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On Hardware and Software. On Hardware. Selection of proper platform for developing your multimedia is based on Personal preference Budget constraints Delivery requirements Type of material Content of project. On Hardware. SCSI (small computer system interface)
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On Hardware • Selection of proper platform for developing your multimedia is based on • Personal preference • Budget constraints • Delivery requirements • Type of material • Content of project
On Hardware • SCSI (small computer system interface) • MCI (media control interface) • SYSTEM.INI file
On Hardware • Memory and storage devices • To estimate the memory requirements of your project, you must have a sense of the project’s content and scope • RAM • Minimum 16 MB better 128 MB
On Hardware • Secondary storage devices • 3.5 floppy for small files • Hard disks (80 MB) • ZIP drives (100 MB) • Magneto optical drives (3.5 – 128MB, 5.25 – 650MB to 1.3GB) • DVD • CDROM players and recorders
On Hardware • Input devices • Keyboards • Mouse • Trackballs • Touch screen • Graphic tablet • Scanners • Infrared remotes • Voice recognition systems • Digital cameras
On Hardware • Output devices • Audio devices • Monitors • Video devices • Projectors • Communication Devices • Modems • networks
On Software • Painting and drawing tools • Image editing tools • OCR software • Sound editing program • Animation, video and Digital movies
Painting and Drawing Tools • Scalable dimensions for resizing, stretching, and distorting • Drawing tools to create geometric shapes • Ability to pour color, pattern of gradient into any area • Ability to paint with patterns and clip art • Customizable pen and brush shapes and sizes • Eye dropper tool • Auto-trace tool • Support of scalable text fonts • Multiple undos • Support for third party special effects plug-ins • Object layering • Good color management, palette management, importing/exporting
Image Editing Tools • Specialized and powerful tools for enhancing and retouching existing bitmaps • Can be used to create images from scratch • Can be used for digitized images from scanners, cameras and videos • Plug-ins
OCR Software • Allows you to convert scanned text to text file for editing
Sound Editing Tools • Sound editing tools for both digitized and MIDI • Sound programs that lets you hear and see the music
Animation, Video and Digital Movies • Are sequences of bitmapped graphic scenes rapidly played back • Movie making tools: • Quicktime, Microsoft video, premiere, video shop • Morphing • Video formats • Avi • mpeg