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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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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Analysis Design Implementation

Testing Evaluation Publishing

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

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Analysis
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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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