INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMEDIA:

What is Multimedia? Multimedia is a computer-based presentation technique that incorporates text, graphics, sound, animations, and video elements. Multimedia Applications: Entertainment Education Research Business MMS(Multimedia Messaging System): The Multimedia Messaging System, or MMS, is an application that allows you to send and receive messages over cell phones. CBT(Computer Based Tutorials)/WBT(Web Based Tutorial) Multimedia also has an enormous impact on education. With the growing popularity of multimedia, sophisticated elearning packages are used to train and educate people world over. The most common version of such packages are the Computer Based and Web Based Tutorials (CBT/WBT) Virtual Reality: The environment is created by using input devices like joysticks and sensors and by using output devices like headphones and goggles. The various multimedia components are coordinated with a technique called virtual reality. Business: Multimedia applications are also widely used in the fields of engineering, medicine, and scientific research. Multimedia Elements: Image: S.No 1

GIF The expansion is Graphic Interchange Format This has 8 bit color palate it is not well fitted for photographic works. Animation is allowed

JPEG The expansion is Joint Photographic Experts Group It support Full Color it is well fitted for photographic works.

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Animation is not allowed

Sound: The sounds that you hear are analog wave patterns. Two attributes control the characteristics of sound - amplitude and frequency. The volume is the height of each crest in the wave. The frequency, also called as the pitch, is the distance between the crests of the wave. The greater the distance, the lower is the sound. Animations: 2d animation (Cell based) 3d animation (object based) Creating a 3-D animation is a 3-step process: 1. Modeling 2. Animating 3. Rendering Video: Video files tend to be very heavy. Several elements such as frame rate, image size, and color depth determine the size of these files. You can vary these elements to reduce the file size to acceptable levels. By compression techniques Lossless compression Retains the exact image throughout the compression.

Lossy compression Provides a comparatively higher ratio of compression but results in some loss of quality.

Popular Multimedia Formats

MIDI(Musical

Instrument Digital Interface): It was developed in 1982 and is a very flexible format that can be used for a wide range of musical applications. Sound files in the MIDI format have the extension .mid or .midi. AIFF(Audio Interchange File Format): AIFF format was developed by Apple. This is not a very popular format as it is neither cross-platform nor is it supported by all web browsers. Files in the AIFF format have the extension .aif or .aiff. The SND Format The Sound or SND format was also developed by Apple The WAVE Format The WAVE format was developed by IBM and Microsoft. it is not only supported by all computers running the Windows operating system, but also by all popular web browsers. Files in the WAVE format have the extension .wav MP3(Moving Pictures Experts Group) this format have become one of the most popular format on the Internet in recent years. The main reason for the popularity of these formats is that they offer good compression and high quality

AVI(Audio Video Interleave) AVI format was developed by Microsoft in 1992. It is supported by all computers running the Windows operating systems and by most of the popular browsers. Windows Media Format (.WMV) QuickTime Format Shockwave Format (.MOV) Windows operating systems Apple and internet applications

(.FLV, .SWF) Internet applications (Macromedia application)

Multimedia Hardware and Software Graphics acceleration card HD card MAYA FLASH DREAMWEAVER MEDIAPLAYER Inline Sound and Video Sounds and video in multimedia applications can be played inline or by using a helper. Helper applications can be launched using the <embed>, <applet>, or the <object> tags. Using Multimedia Elements in Content

PRESENTATION
STARTING PRESENTATION: File -> New -> Presentations Start -> All Programs ->StarOffice 8->StarOffice Impress. Creating a Presentation using the Presentation Wizard Empty presentation Template Existing presentation Creating a Presentation without using Presentation Wizard File->New -> Templates and Documents, or press Shift+Ctrl+N. VIEWS: Normal view: Allows you to create and edit slides Outline view: Allows you to reorder slides, edit slide titles and heading. Format -> Styles and Formatting or with the F11 key.

Notes view: Allows you to add notes to the slides or view any existing notes for the slide. Notes are typically used by a presenter to add additional information to a slide. Handouts view: Allows you to scale the slides so that several slides can fit into a page. This view is typically used when the presentation is to be printed and distributed as a handout. Slide Sorter view: Allows you to view miniature images of all the slides in the presentation. This view is also used to rearrange slides. Saving a Presentation File->Save Ctrl + S Starting Presentation Slide Show -> Slide Show F5 Presentation settings can be adjusted under Slide Show -> Slide Show Settings. Custom Slide Show, to run a custom slide show in the order that you defined in Slide show->Custom Slide show. To create a custom slide show: Choose Slide Show _ Custom Slide Shows, and then click New. the Custom Slide shows dialog box.

 Enter a name for your slide show in the Name box. Under Existing Slides, select the slides you want to add to your slide show, and click the >> button. Hold down Shift to select a range of slides, or Ctrl to select multiple slides. You can change the order of the slides in your custom slide show, by dragging and dropping the slides under Selected Slides. Click Ok. Inserting, Deleting and Renaming Slides Insert->Slide press Delete key or right click on the slide, and choose Delete Slide. Slide _ Rename Slide or right click on the slide and choose Rename Slide Inserting Pictures, Objects, Sound and Video Inserting Pictures Insert-> Picture -> From File Insert-> Movie and Sound To play a movie or sound file in an Impress presentation 1. Open the slide that contains the movie or sound file. 2. Click the object icon for the movie or sound file on the slide. 3. Click Play on the Media Playback toolbar. Play icon - Plays the current file. Pause icon - Pauses or resumes the playback of the current file. Stop icon - Stops the playback of the current file. Repeat icon - Plays the file repeatedly. Position slider - Moves to a different position in the file. Mute icon - Turns sound off and on. Volume slider - Adjusts the volume. Zoom - Adjusts the size of the movie playback. To open Media Player window Choose Tools _ Media Player Inserting Objects Insert->Object.->OLE Object Slide Transitions, Effects and Animation Custom Animation from Slide Show -> Custom Animation. Custom Animation from Slide Show ->Slide transition Changing Slide Background Format -> Page -> Background. Color Gradient Hatching Bitmap Image.

To hide a slide Slide Show _ Show/Hide Slide. Rehearse Timings of Slide Changes Slideshow->Rehearse Timing Printing Presentations Tools -> Options -> StarOffice Impress -> Print. File ->Print. Exporting Presentations File _Export. HTML Document