Multimedia Software

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Multimedia Software

• Wm P Woodall
• Spring 2006

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Software that enables Multimedia

• System Software
• OS
• Utilities
• Networking
• Development Software
• Graphics
• Sound
• Text
• Web Developing
• Multimedia Authoring
• Delivery Software
• Stand-Alone Programs
• Players

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System Software

• Written specifically to control its Platform (or
  Processor Family)
• Often is unique to the platform
• Takes advantage of features of platform
• Upgrading may not be available (i.e. Win98 to
  XP2)
• Alternatives for a platform may be limited

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Painting and Drawing Tools

• Bitmap vs. Vector Images
• Painting Software (bitmap)
• PhotoShop, Photoshop Elements, iPhoto, Corel
  PhotoPaint
• Drawing Software (vector)
• Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat, CorelDraw, AutoCAD
• Flash
• Fireworks

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Image-editing Tools

• Specialized and powerful tools for enhancing and
  retouching, existing bitmapped images
• PhotoShop, Elements, Corel Paintshop Pro
• Plug-ins
• Vertigos HotTEXT lets you turn text into 3-D
  objects
• Alienskin / EyeCandy
• Kais Power Tools (Corel KPT Collection)
• Xaos Paint Alchemy
• Nix Software
• Many, many, many others!
• RawShooter, Adobe RAW, Capture1

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3-D Modeling

• AutoDesks 3D Studio Max
• Bryce
• Poser
• Maya
• Strata 3D
• Carrara
• Defunct products might still be useful
• Macromedia Extreme 3D
• 3d/fx
• Infini-D

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Sound Applications

• Sound Editing
• Sound Recorder
• Sound Forge
• SoundEdit Pro (Macromedia SoundEdit16 is defunct)
• GarageBand (Mac)
• MIDI
• Sound Playback
• Windows Media Player
• QuickTime
• Real Player
• WinAmp

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Video and Digital Movie Tools

• Formats
• Microsoft AVI
• MPEG (1,2,4)
• Apple Quicktime
• Codecs (Compressor/Decompressor)
• MPEG, Divx, M-JPEG, Indeo (Intel), Cinepak,
  others
• Editors
• Adobe Premiere, Pinnacle Studio, Avid, Final Cut

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Linking Multimedia Objects

• DDE OLE
• Office suites
• Microsoft Office
• Open Office
• iWork
• Presentation tools
• PowerPoint
• Keynote (Mac)
• Impress (Open Office)

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Web Development

• Authoring Tools
• Adobe (Macromedia) Dreamweaver
• Microsoft FrontPage
• Adobes GoLive
• Languages
• JavaScript
• Visual Basic (VBScript)
• PHP/Perl/Python/AJAX etc.
• Actionscript (Flash)

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Helpful Accessories

• Screen Grabber
• PaintShop Pro
• Snag-it
• Graphics Workshop
• Text Editor
• TextPad
• Format Converter/Cataloger/Viewer
• Graphics Workshop
• IrfanView

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