Authoring and Multimedia Flashcards
What are the multimedia data types?
Text, audio, video, animation, images
What is digitisation?
When collected data is converted into digital signals that a computer/information system can read. (Analogue > digital).
How does text become digitised?
Keyboard characters are transferred to the CPU as a series of binary signals. Most computers use the ASCII coding system to convert binary into the decimal equivalent to display the character.
How does audio become digitised?
Sound needs to be converted from its analog form using equipment like microphones and signal processors like amplifiers.
How does animation become digitised?
Animation is based on the concept of frames made up of graphics or images in sequence.
How does video become digitised?
Videos are captured by video cameras as a continuous shot rather than a number of shots as separate frames.
How does image become digitised?
Uploaded via a scanner or camera.
What is interactivity?
When the user has control of the content in a media product.
What is infotainment? Give examples.
Combining the delivery of information with entertainment features eg., information kiosks at shopping centres.
What is edutainment? Give examples.
Combining entertainment features with education eg., Leap Frog, Lumosity
What is multimedia?
The combination of three or more data types.
