What is Multimedia ?

Introduction :

• Newspaper was first & foremost mass communication medium.
• it used text, images and graphics
• Majors source of information for the people.
• Afterwards, motion pictures, radio and television were mew media in 20th century
• This entire media changed whole world of mass communications.
• Mixing of media creates multimedia
• whose components are text, images, graphics, audio and vidio
• Multimedia Derived from " Multi " and "Medium".
• Multimedia can defined as multiple media usesd to deliver information to user digitally.
• A figure Named is " Overview of Multimedia " show the history of multimedia 
• To understand meaning of multimedia, see definitions and examples.
• Graphics, audio video, images and other from of media.
• Represents, store, transmit and and process all information digitally.
• Multmedia is computer informtaions can represent through animation, audio, video, text, graphic and images
• A figure named as " Multimedia : The integrations of various froms of media" shows this concept in  a clear way :
• Vrious Form of multimedia require huge disk space.
• CD and DVD can be Used

Multimedia Presentations : 

• Presentation involves audio and video clip, animations can be multimedia presentation.
• Thes presentation put very positive impact o audiance .
• Whit the help of audio and video clips presenter present well and viewer understand easily.

Multimedia Softwere :

• Educational softwere involves text, audio, video, and animations called multimedia software.
• Help student to learn easily and improve their learning skills.
• Multimedia CD's are the best exampple.
• Intructions and integreted through the form text, images, audio, video, animations and graphics.

Multimedia System :

• Presentating multimedia informations digitally.
• Chararcterized by sorting, processing, generating and manipulating multimedia components.
• Characteristic of a multimedia - system.
• Characteristic of multimedia are as integrated computer oriented.
• Informations should be presented digitally.
• Interface should be typically interactive.
• A figure named as " Characteristic of a multimedia system "shows this concept

Staff training Applications :

• Educations
• Courseware
• Simulations
• E - learning/Distance Learning.

Entertainment : 

• Game
• Interactive Movies 
• Video on Demand ( Online )
• Home 
• Televisions

Example of Multimedia :

• Example where multimedia plays important part and provide benefits
• Multimedia coursware
• Improving the learning skills

Multimedia Components :

• Combination of different content like text, graphic, animation, audio and video 
• Labels and Captions
• Menu ( List Of options and choices )
• Navigations
• Content

Graphic :

• Graphic is another significan part of multimedia aplications
• it can used in 
• Reinforce text
• Suplement Text
• Create Impact

Properties of graphic : 

• OpenGL ( Open Graphic Library ), Standard
• Selectabel, editable and revisable
• Generated by a graphic editor program

Animations :

• Ilutions of motion created by by concecutive display of images of static element
• Multimedia aplications can become interactiv
• Visual Effect like dissolve are used to primitive animations 

Video : 

• Most Important component of multimedia 
• many major characteristic makes multimedia makes effective and valuable
• Capturing, Recording, Processing

Transmitting and reconstructing the moving pictures

• Most powerfull and main tool in multimedia
• Add very good impact to make more actractive, valuable and effective.

Audio :

• Another important component of multimedia
• Privide listening pleasure of music
• Used for important purpose such as.

Multimedia Applications :

• Include different things such as presentations
• Foreign leanguage learning
• Video Games.
• Multimedia presentations
• Special effect in movies
• Multimedia kiosk.
• Online movies, interactive games, books, presentations.
• facebook, youtube, twitter, 
• In all platform multimedia component play esential part 

Multimedia Conferencing :

• Important and siginificant applications
• Computer based multimodal medium include multimedia component 
• Voice 
• Video
• Facial Expression
• Body Movement
• Live connection that allow people in different locations interact using computer network.
• Include audio and video images.

Video games :

• One of the major applications of multimedai known as video games.
• Various electronic device used to make games effecitive and valuable
• Various games used for entertainment by different thought such as.
• Ations games 
• Educational Games
• Political Games
• Sport games
• Mobile phone

Special Effect in Movies :

• Visual effcet added to movie theater or games simulation event
• Movies
• Video Games
• Television Programs
• Sains Fiction

Multimedia Kiosk :

• Computer located in public place where people use it for different purposes.
• Central Processing Unit ( CPU )
• Touch scren monitor
• Stereo Speaker.
• Printer.