aviation Surgical Operations Spaceship repair Nuclear disaster cleanup

Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence attempts to simulate

human thought processes and actions. Two areas are knowledge-based systems and robotics.

Knowledge-Based (Expert) Systems Are programs that duplicate the knowledge

humans have for performing specialized tasks.

Robotics Robotics is the field of study concerned with

developing and using robots. Robots- are computer controlled machines that

mimic the motor activities of humans. Perception Systems: robots that imitate some of the human

senses. Industrial Robots: Used in factories to perform a variety

of tasks. Used in auto plants and in the garment industry. Mobile Robots: these robots act as transporters such as

“mail mobiles.” They carry mail though an office. Also used in military and police activity.

Project Management Project management software allows you

to plan projects, schedule people, and control resources.

Project Managers These are programs designed to assist in

planning, scheduling, and controlling the people, resources, and costs needed to complete a project on time.

Gantt Charts The Gantt chart uses bars and lines to

represent a project.

PERT Charts A program Evaluation Review Technique

chart uses boxes and lines to represent a project. A PERT chart shows not only the timing of a project but also the relationships among its tasks.