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Chapter 4 Specialized Application Software. Competencies Graphics software, including desktop publishing, image editors, illustration programs, image galleries and graphics suites Audio and video editing software Multimedia, including story boards and multimedia authoring programs
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Chapter 4 Specialized Application Software • Competencies • Graphics software, including desktop publishing, image editors, illustration programs, image galleries and graphics suites • Audio and video editing software • Multimedia, including story boards and multimedia authoring programs • Web authoring, web site design, and web authoring programs • Virtual reality and VRML • Knowledge-based (expert) system • Robotics including perception systems, industrial robots and mobile robots
Specialized Application Software • Specialized applications used in specific professions • We will examine • Graphics programs • Audio and video editing software • Multimedia programs • Web authoring programs • Artificial intelligence
Graphics • Specialized graphics programs used by professionals • Widely used specialized graphics programs • Desktop publishing (Page Layout programs) • Focus on page design and layout and provide greater flexibility • Mix text and graphics to create professional publications • Popular programs: Adobe PageMaker, Microsoft publisher • Image editors • Bitmap or raster images: use dots or pixels to represent images • Jagged on the edges when being expanded • Image editors(photo editors) • Popular programs: Adobe photoshop, Microsoft paint, Corel Photopaint
Illustration Programs • Vector images(vector illustration): • Use geometric shapes or objects which are created by connecting lines and curves. • Illustration programs(drawing programs) • Popular programs: Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, Macromedia Freehand • Image Galleries • Stock photographs • Clip art • Graphics Suites
Audio and Video • Video editing software: • used to reorganize, add effects, and more to your digital video footage • Popular programs: Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere • Audio Editing Software • used to create and edit audio clips, as well as add audio effects
Multimedia • Integration of all kinds of media • Interactivity • Used for computer games, business, education, and the home • Links(Connections) • Buttons • Developing multimedia presentation • Plan and analyze • Design (Story board) • Create • Support • Multimedia authoring programs
Web authoring • Creating a site is called web authoring • Personal websites: Web logs or blogs • Web Site Design • Graphical Map, animations, flash, morphing • Web authoring programs • HTML or simple editor • Web authoring programs: Web page editors and HTML editors • Popular programs: Dreamweaver, Frontpage
Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Mimic or simulate human senses, thought processes and actions. • Three computerized intelligence: • Virtual reality (VR, artificial reality or virtual environments) • VRML(Virtual Reality Modeling Language) • Knowledge-based Systems(Expert Systems) • Robotics: • Perception Systems • Industrial robots • Mobile robots