Chapter 5

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Chapter 5 Multimedia Elements

• Standard Types of Multimedia Files
• Animation Files
• Sound Files
• Video Files
• Databases

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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

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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

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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
  senders side, and a plug-in on the receivers
  side.RealAudio, QuickTime Streaming, Windows
  Media are examples of Audio Streaming Software.

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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