IT 342 Fundamentals of Multimedia Introduction Multimedia Authoring

IT 342 : Fundamentals of Multimedia Introduction & Multimedia Authoring

Aims of multimedia lab � Provide students with an overview of multimedia technologies and applications. � Provide students with valuable hands-on experience in designing and creating interactive multimedia applications. � Outcome: �Apply the knowledge gained to produce a multimedia application (project).

�T. A. Afnan Al-Sadhan Email : aalsadhan@ksu. edu. sa Building 20 , 2 nd floor , room # 89 �Blog it 342. wordpress. com �Grades �Class activity and assignments 5% �Project 15%

Rules � Attendance is important. The student will loose the evaluation mark when absent with no excuse. � Email: Student must write her name and ID with a meaningful subject. Otherwise, the email will not be taken into consideration. � Assignments are due at specific times. Late assignment will not be accepted. � Zero then -1 for cheating.

Areas of multimedia �Advertisements. � art. � education. � entertainment. � engineering. � medicine. �Mathematics. �Business. �scientific research. �spatial temporal applications.

Multimedia Software Tools A fully functional multimedia project utilized different tools and programming language Music Sequencing & notation Digital Audio Graphics & Image editing Video Editing Animation Multimedia Authoring 6

Multimedia Software Tools 1) Audio/Music Sequencing & Notation/Digital Audio 7 Cakewalk Supports General MIDI. Provides several editing views (staff, piano roll, event list) and Virtual Piano. Can insert WAV files and Windows MCI commands (animation and video) into tracks. Cool Edit Pro/Adobe Audition Used for wav file editing with a variety of filters and functions such as reverb, normalizing, noise reduction and amplification

Multimedia Software Tools 2) Graphics & Image Editing Adobe Photoshop An image & graphics editing tool. Supports many bitmap formats, e. g. , GIF, PNG, JPEG, and BMP Many filters and effects for photo enhancement Supports multiple layers Adobe Illustrator Powerful publishing tool for creating and editing vector graphics Easily exported to use on the web Macromedia Fireworks 8 Making graphics for the web (bitmap & vector editor, Java. Script generator)

Multimedia Software Tools 3) Video Editing Adobe Premiere Provides large number (up to 99) of video and audio tracks, superimpositions and virtual clips. Supports various transitions, filters and motions for clips. A reasonable desktop video editing tool. 9 Virtual. Dub Freeware Flexible and expandable video editing software Many features, filters and effects Supports several of the latest video and audio codecs

Multimedia Software Tools 4) Animation Java 3 D – used by Java to construct and render 3 D graphics Direct. X – windows API supports video, images, audio and 3 D animation for computer games Open. GL – 1992, highly portable and multiplatform 3 D Studio Max – high-end pro tools for character animation, game development, visual effects production. Softimage XSI – modelling, animation, rendering package for special effects in films and games 10

Multimedia Software Tools 5) Multimedia Authoring - Tools for making a complete multimedia presentation, including animations, where users usually have a lot of interactive controls. Macromedia Flash 11 Create interactive movies or games for the web Macromedia Director Movie metaphor (the cast includes bitmapped sprites, scripts, music, sounds, and palettes, etc). Can accept almost any bitmapped file formats. Lingo script language with own debugger allows more control including external devices, e. g. , VCRs and video disk players. Web authoring features available for fully interactive Shockwave movies over the Web.

Adobe Director