multimedia authoring tools- all you need to know...!!!

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MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING TOOLS


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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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FEATURESOF AUTHORING

TOOLS

Basic features includes:

Editing and organizing features.

Programming features.

Interactivity features.

Performance tuning and playback features.

Delivery, cross-platform, and Internet playability

features.

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TYPESOF AUTHORING TOOLS

Card- and page-based tools.

Icon-based, event-driven tools.

Time-based tools.

Web Page Authoring tools.

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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: Hypercardlinked cards

ToolBookeach 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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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

Macromedia Flash:

Flash is used for delivering rich multimediacontent 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 moviesincrease file sizes and increases the downloadtime.

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WEB PAGE AUTHORING

TOOLS

Allows users of all skill levels to createWeb pages.

Some application software programsinclude Web page authoring programs.

Adobe Dreamweaver allow to create webpages without learning the underlying

HTML.

Software: Adobe Dreamweaver, Frontpage

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