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Index
What is Multimedia?
History of Multimedia
Multimedia forms
Tools used for Multimedia
Importance of Multimedia
Advantages
Disadvantages
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What is Multimedia?
Derived from the word “Multi” and “Media”
– Multi
• Many, Multiple
– Media
• Tools that is used to represent or do a
certain things, delivery medium, a form of
mass communication – newspaper, magazine
/ tv.
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History of multimedia
Multimedia first introduced in the 1980s when
desktop computers became more prevalent in
businesses, schools, and homes.
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Tools used for Multimedia
Lightwork is a professional
video editing tool.
It's been used on major films
such as "The King's
Speech", "Hugo", "28
Days later" and "Mission
Impossible”.
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Tools used for Multimedia
VLC media player
VLC (Vedio Lan Client) is
a highly portable
multimedia player for
various audio and video
formats as well as DVDs,
VCDs, and various ways of
streaming audio and video.
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Tools used for Multimedia
Audacity is a powerful
and versatile sound
recording and effects
application.
It Use to record sounds,
save them to help you
revise, make your own
ring tones, mp3’s etc
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Tools used for Multimedia
Mixxx is free, open source
DJ software that gives you
everything you need to
perform live mixes.
Handbrake is an open
source DVD to MPEG-
4Convertor.
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Tools used for Multimedia
Songbird is being
developed as “cross
platform, extensible tool
that will help enable
new ways to playback,
manage, and discover
music.”
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Tools used for Multimedia
InfraRecorder is an open-
source CD and DVD
recording package.
It use to write data in CD’s
and DVD’s
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Tools used for Multimedia
Pencil is a great application to
produce a wide range of
animations.
It lets you create traditional hand-
drawn animation (cartoon) using
both bitmap and vector graphics.
Pencil is easy to use but can
produce great results.
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Importance of Multimedia
There are a number of fields where
multimedia could be of use.
Examples are:-
– Business
– Education
– Entertainment
– Home
– Public Places
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Cont…..
Business
– Use and Applications
• Sales / Marketing Presentation
• Staff Training Application
• Company Kiosk(Computer)
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Cont…
Education
– Use and Applications
• Courseware / Simulations
• E-Learning / Distance Learning
• Information Searching
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Entertainment
– Use and Application
• Games
• Movies
• Video on Demand
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Cont….
Home
– Use and Applications
• Television
• Satellite TV
• SMS services (chats, voting, reality TV)
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