3. 01 Multimedia Terms and Definitions General Terms Multimedia
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3.01 Multimedia Terms and Definitions General Terms Multimedia - Different types of media including text, video, sound, graphics and animations. Multimedia Presentation — a computer based, interactive experience that incorporates text, graphics, sound, video, and virtual reality. Copyright Law — ensures that the author’s rights of images and sounds used in multimedia products are protected and acknowledged. Copyrighted material cannot be used without the owner’s permission. Fair Use — Fair use allows others to use copyright material without infringing on the rights of the owner. Beware that these are only guidelines and do not protect the user from lawsuits! Basic Parts of Multimedia Presentations Build Effect — an effect applied to text that makes it appear on a slide in increments of one letter, word or section at a time; keeps the audience’s attention and does not allow the audience to read or see past what the speaker is explaining. Hyperlinks — “hot spots” or “jumps” to locate another file or page; represented by a graphic or colored and underlined text. Menus - are a list of options (text or images) that link to other parts of the presentation. Navigation buttons — allow the user to interact with a multimedia presentation. Allow the end user to navigate between slides, additional elements (i.e. Word and Excel documents), audio, video clips, and other interactive parts of the presentation. Slide transition — the visual effect of a slide as it moves on and off the screen during a slide show. Designs Asymmetrical balance — distribution achieved by arranging non-identical elements on both sides of an imaginary center line on the screen. Balance —is the distribution of optical weight in the layout. Interactivity —is the ability of the user to interact with an application. Inter-screen unity —is the design that users encounter as they navigate from one screen to another; provides consistency throughout a title. Intra-screen unity — is how the various elements relate to one another on the same screen. Linear presentations — author of the presentation controls the flow of information in the application. No balance — a design that has elements arranged on the screen without regard to the optical weight of elements. Non-linear presentation — allows the user to interact with a presentation and control how the information will be viewed; allows the user to be active rather than passive during the delivery of the information. Optical center — a point slightly above and to the center of the mathematical center of the screen. Optical weight — the ability of an element such as a graphic, text, headline, or subheading to attract the user’s eye. Rollover — function performed as the mouse pointer rolls over and points to an object. Sequential navigational scheme — takes the user through a controlled, linear process. Symmetrical balance — distribution achieved by arranging elements as horizontal or vertical mirrored images on both sides of an imaginary center line of a screen. Treatment — how a presentation will be offered to the user; that is, the look and feel of the presentation. Software Authoring programs — programs used to create multimedia presentations, such as simulations and tutorials; most have some point-and-click features, but may require some knowledge of programming language concepts; i.e., Microsoft Visual Basic, Macromedia Director. Adobe Director — authoring program that uses a movie metaphor with the user as the "director" of the movie. It has a scripting language called Lingo which has made it a popular choice for creating CD-ROMs and standalone kiosks and web content. It supports both 2D and 3D multimedia projects. Adobe Flash — an animation program for developing 2-D animations delivered on the Web. Players — are programs that allow users to run multimedia applications on their computers. Programming languages — languages used to create applications and, in multimedia, to produce sophisticated features such as creating animations and searching databases Script — is program code for a specific task such as a rollover. Scripting Languages — programming languages used to create scripts. Shockwave — program that allows an Internet user to play applications created with Macromedia Director. Toolbook — a multimedia authoring software program. Directory: files -> quia -> users users -> L y aura un quiz sur le vocabulaire users -> 007. 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