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Multimedia Basics and Applications

This document discusses multimedia and its basic elements. It defines multimedia as communication that combines different media types like text, audio, images, animations and video into a single digital presentation. The basic elements of multimedia are described as text, graphics, animation, video and audio. Linear multimedia presentations have a set start and end, while non-linear presentations are interactive and let users navigate freely. Applications of multimedia include creative industries, commerce, education, engineering and medicine.

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Multimedia Basics and Applications

This document discusses multimedia and its basic elements. It defines multimedia as communication that combines different media types like text, audio, images, animations and video into a single digital presentation. The basic elements of multimedia are described as text, graphics, animation, video and audio. Linear multimedia presentations have a set start and end, while non-linear presentations are interactive and let users navigate freely. Applications of multimedia include creative industries, commerce, education, engineering and medicine.

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CHAPTER – 1

Multimedia
Amir Ibrahim
Nov-2021
Topics
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What is multimedia?
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Basic elements of multimedia elements.
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Types of multimedia presentation.
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Applications of multimedia.
What is Multimedia?
➢
Derived from Words “Multi” and “Media”
➢ Multi
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Many, Multiple

➢ Media
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Medium of Communication – Text,
Graphic, Animation, Video, Audio
Multimedia - Definition

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Multimedia : is a form of communication that combines different
content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a
single presentation, in contrast to traditional mass media, such as
printed material or audio recordings.
Multimedia - Definition

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Multimedia : is the field concerned with computer controlled
integration of text, audio, images, animations, or video where every type
of information can be represented, stored, transmitted and processed
digitally.
The basic elements of Multimedia

1.Text

2.Graphic

3.Animation

4.Video

5.Audio
The basic elements of Multimedia
1.Text
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characters that are used to create words, sentences, and paragraphs.
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Text is the most basic element of multimedia.
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A good choice of words could help convey the intended message to
the users.(keywords)
The basic elements of Multimedia
2.Graphics
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A digital representation of non-text information, such as a photographs,
drawings, line art, mathematical graphs, line graphs, charts, diagrams,
symbols, geometric designs, maps, engineering drawings, or other images.
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A picture means a thousand words.
The basic elements of Multimedia
3.Animation
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The illusion of motion created by consecutive display of images of
static elements.
The basic elements of Multimedia
4.Video
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Is the technology of capturing, recording, processing, transmitting
and reconstructing moving picture.
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Video is more towards photo realistic image sequence / live recording
as comparison to animation.
The basic elements of Multimedia
5.Audio
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Produced by vibration, as perceived by sense of hearing.
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It comes in the form of speech, sound effect and music score.
Types of Multimedia presentation
Linear vs Non Linear
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Linear Multimedia :

It is not interactive.

User have no control over the content that is being showed to them.

Usually, these presentations begin at a predetermined starting point and
end at a predetermined end point.

Example : Cinema, Movies, TV Shows
Types of Multimedia presentation
Linear vs Non Linear

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Non-Linear Multimedia :

It is interactive.

User have control over the content that is being showed to them.

User are given navigational control.

Information is not presented in sequential or chronological manner.

Example : Gaming, Websites, Hypermedia etc.
Multimedia presentation


may be viewed in person on stage, projected, transmitted, or played
locally with a media player.

A broadcast may be a live or recorded multimedia presentation.

Broadcasts and recordings can be either analog or digital electronic
media technology.

Digital online multimedia may be downloaded or streamed.

Streaming multimedia may be live or on-demand.
Applications of Multimedia

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Creative Industries ●
Journalism
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Commerce ●
Engineering
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Entertainment ●
Medicine
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Education ●
Research
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Social Work Purposes ●
Interior Designing and
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Communication ●
others
End of chapter - 1

Nov - 2021

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