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4.1 Graphics

1. Desktop publishing

2. Image editors

3. Illustration programs

4. Image galleries

5. Graphic suites

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Desktop Publishing programs (page layout programs)

Programs that allow you to Mix text and graphics to create publications of Professional quality

Popular programsAdobe Page Maker

Microsoft Publisher

QuarkXPress

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Image Editors (Photo Editors)

Programs for creating and editing bitmap images Bitmap images are also called raster images

Popular programsMicrosoft Paint

Adobe Photoshop

Corel PhotoPaint

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Illustration Programs(Drawing programs)

Programs used to create and edit vector images Which use geometric shapes or objects defined by mathematical equations .

Popular programsAdobe Illustrator

CorelDraw

Macromedia FreeHand

Micrografx Designer

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Image Galleries

Libraries of electronic images which consist of Two basic types1. Stock photographs

2. Clip art

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Graphic Suites

Combining 2 or more graphics programs sold as a unit .

Popular suitesCorelDraw Graphics Suite

Adobe creative Suite

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4.2 Audio and Video

Video editing softwarePrograms that allow you to recognize and add effects to digital video.

Apple's iMovie & Windows Movie Maker

Audio editing softwarePrograms allow you to Creates and edits audio clips

SonicFoundry's ACID Music & Syntrillium Software's Cool Edit

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4.3 Multimedia

The integration of a variety of media into one presentation (Video,Music,Voice,Graphics,Text)

Should include user interactivity

user interactivity: user participation in multimedia presentation

Links and Buttons

Link: connections between one page in multimedia presentation to related pages or information .

Button: special area on a page ,by click on it we can jump to another related page or area.

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Developing Multimedia Presentations steps

Plan( determine project goal , resources and work team)

Design ( make “story board”)

- story board: design tool used to record overall logic , flow and structure of multimedia project.

Create (use multimedia authoring program like Macromedia Director program to create multimedia presentation)

Support : evaluation .

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4.4 Web Authoring

Develop and create a web site

Web site design :Create a graphical map of overall content

Add multimedia elements like animation

Flash : full-screen ,highly dynamic animation.

Morphing: special effect in which one image seems to melt into another.

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Web Authoring Programs

Known as Web page editors or HTML editorsProvide support for Web site design

Creates HTML coding

Popular programsMacromedia Dreamweaver

NetObjects Fusion

Microsoft FrontPage

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4.5 Artificial intelligence (AI)

Artificial intelligence (AI) : field of computer science that Attempts to simulate human senses, thought processes, and actions

Three areas of AI :

1. Virtual reality

2. Knowledge-based (expert) systems

3. Robotics

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Virtual Reality

Artificial or simulated reality Generated in 3-D by a computer

Commonly known as VR, artificial reality, or virtual environments

Virtual reality modeling language (VRML)Used to create real-time animated 3-D scenes

Cosmos Worlds from Cosmos Software

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Knowledge-Based (Expert) Systems

Artificial intelligence that uses a database for assistance

Database is known as a knowledge base

Many use "fuzzy logic“ that allows users to respond to questions in a human like way.

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Robotics

The field of study concerned with using robots

Robots are computer-controlled machinesMimic the motor activities of living things

Three types of robotsPerception systems (secure homes)

Industrial robots (car industry)

Mobile robots (locate explosive device)

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