FUNDAMENTALS OF MULTIMEDIA Flashcards
It comes from the world “multi” and media
Multimedia
Basic element of multimedia
Text
refers to any hardware/software used for communication
Media
Use of a computer to present and combine text, graphics, audio, and videos w links and tools that let the user navigate, interact, create, and communicate
Multimedia
Element of multimedia that require speech, music, and sound
Audio
Element of multimedia that helps create ideas through still images
Graphic
Two elements of audio element of multimedia
Analog and digital
First multimedia device
Telegraph
Element of multimedia that involves recording visual images in live
Video
Refers to the combination of education and entertainment
Edutainment
provides an interface/medium to interact with the system
User interface
8 uses of multimedia
Education, entertainment, business, medicine, mathematics and science research, government, science and technology, mass media, and journalism
is the process designers use to build interfaces
User interface design
3 types of user interface design
Graphical user interface, voice-controlled interfaces, gesture-based interfaces
3 types of user interface design
Graphical user interface, voice-controlled interfaces, gesture-based interfaces
8 principles of user interface
Consistency, clarity, context, personalization, navigation, search, learnability, flexibility
Where users engage through bodily motions
Gesture-based interfaces
Interface design must be in harmony (which principle?)
Consistency
Principle in which the users can move around the menus
Navigation
Principle in which the system provides support information
Learnability
Principle in which the users have the authority to navigate through all the sections
Flexibility
Type of graphic which refers to pixelated/paint
Raster
Type of graphic which refers to draw/clear graphics
Vector
