2. What is Multimedia?
• Derived from the word “Multi”
and “Media”
– Multi
• Many, Multiple,
– Media
• Tools that is used to represent or do a
certain things, delivery medium, a form
of mass communication – newspaper,
magazine / tv.
• Distribution tool & information
presentation – text, graphic, voice,
images, music and etc.
3. Definition of Multimedia
• Multimedia is a combination of
text, graphic, sound,
animation, and video that is
delivered interactively to the
user by electronic or digitally
manipulate
6. Importance of Multimedia
• There are a number of fields
where multimedia could be of use.
Examples are:-
– Business
– Education
– Entertainment
– Home
– Public Places
7. Importance to
Business
– Use and Applications
• Sales / Marketing Presentation
• Trade show production
• Staff Training Application
8. Education
– Use and Applications
• Courseware / Simulations
• E-Learning / Distance Learning
• Information Searching
9. At home
– Use and Applications
• Television
• Satellite TV
• SMS services (chats, voting, reality
TV)
11. • Hence,
Multimedia is a combination of several
media into one for e.g. audio, video,
animation and textual media. It provides
a new architecture for documents- A
concept compound document where
different media with various Data types
are linked together. Multimedia comes in
many different formats.e.g. Pictures,
Music, Sound videos, films, animations
and more. Multimedia finds its
application in various areas including,
but not limited to, advertisements, art,
education , entertainment, Medicine,
mathematics and business, scientific
research and spatial temporal
application.