This document discusses multimedia, providing definitions, history, categories, elements, applications, advantages, and disadvantages. Multimedia is defined as a combination of text, graphics, sound, animation, and video delivered by a computer. It originated in the 1990s and can be categorized as linear or non-linear. The main elements are text, images, video, audio, animation, and interactivity. Multimedia has various applications in education, entertainment, and business by making information more engaging and interactive. The advantages include enhancing presentations and improving learning, while the disadvantages include being complex, time-consuming, and expensive to create.

1. ARYAKRISHNA U. K.
NATURAL SCIENCE

2. CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. History
3. Categorization
4. Elements
5. Application
6. Advantages
7.Disadvantages

3. WHAT IS MULTIMEDIA ?
• MULTI + MEDIA = MULTIMEDIA
• Combination of text, graphics, sound, animation & video to
effectively Communicate ideas to users.

5. HISTORY...
• MULTIMEDIA _ Bob Goldstein in July 1996
• Tay Vaughan declared MULTIMEDIA as combination of
text, graphics, sound, animation & video that is delivered by
computer.

6. CATEGORIZATION OF MULTIMEDIA
MULTIMEDIA
NON LINEARLINEAR

7. • A multimedia project is
defined as linear when it is
• Not interactive
• User have no control over
the content that is being
showed to them.
• Eg. Movie, non_ interactive
lecture.
• It is interactive
• Users have control over
the content that is being
showed them.
• Eg. Games.
LINEAR NON LINEAR

8. ELEMENTS
1. TEXT
2. IMAGE
3. VIDEO
4. AUDIO
5. ANIMATION
6. INTERACTIVITY

9. TEXT
• Widely used & flexible means of presenting
information on screen & conveying ideas.
• Formate
1. General text
2. Hypertext
3. Pdf

10. IMAGE
• Important & interesting components .
• People do not like reading large amount
of text information.
• Includes
1. Graphs
2. Pie charts
3. Paintings
• formate
.jpg, .png, .gif etc.

11. VIDEO
• Capturing, recording, processing, transmitting &
reconstructing moving pictures.
• More useful than animation
AUDIO
• Multimedia presentations have some audio tracks
which makes it easier for people to understand.
• Softwares
1. VLC
2. Media player
3. Real player

12. ANIMATION
• Rapid display of a sequence of images of 2D or 3 D art work
to create an illusion of movement.
INTERACTIVITY
• interaction that occurs between an individual and a computer
program.
• Eg. DVDs, digital TV
• Where a user can control what they watch.

13. Use and application
of

14. IN EDUCATION
• Making Education Interesting, Purposeful & Effective.
• By using single media like audio, video, lecturing or
demonstration may result dullness in both students and
teachers, but…

15. • Meeting the needs of the learners.
• Making the learning highly individualised & self dependent.
• Relieving teachers from the routine duties

16. • Provides opportunity for the utilization of number of senses –
sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste.
• Equips the teacher for better teaching and the students for
better learning.
• Increasing learners concentration
• Proper appealing and spreading education to masses.
• Capable of providing advantages of both group and individual
learning.

17. • Helpful in student activities
• Documenting & presentation of school activities
• Information searching
• Demonstration & practical works.

18. MULTIMEDIA IN ENTERTAINMENT
• Games are very popular
• Used to develop special effects in movie s & animation.

19. MULTIMEDIA IN BUSINESS
• Sales & marketing presentation
• Staff training

20. ADVANTAGES
• Enhance the effect of text presentation.
• Improve quality of presentation & retains the
attention of audience.
• Used educational and entertainment purposes
• Quick & easy to operated
• Reduce training costs.
• Offers significant potential in improving personal
communication.

21. DISADVANTAGES
• Complex to create.
• Time consuming.
• Expensive.
• Health problems.

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