Multimedia:
Multimedia is “Multi-Media”. Media is basically refers to computer display which only shows Text only. So Media is associated with the Printed hard copies of documents. Whereas Multimedia is entirely in contrast with the term “Media”. Multimedia the name itself represents that it consists of Media in multiway nature. As the name suggests multimedia includes,
Videos
Animation
Text Alphabets
Pictures
Sound
Digital Media
Digital Camera
Recoding of visual perceptions
Motion Picture movies
Flash Animation
Communication
Industrial Design
Computer Science
Interaction between Humans and Computers
Multimedia components and portions are generally stored in Media files. In these current days, almost all Personal Computers (PCs) are coming with capable and supporting videos, music, animation, and more and are mostly applied to various Industries. To get an idea of multimedia applications, kindly read through below notes.
Important Multimedia Programs:
Some of the Important programs are listed below in some important categories. So various programs are,
A).Maya, Flash, Blender, comes mainly under Graphics Category
B).Interactivity category basically includes, MySQL, AJAX, Flash and Flex and PHP
C).And Audio category is of Sound slides, Pro-tools, Adobe Auditions and more
D).Similarly programs in Video Category are, Canopus Edius, i Movie, Flash Video Encoder, Final Cut Pro
E).Text programs are like Word press, InDesign, and Dream weaver
F).We already might have little idea about Photography programs such as Flickr, Nikon Capture, Photo shop (Widely used program), Vuvox, PTMac, Cubic Connector and Converter.
Multimedia Applications/Uses:
Applications can be noticed in various vast numbers of areas. The list of its Applications include the following,
i).Medical Field
ii).Advertising agencies
iii).Educational Field
iv).Entertainment
v).Presentation programs
vi).Gaming Industries
vii).Musical and Film Industry
viii).Research and Development
ix).Visual Processing
x).Marketing Sector
xi).Visual Arts, Printmaking, Decorative Arts
xii).Conferences/Meetings
xiii).Multimedia patient databases
xiv).Newspaper Publishing
xv).Airports/Shopping malls/various workplace organizations/Offices
xvi).Broadcasting Services and many more
xvii).Video and Audio Presentations
xviii).Commercial Industries
xix).Stage Projections
xx).Live Shows (Live or Video Streaming)