Chapter 1

DEE5082 INTERACTIVE
MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION TO
MULTIMEDIA

Summary

*History of multimedia
*Elements
*Categories
*Applications and Stages of
*Multimedia Application
*Development

HISTORY OF
MULTIMEDIA

WHAT IS MULTIMEDIA?

MULTIMEDIA CONSISTS OF APPLICATIONS
THAT USE MULTIPLE MODALITIES TO THEIR
ADVANTAGE, INCLUDING TEXT, IMAGES,
DRAWINGS (GRAPHICS), ANIMATION, VIDEO,
SOUND (INCLUDING SPEECH), AND, MOST
LIKELY, INTERACTIVITY OF SOME KIND.

Element of Multimedia

TEXT AUDIO IMAGE/GRAPHIC

HYPERMEDIA

VIDEO

ANIMATION

Text

Text is the most basic element
of multimedia.

Text includes characters,
numbers and other symbols in
term of word, line or paragraph.

Text is essential aspect of
presenting the information.

AUDIO A+

Multimedia phones have music player to
run audio music.
Audio songs comes under the heading of
multimedia.
Audio formats may be in the form of
MP3, WMA, WAVE, MIDI and real audio
etc.

IMAGE/GRAPHIC

Images are very useful
feature of multimedia.
Multimedia presentation
uses pictures or clip art to
make people understand.
Picture is a two dimensional
screen display, and as well as
a three- dimensional, such
as a status or hologram.
Various file formats of
images are .jpg, .png, .gif, etc

VIDEO

VIDEO IS MORE TOWARDS
PHOTO REALISTIC IMAGE
SEQUENCE/ LIVE RECORDING AS
IN COMPARISON TO ANIMATION.

VIDEOS MAKES MULTIMEDIA
PRESENTATION MORE
ENTRAINING AS WELL AS MAKES
VIEWERS CLEAR TO
UNDERSTAND.

COMMON DIGITAL FORMATS
INCLUDE FLASH, MPEG, MP4,
AVI, FLV, WMA ETC.

ANIMATION

ANIMATED COMPONENTS ARE
COMMON WITHIN BOTH WEB
AND DESKTOP MULTIMEDIA
APPLICATIONS.
THE ILLUSION OF MOTION
CREATED BY THE
CONSECUTIVE DISPLAY OF
IMAGES OF STATIC ELEMENT.
ANIMATION ARE USED IN
CARTOONS, SCIENTIFIC
VISUALIZATION.

Hypermedia

Hypermedia is an extension
to hypertext, or the ability
to open web pages by
clicking text links.
The most common type of
hypermedia is an image
link.
Flash animation and videos
can also be turned into
hyperlinks by embedding
one or more links.

Category of
Multimedia

APPLICATION OF
MULTIMEIDA

CORMERCIAL USES
ENTERTAINMENT

EDUCATION
JOURNALISM
ENGINEERING

INDUSTRY
COMMUNICATION

MEDICINE
TRAINING
WEB PAGE

A+

Much of the electronic old and new media
used by commercial artists is multimedia.

COMERCIAL
USES

Exciting presentations are used to grab and
keep attention in advertising.

MULTIMEDIA IS HEAVILY USED
IN THE ENTERTAINMENT
INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY TO
DEVELOP SPECIAL EFFECTS IN
MOVIES AND ANIMATIONS

MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS
THAT ALLOW USERS TO
ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE
INSTEAD OF JUST SITTING BY
AS PASSIVE RECIPIENTS OF
INFORMATION ARE CALLED
INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA.

ENTERTAINMENT

MULTIMEDIA IS USED TO PRODUCE
COMPUTER BASED TRAINING COURSES AND
REFERENCE BOOKS LIKE ENCYCLOPEDIA AND
DICTIONARY.LEARNING THEORY IN THE PAST
DECADE HAS EXPANDED DRAMATICALLY
BECAUSE OF THE INTRODUCTION OF
MULTIMEDIA.




EDUCATION

JOURNALIST COLLECT
FOOTAGE FROM DIFFERENT
FIELDS AND MAKE INTERESTING
AUDIO AND VISUALS NEWS
USING MULTIMEDIA TOOLS.
MULTIMEDIA IS USED IN MAKING,
DESIGNING, AND EDITING THE
NEWS AND ARTICLES
EFFECTIVELY.

JOURNALISM

Software engineers frequently use
multimedia tools and simulations
in new inventions projects.

Multimedia tools are used for
creativity in designing and
developing in entertainment
business of scientific research.

MULTIMEDIA IS USED AS A WAY TO
HELP PRESENT INFORMATION TO
SHAREHOLDERS, SUPERIORS AND
COWORKERS.

INDUSTRY

MULTIMEDIA IS ALSO HELPFUL FOR
PROVIDING EMPLOYEE TRAINING,
ADVERTISING AND SELLING PRODUCTS
ALL OVER THE WORLD VIA VIRTUALLY
UNLIMITED WEB-BASED TECHNOLOGY.

COMMUNICATION

PRESENT DAYS DIFFERENT
DEVICES HELPS TO
COMMUNICATE WITH EACH
OTHER EASILY, LIKE LIVE
TEXT , CHAT, VIDEO CHAT,
CALLS ETC.
THERE ARE MANY
INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA
BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING
SITES LIKE FACEBOOK,
TWITTER, INSTRAGRAM, ETC.

DOCTOR CAN GET TRAINED

M BY LOOKING AT A VIRTUAL
SURGERY.

E THEY CAN SIMULATE HOW
THE HUMAN BODY IS
D

I AFFECTED BY DISEASE
SPREAD BY VIRUSES AND
C BACTERIA AND THEN

 I DEVELOP TECHNIQUES TO
N PREVENT IT.

E



WEB PAGE

WEB PAGE PROVIDES
INFORMATION WITH USER
FRIENDLY AND
INTERACTIVELY TO THE
USER.

WE CAN SEE ATTRACTIVE
LAYOUT WEBPAGE USING
DYNAMIC APPROACH,
MOST OF THE NEWS
SITES, PORTALS,
MEDICAL SITES,
BUSINESS SITES ETC.

PLANNING AND COSTING:



THE NEEDS OF A PROJECT ARE
ANALYZED BY OUTLINING ITS
MESSAGES AND OBJECTIVES.



A PLAN THAT OUTLINES THE

REQUIRED MULTIMEDIA
EXPERTISE IS PREPARED.



THE NEEDS OF A PROJECT ARE
ANALYZED BY OUTLINING ITS

MESSAGES AND OBJECTIVES.



A PLAN THAT OUTLINES THE
REQUIRED MULTIMEDIA
EXPERTISE IS PREPARED.

PDREOSDIGUNCTAINODN

THE PLANNED TASKS
ARE PERFORMED TO
CREATE A FINISHED
PRODUCT.

THE PRODUCT IS
REVISED, BASED ON
THE CONTINUOUS
FEEDBACK RECEIVED
FROM THE CLIENT.

TESTING
THE PROGRAM IS TESTED TO
ENSURE THAT IT MEETS THE
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT,
WORKS ON THE PROPOSED
DELIVERY PLATFORMS, AND
MEETS THE CLIENT
REQUIREMENTS.

DELIVERY TO
THE FINAL PROJECT IS

PACKAGED AND DELIVERED
THE END USER.