Friday, January 27, 2017

Multimedia and Web Technology


Multimedia: implies the integration of multiple forms of media. This includes text, graphics, audio and video.
Types of Multimedia Presentation:
Linear Multimedia-Linear active content progresses without any navigation control for the viewer.
Non-linear Multimedia:
Non Linear content offers user interactivity to control progress as used with a computer game or used in self-paced computer based training. Non-linear content is also known as hypermedia content.

Linear Multimedia
The users sit back and watches the presentation . The presentation normally plays from the start to end or even loops continually to present the information. A movie is a common type of linear multimedia.



Non-Linear Multimedia:
● The users control the delivery of elements – to control the what and when.
● Users have the ability to move around or follow different path through the information presentation.
● Advantage: complex domain of information can be presented.
● Disadvantage: users might lost in the massive “information highway”.
● Useful for information archive (encyclopedia), education, training and entertainment



Features of Multimedia.
● Multimedia presentations
l It may be viewed in person on stage, projected, transmitted, or played locally with a media player.
lA broadcast may be a live or recorded multimedia presentation.
l Broadcasts and recordings can be either analog or digital electronic media technology.
l Digital online multimedia may be downloaded or streamed. Streaming multimedia may be live or on- demand




Features of Multimedia
Multimedia games and simulations may be used in a physical environment with special effects, with multiple users in an online network, or locally with an offline computer, game system, or simulator
Applications of Multimedia
 Creative industries-
 Creative industries use multimedia for a variety of purposes ranging from fine arts, to entertainment, to commercial art, to journalism, to media and software services provided for any of the industries listed below. 
An individual multimedia designer may cover the spectrum throughout their career.
Request for their skills range from technical, to analytical and to creative

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