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Software
Multimedia
Multimedia is any combination of text, graphic,
sound, animation and video that is delivered by
computer.
When you allow the user to control what and
when these elements are delivered, it is interactive
multimedia.
Basic Tools
Text Editing
And
Word Processing
Tools
Word Processor
A word processor is usually the first software tool computer
users learn
An office suite that might include spreadsheet, database, e-
mail, web browser and presentation applications
Word processors such as Microsoft Word ,WordPerfect &
Open Office are powerful applications
Include spell checkers, table formatters, thesauruses,
prebuilt templates for letters, résumés, purchase orders, and
other common documents
We can embed sound, images and video
OCR Software
OCR software turns bitmapped characters into
electronically recognizable ASCII text.
A scanner is typically used to create the bitmap Then the
software breaks the bitmap into chunks according to
whether contains text or graphics.
Probability and expert system algorithms is used for
conversion
Most OCR applications claim about 99 percent accuracy
Recognize 8- to 36-point printed characters at 300 dpi &
process 150 characters per second
Painting
And
Drawing Tools
Painting, drawing tools, as well as 3-D modelers are the most
important items for mm development.
Painting software
Photoshop, Fireworks, and Painter
Drawing software
CorelDraw, FreeHand, Illustrator, Designer, and Canvas
Macromedia’s Flash
Both capability
Features of Drawing or Painting Tool
Pull-down menus, status bars, palette control, and dialog
boxes for quick selection
Multiple undo capabilities, to let you try again
A history function for redoing effects, drawings, and text
A screen capture facility
The ability to pour a color, pattern, or gradient into any
area
The ability to paint with patterns and clip art
Customizable pen , brush shapes and sizes
Support for scalable text fonts and drop shadows
Painting features like smoothing, anti-aliasing etc
Support for third-party special-effect plug-ins
Zooming, for magnified pixel editing
Good file importing and exporting capability for image
formats such as PIC, GIF, TGA, TIF, PNG, WMF, JPG,
PCX, EPS, PTN, and BMP
Scalable dimensions, so that you can resize, stretch, and
distort both large and small bitmaps
We can create geometric shapes, from squares to circles &
from curves to complex polygons
3-D Modeling
And
Animation Tools
3-D is an abbreviation for “three dimensions”
2-D has X-Y axes. 3-D has X-Y & Z axes
3-D is more realistic than 2-D
S/w available are AutoDesk’s Maya, Strata 3D, and
Avid’s SoftImage etc
Blender – A strong cross platform software
Google SketchUp – Limited capability (free tool)
Import feature to Quick time and MPEG
Features of a good 3-D editing Tools
Multiple windows that allow you to view your model in each
dimension, from the camera’s perspective, and in a rendered
preview
The ability to drag and drop primitive shapes into a scene
Color and texture mapping
The ability to add realistic effects such as transparency,
shadowing & fog
The ability to add spot, local, and global lights, to place them
anywhere & manipulate them for special lighting effects
Unlimited cameras with focal length control
The ability to draw spline-based paths for animation
Image - Editing
Tools
Image-editing applications are powerful tools used for
creating
Enhancing
Retouching existing bitmapped images.
Photoshop, Corel Draw, MS Paint, GIMP.. – Image
editing Tools
platform.
functional.
QuickTime and Audio Video Interleaved (AVI)
formats support special algorithms, provide a
methodology for interleaving, and allow organized
streaming of data from disk into memory.