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Chapter 5 – Multimedia Elements

Chapter 5 – Multimedia Elements. Standard Types of Multimedia Files Animation Files Sound Files Video Files Databases. Animations. Do you really need them? - Remember they are distracting to the user, (design for the expected audience)

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Chapter 5 – Multimedia Elements

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  1. Chapter 5 – Multimedia Elements Standard Types of Multimedia Files • Animation Files • Sound Files • Video Files • Databases

  2. Animations • Do you really need them?- Remember they are distracting to the user, (design for the expected audience) • Adobe Photoshop – simple ones, save a series of .gif files • Macromedia Flash – designed for creating large graphics animations, .swf files • 3-D rendering programs – very technical, requires an expert user

  3. Sound Elements • Tools for editing sounds- Macromedia SoundEdit- RecordSound- SoundForge- CoolEdit • After editing a sound file, must choose acompression method and a codec (the algorithm) used to compress the sound file

  4. Sound Files • Audio StreamingThe file never downloads to the user but plays immediately as it arrives. Audio streaming transmits a constant, real-time stream of sound to the user and also lets you use much larger files. Requires a special server on the sender’s side, and a plug-in on the receiver’s side.RealAudio, QuickTime Streaming, & Windows Media are examples of Audio Streaming Software.

  5. Video • RealVideo - .ram files – Any application, wide range of quality settings • QuickTime Movie - .mov files – Any application, wider range of quality settings • Windows Media - .asf files – Any application, wide range of quality settings Video-editing software – Adobe Premiere,iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Media Cleaner Pro

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