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Multimedia Elements
Multimedia Elements
Sound
Analog wave patterns these wave
patterns have two attributes
Volume the height of each peak in the sound
wave
Frequency (sometimes referred to as pitch)
the distance between the peaks. The greater
the distance, the lower the sound.
Sampling
To include sound in a multimedia
application, the sound waves must be
converted from analog to digital form
This conversion is called sampling every
fraction of a second a sample the of sound
is recorded in digital bits
Sampling
Two factors affect the quality of digitized
sound
1) Sample rate the number of times the sample
is taken
Most common sampling rates are: 11.025, 22.05,
and 44.1 kHz
Sampling
Quality
Cost
When recording audio files, it may be cost-prohibitive to
considerations contract with a recording studio and hire professional
talent. Investing in reasonably high-end equipment
(such as a sound card, microphone, and recording and
editing software), however, will prove worthwhile.
User
Control
2-D Animation
3-D Animation
3-D Animation involves three steps
1) Modeling creating the broad contours and
structure of 3-D objects and scenes
2) Animation defining the objects motion
3) Rendering giving objects attributes such as
color, surface textures, and amounts of
transparency
3-D Animation
Animation
Animated text using the HTML <blink>
command causes text to flash on and off
Animated gif using a software program
to create a series of gif files such as GIF
Builder
Director movie animation played using
Shockwave plug-in
3-D environments a computer language
used to create 3-D images
Design Considerations
Give the user control over whether or not
to display or enlarge graphic images
Allow the user to be active while graphic
images are being displayed
Provide feedback to the user by
displaying the amount of time a file will
take to download
Video
Video, like sound, is recorded and played
an as analog signal
Analog video must be digitized in order for
it to put into a multimedia file
Digital video has many advantages, but
file size is important
Video
Several elements determine file size:
Frame rate
Image size
Color depth
Video Tips
Color
depth
Frame
rate
Video Tips
Display size
The End
University of North Texas
Dr. Vicky Cereijo