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    DCM 233 Multimedia Authoring

    MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING TOOLS

    MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING TOOLS

    Multimedia authoring tools provide the framework for organizing and editing the elements of a multimedia project.

    Authoring software provides an integrated environment for combining the content and functions of a project.
    It enables the developer to combine text, graphics, audio, video, and animation into an interactive presentation / project.
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    MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING TOOLS

    Authoring systems include editing tools to create, edit, and convert multimedia elements such as animation and video clips. The organization, design, and production process for multimedia involves storyboarding and flowcharting. Visual flowcharting or overview facility illustrates project structure at a macro level.
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    FEATURES OF AUTHORING TOOLS

    Basic features includes:


    Editing

    and organizing features.


    features. tuning and playback features. features.

    Programming Interactivity

    Performance Delivery,

    cross-platform, and Internet playability

    features.

    MEDIUM OF DELIVERY

    CD-ROM VS BOOK

    Faster

    Easier
    Lighter

    Multimedia Capabilities

    INTERACTIVITY

    Linear

    Non-Linear

    incorporation of text and graphics are minimum Typically starts and ends under user control User only have some control over the program

    the ability to jump around interactive presentation organized as menus and content pages that allow the end user to make decision about where to proceed Provide the user with choices like menu list, buttons, hyperlink and many more.
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    TYPES OF AUTHORING TOOLS

    Card - and page - based tools.

    Icon - based, event - driven tools.


    Time - based tools. Web Page Authoring tools.

    CARD & PAGE - BASED TOOLS

    This tool provide a simple and easily understood metaphor for organizing multimedia elements. It contains media objects such as buttons, text fields, and graphic objects. It provides a facility for linking objects to pages or cards.

    Software: Hypercard linked cards


    ToolBook each page is a screen
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    CARD & PAGE - BASED TOOLS

    Advantages: Easy to understand metaphor 1 screen = 1 card = 1 page Easy to use Provide template Short development time Disadvantages: Some run only on one platform Tools not as powerful as equiv. stand-alones
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    CARD & PAGE - BASED TOOLS

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    ICON BASED EVENT DRIVEN TOOL

    Icons or objects based authoring tool is the simplest and easiest authoring process. Simple branching is the ability to go to another section of the multimedia production.

    Multimedia elements and interaction cues are organized as objects in a flowchart.


    Flowchart can be built by dragging appropriate icons from a library, and then adding the content. Software: Authorware and IconAuthor.
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    ICON BASED EVENT DRIVEN TOOL

    Advantages:
    Clear

    structure. Easy editing and updating.

    Disadvantages:
    Difficult

    to learn. Expensive.

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    TIME-BASED TOOLS

    This tools are best suited for messages with a beginning and an end. Some time-based tools facilitate navigation and interactive control. Software: Adobes Director and Flash.

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    TIME-BASED TOOLS
    Macromedia Director:

    A multimedia database, Cast, contains still images, sound files, text, shapes, scripts, movies, and other Director files.
    Score is a sequencer for displaying, animating, and playing Cast members.

    Lingo is an object-oriented scripting language that enables interactivity and programmed control.
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    TIME-BASED TOOLS

    Advantages: Good for creating animation Branching, user control, interactivity

    Disadvantages: Expensive Steep learning curve for advanced features

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    TIME-BASED TOOLS

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    TIME-BASED TOOLS

    Macromedia Flash: Flash is used for delivering rich multimedia content to the Web. It allows the creation of simple static HTML pages with the Flash Player plug-in.

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    TIME-BASED TOOLS

    Advantages: Easy to put animated and interactive movies. Interactive menus.

    Disadvantages: Increase in file size. Music and sound files embedded in Flash movies increase file sizes and increases the download time.
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    AUTHORING TOOLS CONCEPT

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    WEB PAGE AUTHORING TOOLS

    Allows users of all skill levels to create Web pages. Some application software programs include Web page authoring programs. Adobe Dreamweaver allow to create web pages without learning the underlying HTML. Software: Adobe Dreamweaver, Front page

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    WEB PAGE AUTHORING TOOLS

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    SOFTWARE

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    TEXT EDITOR

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    VIDEO EDITOR

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    ANIMATION EDITOR

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    AUDIO EDITOR

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    WEB EDITOR

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    Multimedia Application
    Audio Editor Eg. Sound Forge Video Editor Eg. Ulead (a) Video Editor File format .avi Graphic Editor Eg. Adobe (b) Photoshop File format .jpg (e) Text Editor Eg. Microsoft Word File format .txt Animation Editor

    Eg. 3Ds Max (c)

    File format (d) .wav

    File format .3ds (f)

    Authoring Tool

    Time Frame Concept Eg. Flash

    Card/Page Concept Eg. Eg. (g) Hypercard

    Icon Concept Eg. Authorware Eg. (h)


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    Phases of Development: Multimedia, Programming and Information System


    Phases 1 2 3 4 5 Multimedia Analysis Design Implementation Testing Evaluation Programming Problem Analysis Program Design Coding Testing and debugging Documentation Information System Analysis Design Implementation Testing Documentation

    Publishing

    Maintenance
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    1
    2 3 4 5

    Problem analysis

    Program Design

    Coding

    Testing and debugging

    Documentation

    Figure above show program development phases. Name phase 2 and phase 3.

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    1
    2

    Analysis Design Implementation


    Testing Evaluation Publishing

    3
    4 5 6

    Figure above show multimedia development phases. Name phase 2 and phase 3.

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    Analysis
    2

    Design 3 Implementation
    4 Testing 5 Evaluation 6 Publishing

    Figure above show information system development phases. Name phase 2 and phase 3.

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    THANKS FOR LISTENING

    THE END

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