Text - Ch 12

CS4624 Text - Ch 12

General Notes

Digital multimedia is simpler to handle than analog, once collected and compressed.
There is a spectrum of complexity of multimedia applications, from pools of information objects to hyperbases to presentations to specialized interactive applications.
Making applications involves a spectrum of tools: easier less powerful ones, to complex powerful ones, to programming environments (flow charts of icons, or scripting languages).

Chapter Outline

Multimedia Presentation and Authoring - David. S. Backer

12.1 Overview

12.2 Historical Evolution

12.3 Current State of the Industry

1.2.3.1 Platforms and Recent Technologies

1.2.3.2 IBM Compatibles

Apple Macintosh
Workstations
Print-to-Videotape
CD-ROM

12.4 Design Paradigms and User Interfaces

12.4.1 Authoring Systems

12.4.2 Presentation Systems

12.4.3 Power versus Ease of Use

12.4.4 Media Creation Tools

12.5 Example Interfaces

12.5.1 Asymetrix Toolbook

12.5.2 AimTech IconAuthor

12.5.3 Authorware Professional

12.6 Barriers to Widespread Use

12.6.1 Cost of Acquisition, Development, and Delivery of Multimedia Material

12.6.2 Difficulties with Production Quality

12.6.3 Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights

12.6.4 Cost, Availability, and Ease of Use of Tools

12.6.5 Lack of Standards for Delivery and Interchange

12.6.6 Lack of a Clear VIsion for Multimedia Applications

12.7 Research Trends

12.7.1 WYSIWYG Multimedia Document Editing

12.7.2 Better Integrations of Tools and Distributed Resources

12.7.3 Logical Structure of Presentation

12.7.4 Integrated Rapid Storyboarding

12.7.5 Tools for Constructing 3-D Virtual Worlds