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Graphics,
 Hypermedia,
and
Multimedia
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Chapter Outline
  • Focus on Computer Graphics
  • Dynamic Media: Beyond the Printed Page
  • Interactive Multimedia: Eye, Ear, Hand, and Mind
  • Data Compression – How and Why
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Focus on Computer Graphics
  • Computer graphics include:
    • Painting Software
    • Digital Image Processing
    • Drawing Software
    • 3-D Modeling Software
    • CAD/CAM
    • Presentation Software
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Painting Software
  • GrAphicS
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Painting Software
  • Use pointing devices to “paint” objects, shapes or freehand script on the screen
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Painting Software
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Painting Software
  • Outlined
    shapes can be filled with colors
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Digital Image Processing:
Photographic Editing by Computer
  • Why Digital Imaging Software?
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Digital Image Processing
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Drawing:
Object-Oriented Graphics
  • Object-Oriented Software offers drawing tools similar to painting software
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Drawing
  • Shapes in Object-Oriented Software:
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Painting Pixels vs.
Drawing Object Shapes
    • You have more control
      over textures, shading,
      and fine detail
    • Use for creating screen
      displays (for video games,
      multimedia presentations,
      and Web pages)
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Painting Pixels vs.
Drawing Object Shapes
  • When painting with pixels:
    • Use for simulating
      natural paint media
    • Use to embellish
      photographic images
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Painting Pixels vs.
Drawing Object Shapes
  • When drawing object shapes:
    • shapes and lines are cleaner and smoother
    • use for creating printed graphs, charts, and illustrations
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Rules of Thumb:
Creating Smart Art
  • Use ready-made graphics (clip art) when available and appropriate
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3-D Modeling Software
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CAD/CAM: From Pictures
to Products
  • Engineers,architects, and designers
    use CAD/CAM
    software to design
    or manufacture
    products
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CAD/CAM:
From Pictures to Products
    • CAD (computer-aided design) is a modern drafting tool for designers
      • Designs can be tested under various conditions before being built
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Presentation Graphics:
Bringing Lectures to Life
  • Presentation graphics software is used to  create visual aids for:
    • Lectures
    • Training and education sessions
    • Sales and product demonstrations
    • Meetings
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Presentation Graphics:
Bringing Lectures to Life
    • Users can Enter text
      in outline form
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Dynamic Media:
Beyond the Printed Page
  • Modern media often contains dynamic information that changes over time or in response to user input
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Animation: Graphics in Time
  • Create the illusion
    of animation from
    still images with animated graphics
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Animation: Graphics in Time
  • Tedious tasks have been automated with computers and animation software
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Rules of Thumb:
Making Powerful Presentations
  • Remember your goal
  • Remember your audience
  • Outline your ideas
  • Be stingy with words and graphics
  • Use a consistent design
  • Keep slide focused
  • Tell them what you’re going to tell them, then tell them, then tell them what you told them
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Desktop Video:
Computers, Film and TV
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Morphing Software
  • Morphing software metamorphoses one image into another
    • Click the picture to see this image morph to another image.
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The Synthetic Musician
  • A
  • U
  • D
  • i
  • O
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The Synthetic Musician: Computers and Audio
  • Add sound to any multimedia project by using:
    • digitized audio (music or any sound) from a CD or audio file
    • synthesized audio (music or sound) using MIDI instrument
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Hypertext and Hypermedia
  • Hypertext and Hypermedia allow you to quickly go to other parts of a document or other related documents.
  • Examples include:
    • Help files that use hypertext to jump to different help screens
    • Web pages that allow you to jump between documents over the Internet
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Interactive Multimedia:
Eye, Ear, Hand, and Mind
  • Combine text, graphics, animation, video, music, or sound effects in such a way that the user takes an active part in the experience
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Interactive Multimedia:
Eye, Ear, Hand, and Mind
    • Requirements: high-quality color monitors, fast processors, large memory, CD-ROM drives, speakers,
      and sound cards
    • The user controls
      the flow of
      information
      and is not a
      passive viewer
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Multimedia Authoring:
Making Mixed Media
  •   Create and edit multimedia projects.
    • Begin with source documents (text, graphics, video clips, music, and sound files)
    • Multimedia authoring software allows you to combine the individual sources
    • Authoring software allows the project to be interactive (requiring the user to take an active role)
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Rules of Thumb:
Making Interactive Multimedia Work
  • Be consistent
  • Make it intuitive
  • Strive for simplicity
  • Keep it lively
  • Make sure the message gets through
  • Provide navigational aids
  • Test the product on novices
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Interactive Media:
Visions of the Future
    • may increase communication
    • give people control over the flow of information
    • allow participation in
      democratic decision
      making
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