Chapter 5 Multimedia Elements Standard Types of Multimedia

Chapter 5 – Multimedia Elements Standard Types of Multimedia Files • Animation Files • Sound Files • Video Files • Databases

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

Sound Elements • Tools for editing sounds - Macromedia Sound. Edit - Record. Sound - Sound. Forge - Cool. Edit • After editing a sound file, must choose a compression method and a codec (the algorithm) used to compress the sound file

Sound Files • Audio Streaming The 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 sender’s side, and a plug-in on the receiver’s side. Real. Audio, Quick. Time Streaming, & Windows Media are examples of Audio Streaming Software.

Video • Real. Video -. ram files – Any application, wide range of quality settings • Quick. Time 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, i. Movie, Final Cut Pro, Media Cleaner Pro