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Review questions
- Describe the characteristics of multimedia systems?
- Identify three hardware devices used for displaying multimedia.
- Identify three types of software used for creating multimedia.
- Identify two file formats for each of the following data types:
- audio
- video
- images
- animation
- Describe the differences between print media and multimedia?
- For each of the following areas, identify a situation where multimedia is used:
- education and training
- leisure and entertainment
- information provision
- virtual reality and simulations
- combined areas
- Using the situations you have identified above, list the participants and information technology required for each of the multimedia systems.
- Briefly describe how improvements in bandwidth, increased storage capacity and powerful CPUs have influenced the development of multimedia?
- Explain how the types of software below can be used in multimedia systems:
- presentation software
- authoring software
- animation software
- web browsers/HTML editors
- video processing software
- Explain the purpose of storyboards in terms of organising multimedia.
- Describe the three main layouts of a storyboard; use diagrams to illustrate your answer.
- Describe one method of audio data compression.
- Describe one method of video data compression.
- Outline the significance of codecs in terms of multimedia systems.
- Explain the process of morphing as it applies to digital images.
- Outline the role of content providers in the development of multimedia applications.
- Outline the role of project managers in the development of multimedia applications.
- Define the term 'hypermedia'.
- Research a virtual world and and explain why this computer-based environment is an example of a multimedia system.
- Research the emerging technology of digital radio and outline the features it offers as compared to traditional analog radio.
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