BMA113 FINALS

Multimedia

The field is concerned with the computer-controlled integration of text, Graphics, drawings, still and moving images (video), animation, audio, and any other media where every type of information can be represented, stored, transmitted, and processed digitally.

Multimedia

A media that uses multiple forms of information content and information processing.

It is very user-friendly

It doesn’t take much energy out of the user, in the sense that you can sit and watch the presentation, you can read the text and hear the audio.

It is multi-sensorial.

It uses a lot of the user’s senses while making use of multimedia, for example, hearing, seeing, and talking

It is integrated and interactive

All the different mediums are integrated through the digitization process. Interactivity is heightened by the possibility of easy feedback.

It is flexible.

Being digital, this media can easily be changed to fit different situations and audiences.

for a wide variety of audiences

It can be used ranging from one person to a whole group.

Information overload

Because it is so easy to use, it can contain too much information at once

It takes time to compile

Even though it is flexible, it takes time to put the original draft together

It can be expensive.

As mentioned in one of my previous posts, multimedia makes use of a wide range of resources, which can cost you a large amount of money.

Too much makes it unpractical.

Large files like video and audio has an effect of the time it takes for your presentation to load. Adding too much can mean that you have to use a larger computer to store the files.

Text

Characters that are used to create words, sentences, and paragraphs.

Text

mainly use in web platforms, prints, applications, branding and packaging.

Graphics

A digital representation of non text information, such as a drawing, chart, or photograph.

Vector Graphics

Images are created with software that uses geometrical formulas to represent images

Raster Graphics

Bitmap graphics are also called

Pixels

A bitmap represents the image as an array of dots called

Bitmap graphics

resolution dependent and generate large file sizes