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Chapter 6 Objectives
Compare and contrast several types of computer graphics programs used by artists, photographers, designers, and others. Explain how computers are changing the way professionals and amateurs work with video, animation, audio, and music. Describe several ways that computers are used to create multimedia materials in the arts, entertainment, education, and business.
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Pixels: tiny dots of white, black, or color that make up images on the screen Palette of tools mimics real-world painting tools
Also contains other tools that are unique to computers
Bitmapped graphics (or raster graphics): pictures that show how the pixels are mapped on the screen Color depth: the number of bits devoted to each pixel Resolution: the density of the pixels
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Take an image
Make a statement
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Images in wireframe view; those on the right are fully rendered to add surface textures
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You start by creating an outline of the main points of your talk, arranging headings and points in the appropriate order.
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You can print overhead transparencies or have slides made, but because there is a big screen computer system in the lecture room, you opt to create an interactive slideshow with animated visual transitions between slides.
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Microsoft Producer lets you combine a presentation with a video of the speaker and a table of contents.
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Digital video cameras capture footage in digital form. Digital video can be copied, edited, stored, and played back without any loss of quality. Digital video will soon replace analog video for most applications.
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Many Web sites deliver streaming video content to viewers with fast broadband Internet connections.
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The iTunes Music Store helps Mac and Windows users purchase music by their favorite artists in protected digital format.
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Description
Standard formats for uncompressed audio for Windows and the Mac OS, respectively. Both formats are supported on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Both create large files. Both are lossless a CD track encoded with WAV or AIFF sounds identical to the original. A popular format for transmitting audio on the Internet. A CD track converted to MP3 format can be 1/10 the size of the original or smaller but still sound very similar. An alternative to MP3 developed by Microsoft for Windows. WMA compression can result in smaller files of higher fidelity. WMA files may be protected by DRM. Apples alternative to MP3 and WMA is used primarily by iTunes and iTunes Music Store. AAC compression is sonically superior to MP3 compression. AAC files may be protected by DRM. Similar to WMA and AAC in sound quality and compression, OGG Vorbis is open source and freely available not controlled by any company.
MP3
WMA AAC
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Chapter 6 Dynamic Media: Beyond the Printed Page Samplers, Synthesizers, and Sequencers: Digital Audio and MIDI
Multimedia computers can control a variety of electronic musical instruments and sound sources using MIDI. MIDI commands can be interpreted by a variety of:
Music synthesizers Samplers
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Sequencing software turns a computer into a musical composing, recording, and editing machine Electronicamusic designed from the ground up with digital technology
Some of the most interesting sequenced music
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A growing number of musicians depend on sequencers to play along with live musicians in performances Abletons Live is a sequencer with special features for bridging the communication gap between human players and computer in concert.
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Chapter 6 Dynamic Media: Beyond the Printed Page Hypertext and Hypermedia
Hypertext refers to information linked in non-sequential ways. Hypermedia combines text, numbers, graphics, animation, sound effects, music, and other media in hyperlinked documents.
Useful for on-line help files Lets the user jump between documents all over the Internet
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Chapter 6 Interactive Multimedia: Eye, Ear, Hand, and Mind Interactive Multimedia: What Is It?
A combination of text, graphics, animation, video, music, voice, and sound effects that allows the user to take an active part in the experience Requirements: high-quality color monitors, fast processors, large memory, CD-ROM drives, speakers, and sound cards
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