multimedia presentations applications of multimedia

MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS  [APPLICATIONS OF MULTIMEDIA]

           A presentation is a combination of drawing, text, photo, movie and sound. You can make or present your own ideas on a particular topic by making or creating  a multimedia package. People use computer and multimedia software to present their ideas with different multimedia elements . It helps to draw, give movement to your drawing, sound to make it more lively. Besides drawing, these software allow you to create your own computer games and cartoon films You can create any of the three types of multimedia presentations.

multimedia applications

1. ·         Slide Presentation
2. ·         Multimedia presentation
3. ·         Interactive multimedia presentation

There are different types of software which help in creating multimedia packages. They are as below:

• ·        Presentation Softwares – Powerpoint
• ·                 2-D Animator package – Animation Pro., Director
• ·                3-D Animation package – 3D Studio, Alias animator
• ·         Authoring for CBT – Authorware
• ·         Graphics and Illustration – Coreldraw, Designer
• ·         Image Editing – Adobe Photoshop, Picture Publisher, Acdsee
• ·         Movies – Quicktime, Xing
• ·         Music and sound – Winamp, Real audio Player
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MULTIMEDIA PACKAGES

Some of the packages available in the market which make extensive use of multimedia are as follows:

·        Multimedia Encyclopedia: Apart from being similar to the Encyclopedia available in the books which covers pictures and text, it also has movies and sound.

·        Multimedia Atlas: Apart from giving the information on maps and geographic conditions of a country it also provides information  on National Anthems and Flags of different countries.

• ·         Multimedia Physics, Chemistry and Biology are available.
• ·         Multimedia  CD on Indian Mythology.
• ·         Tool Kid Creation
• ·         Adventures in Speaking English
• ·         Encarta
• ·         3-D Studio

APPLICATIONS OF MULTIMEDIA

Multimedia is used in various fields of life.

MULTIMEDIA IN EDUCATION

·                        Nowadays, many educational multimedia packages are being developed to help students in learning their subjects. These packages aim at teaching small kids the basics of phonetics and reading sentences through songs and interactive games. They develop the learning skills in children. The rhymes and moving pictures are used to make the subject interesting and exciting. 

TRAINING

·         Many multimedia packages are used to train people in the following fields:

-          Fashion designing

-          Architecture

-          Cooking

-          Music

-          Arts etc.

ADVERTISEMENTS

·         Multimedia packages are being extensively used in creating TV and Film ads.

NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES

·         The newspapers and magazines use multimedia tools to prepare DVD-ROM’s for their wide circulation.

ENTERTAINMENT

·         Multimedia has become the basic mode of entertainment . Most of the TV programs and video games are developed using multimedia technology.