Multimedia and ICT

• multimedia


  the ways on how a particular graphics/audio is being integrated
• multimedia


  interactive media (a combination of text, animated graphics, video, and sound)
• linear interactivity


  the user interacts with the multimedia app without controlling the progress of the content
• non-linear interactivity


  allows the user to interact with the content according to what the user wants from the content
• non-linear interactivity


  reminiscent of Web 2.0
• linear interactivity


  the only control the user has is to press the play and stop buttons
• linear interactivity


  an example of this is youtube
• digital multimedia


  the field concerned with the computer-controlled integration of text, graphics, still and moving images, animation, and sounds
• uses of multimedia

  1.) education, 2.) entertainment, 3.) business, 4.) medicine, 5.) math and scientific knowledge, 6.) government
• education


  without multimedia, schools would still use cartolina and manila papers for their lessons
• entertainment


  shows make use of motion shots and visual effects to further immerse viewers in their shows
• business


  with the Philippines being the ICT Hub of Asia, job opportunities like call centers are present
• medicine


  without technological equipment, various experimentations can't happen which means there'd be no innovation
• math and scientific knowledge


  multimedia is used to simulate and model various situations that would otherwise be difficult to grasp
• government


  used in delivering information through announcements about policies, regulations, etc
• elements of multimedia

  text, graphics, animation, audio, and video
• dynamic elements


  elements that are moving or changing
• dynamic elements


  consist of video, animation, and audio
• video


  moving picture accompanied by sound such as a picture on a television
• animation


  the process of making a static image look like it's moving
• audio


  a multimedia app that may require the use of speech, music, and sound effects
• analog audio


  refers to the original sound signal (computers store the sound in digital form)
• static elements


  consist of text and graphics
• text


  all multimedia production contains some amount of text which can have various types of fonts and sizes to suit the professional presentation of the multimedia software
• graphics


  make the multimedia application attractive because in many cases, people do not like reading large amount of text on screen
• 2 types of graphics

  bitmap and vector
• bitmap


  real images that can be captured from devices such as digital cameras or scanners. generally not editable and require a lot of memory
• vector


  images drawn on the computer. are editable and only require a small amount of memory.