Multimedia

=Multimedia= Unit 1: Introduction to Multimedia Unit 2: Hardware and Software Unit 3: Design Principles Unit 4: Digital Imaging Unit 5: Sound Unit 6: Introduction to Video Unit 7: Integration

**Multimedia 1 Glossary ** **Unit 1: Introduction to Multimedia **  1. ** Animation ** – a simulation of movement or the perception of motion created by the rapid display of a series of still images 2. ** Copyright laws ** – laws designed to protect intellectual property rights 3. ** Fair use ** – a section of the US copyright law that allows the use of copyrighted works in reporting news, conducting research, and teaching 4. ** Graphics ** – multimedia elements such as a drawing, photo, or piece of clip art 5. ** Interactive ** – a feature of a multimedia project that allows the user to control some aspects of the presentation 6. ** Multimedia ** – a computer-based communication process that incorporates text, graphics, sound, animation, and video 7. ** Multimedia careers ** – careers that incorporate multiple elements of multimedia, such as game design, music and video production, animation, web design, etc 8. ** Public domain ** – property rights that belong to the community at large, are unprotected by copyright or patent, and are subject to use by anyone 9. ** Royalty free ** – prepared material that can be used, legally, without paying a fee to the artist, publishing company, etc. 10. ** Shareware ** – software distributed on the basis of an honor system 11. ** Sound ** – a multimedia element such as a narration, music, or other sound clip 12. ** Text ** – a multimedia element consisting of alphanumeric characters 13. ** Trademark ** – a name, symbol, or other device identifying a product; it is officially registered with the US government and its use is legally restricted to its owner 14. ** Video ** – a series of framed images put together, one after another, to simulate motion and interactivity <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;">Unit 2: Hardware and Software ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> 1. ** Animation software ** – software that takes independent pictures or frames and puts them together to form the illusion of continuous motion <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. ** Burner ** – a CD or DVD writer; can be internal or external <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. ** Compact disk ** – an optical storage medium made of molded polymer for electronically recording, storing, and playing back audio, video, text, and other information in digital form; also CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. ** Development system ** – a high-end computer system used to create multimedia projects Includes additional components like video capture devices, microphones, scanners, etc <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. ** Digital Video Disk (DVD) ** – an optical disk with a capacity of 47 Gb or more that can hold a full-length commercial movie; also DVD-ROM, DVD±R, DVD±RW, Blu-ray <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">6. ** Drawing software ** – program used to create vector graphics; provides for freehand as well as geometric shapes <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">7. ** DVD authoring software ** – software that is aimed primarily at converting videos into movie DVDs, complete with titles and menus, that can be played on a DVD player <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">8. ** Firewire ** – high-speed serial technology for connecting peripherals to a computer; particularly popular for multimedia peripherals such as digital video camcorders and other high-speed devices like hard disk drives and printers <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">9. ** Flash drive ** – a plug-and-play portable storage device that uses flash memory and is lightweight enough to attach to a key chain; also known as a pen drive, keychain drive, thumb drive, jump drive <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">10. ** Flash memory ** – sometimes called “flash ram”; is solid-state memory that can be erased and reprogrammed; gets its name because the microchip is organized so that a section of memory cells are erased in a single action or “flash” <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">11. ** Gigabyte (Gb) ** – a unit of storage measuring roughly one billion bytes <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">12**. Image editing software ** – software designed to edit, manipulate or modify digital photographs <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">13. ** Kiosk ** – a free-standing computer-based system that allows transactions, such as airline self-ticketing systems, or provides information, such as those systems found in shopping malls <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">14. ** Magnetic storage ** – storage device that encodes data as microscopic magnetized needles on the disk's surface <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">15. ** Media player ** – a program that allows you to play audio, video, and mixed-media files <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">16. ** Megabyte (Mb) ** – a unit of storage measuring roughly one million bytes <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">17. ** Memory card ** – a small removable storage medium used to store data in digital input devices such as cameras and audio recorders; some versions are called //memory sticks// <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">18. ** Optical storage ** – storage device that records data by burning microscopic holes in the surface of the disk with a laser <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">19. ** Painting software ** – programs used to create bitmap images; useful in creating original art because they provide the tools used by artists (such as brushes and pens) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">20. ** Playback system ** – a computer that is configured to play multimedia projects, as contrasted with a development system used to create multimedia projects <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">21. ** Plug-in ** – a usually small piece of software that adds features to or enhances a larger piece of software <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">22. ** Podcast ** – an audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player or computer <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">23. ** Podcasting software ** – a collection of programs used to create, broadcast, and receive podcasts <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">24. ** Presentation software ** – programs used to create graphic presentations with visual aids, handouts, slides, etc; or for creating text with graphics, audio, and/or video <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">25. ** Recording software ** – programs designed to record audio files <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">26. ** Red, Green, Blue (RGB) ** – the color model used to display color on computer monitors, televisions, and similar devices <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">27. ** Resolution ** – the quality or sharpness of an image, usually measured in pixels per inch; the more pixels, the higher the resolution <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">28. ** Sound editing software ** – software used to edit and manipulate audio files <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">29. ** Terabyte (Tb) ** – a unit of storage measuring roughly one trillion bytes <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">30. ** Universal Serial Bus (USB) ** – an external serial bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 480 mbps (480 million bits per second); allows for standardized interface socket <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">31. ** Video capture device ** – an expansion device (internal or external) that digitizes full-motion video from a VCR, camera, or other video source <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">32. ** Video editing software ** – program used to capture, edit and manipulate video images, add effects, titles, music to create studio-quality video <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">33. ** Web design software ** – programs used to design and create single web pages or entire web sites

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;">Unit 3: Design Principles ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. ** 3-D **– a special formatting style that creates the illusion of depth, height, and width <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. ** Alignment **– the placement of text or graphics on a line (right, left, center, or justified) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. ** Asymmetrical balance **– the type of balance when both sides of the central axis are not identical, yet appear to have the same visual weight; a "felt" equilibrium or balance between the parts of a composition rather than actual equilibrium or balance <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. ** Balance **– a feeling of equality of weight, attention, or attraction of the various elements within a production as a means of accomplishing unity <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. ** Color **– the design principle that relates to color combinations, colored type, and the psychology of color <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">6. ** Consistency **– maintaining the same layout and style throughout the presentation, i.e. fonts, colors, spacing, graphic elements, etc <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">7. ** Contour ** – a special formatting style that shapes or guides text around a shape, line, or other element <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">8. ** Contrast ** – the differences in values, colors, textures, shapes, and other elements within a presentation <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">9. ** Dingbats ** – typefaces that consist of graphic symbols or ornaments, rather than letters or numbers <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">10. ** Display font **– fonts designed to attract attention <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">11. ** Flow ** – the visual path created by the arrangements of elements <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">12. ** Focal point **– the visually dominant elements in a presentation; the center of interest <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">13. ** Font ** – a family of alphabetic characters, numbers, punctuation marks and other symbols that share a consistent design; often used synonymously with //typeface// <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">14. ** Point ** – a unit of measurement used to describe the size of text; one point = 1/72 of an inch <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">15. ** Repetition ** – the use of the same visual effect a number of times in the same project <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">16. ** Reverse type **– special formatting style that uses light color text on a dark background <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">17. ** Sans serif **– fonts that do not have tails or strokes at the end of the characters <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">18. ** Serif **– fonts that have a tail or stroke at the end of some characters <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">19. ** Shadow ** – a formatting style that adds depth to text or other objects, making them appear more three-dimensional <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">20. ** Small cap **– a formatting style that displays uppercase letters in a smaller size than the regular uppercase letters, typically the height of lowercase letters in that font <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">21. ** Symmetrical balance **– type of balance that occurs when the weight of a composition is evenly distributed around a central vertical or horizontal axis <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">22. ** Text wrap **– a special formatting style that allows text to flow around an image <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">23. ** Texture ** – a special formatting style that creates the illusion of actual textures such as wood, metal, objects in nature, etc. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">24. ** Typeface ** – a family of alphabetic characters, numbers, punctuation marks and other symbols that share a consistent design; often used synonymously with //font// <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">25. ** Typography **– the study of all elements of type as a means of visual communication; includes the shape, size, and spacing of characters <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">26. ** Unity ** – the combination of all elements working together to achieve a sense of harmony in your design; grouping related items close together <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;">Unit 4: Digital Imaging ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> 1. ** Bitmap ** – a category of graphics that represents the digital image as an array of dots called pixels <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. ** Bitmap file format (.bmp) **– an uncompressed bitmap file format that is very large and is not appropriate for the web <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. ** Clip art **– ready-to-use illustrations <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. ** Compression ** – encoding data to take up less storage space and less bandwidth for transmission <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. ** Cropping ** – eliminating unwanted areas of an image <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">6. ** Digital zoom ** – zoom takes a portion of the image and enlarges it electronically; the image quality is reduced since digital zoom enlarges the same set of pixels without adding detail <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">7. ** Feathering ** – special formatting style that blurs the edge of an image <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">8. ** File conversion ** – the process of saving a file in a different file format than its current format; i.e. changing .jpg to .tif <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">9. ** Filters ** – special effects available in graphics software that can be applied to images <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">10. ** Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) ** – compressed bitmap file format (lossless) that supports only colors; supports transparency and animation; appropriatefor the web <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">11. ** Grayscale ** – the use of many shades of gray to represent an image <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">12. ** Image size ** – the display size of an image represented in pixels, that is an image size of 640 x 480 would be 640 pixels wide and 480 pixels high <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">13. ** Joint Photographer Experts Group (.jpg) ** – a compressed bitmap file format (lossy) that is preferred for photographs; supports 16 million colors and isappropriate for the web; does not support transparency or animation <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">14. ** Layering ** – a feature that allows you to place one image on top of another and edit each independently <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">15**. Lossy compression ** – a compression formula that reduces the file size by removing certain pixels <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">16. ** Lossless compression ** – a compression formula that reduces the file size without data loss <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">17. ** Macro zoom ** – zoom that allows you to take extreme close-ups <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">18. ** Masking ** – hiding part of a layer so that you can manipulate only the visible parts of the layer <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">19. ** Opacity ** – the percentage of transparency applied to an image <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">20. ** Optical zoom ** – zoom that physically increases the length of the lens, essentially creating a magnifying glass; produces a higher-quality image <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">21. ** Pixel ** – a single point in a graphic image on a digital display; the smallest unit a monitor can display <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">22. ** Portable Network Graphics (.png) ** – compressed bitmap file format (lossless) similar to the .gif format but is not limited to 256 colors; appropriate for the Web;supports transparency <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">23. ** Raster ** – another term for //bitmap// <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">24. ** Rasterize **– converting vector objects in an image to raster (bitmap) content <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">25. ** Scaling **– a change in the size of an image or element in both X-Y directions <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">26. ** Stock photography **– ready-to-use photographs <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">27. ** Tagged Image File (.tif) **– uncompressed bitmap file format; supports 16 million colors; file size is very large and is not appropriate for the web <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">28. ** Transparency ** – a visual quality in which a distant image or element can be seen through a nearer one <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">29. ** Uploading ** – transferring files or images to the computer from a storage source such as a media card or flash drive <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">30. ** Vector graphics **– an image created by using a series of mathematically defined lines and curves rather than pixels, making the image easier to rescale; also called //draw-// type graphics; images do not lose quality when resized; can typically be edited <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">31. ** Windows Metafile (.wmf) **– Microsoft’s vector file format; most Microsoft clip art are metafiles and can be edited

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;">Unit 5: Sound ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> 1. .au – sometimes referred to as audio/basic, this is one of the most common audio formats used on the Web <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. Audio Interchange File Format (.aif) – an audio format developed by Apple and used on Macs; PCs can also read the format; the format is similar to the //wave// file format and is not compressed <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. Kilohertz (kHz) – unit of measurement for sampling sound waves; literally, one thousand cycles per second; in the case of audio, one thousand samples per second <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. Microphone – an input device used to record music or voice files <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) – pronounced //middy// ; an audio file format for recording music from synthesizers and other electronic instruments <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">6. MP3 – a compressed audio file format that is the current standard for exchanging music files over the Internet; MP3 gets its name from MPEG, audio layer 3 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">7. Real Audio (.ra) – a file format developed by Real Networks specifically for streaming over the Internet; when sounds are saved in this format, they are automatically compressed to reduce the file size <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">8. Ripper – a software program that “grabs” digital audio from a compact disc and transfers it to a computer’s hard drive <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">9. Sampling – reproducing a sound by recording many fragments of the sound <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">10. Sampling rate – the number of times per second a recording device samples sound wave; the rate is measured in kilohertz <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">11. Sound card – an expansion board that enables a computer to manipulate and output sounds <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">12. Streaming audio – audio that is transmitted over the Internet and played in real time <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">13. Volume – the degree of sound intensity or audibility; loudness <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">14. Wave (.wav) – standard audio format for windows applications; file format is only slightly compressed <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">15. Windows Media Audio (.wma) – audio file format that can be played by Windows Media Player; files copied from a music CD to Windows Media Player will be converted to a .wma file format <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;">Unit 6: Introduction to Video ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> 1. .mov – file extension for a Quick Time movie <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. Analog – the representation of information in a continuous stream rather than as individual pieces of data (digital); i.e., television signals are typically analog; by contrast, computer signals are digital <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. Audio Video Interleave (.avi) – the three-character filename extension for Microsoft Windows standard video format; format is uncompressed <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. Digital – the representation of information as individual pieces of data using the numbers 1 and 0, rather than as a continuous stream (analog) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. Motion Pictures Expert Group (.mpg) – a file format that provides frame to frame compression <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">6. Real-time – refers to data, such as video or sound, broadcast or transmitted without editing or delays <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">7. Streaming media – a technique that allows viewing or listening to media before it has completely loaded and without placing as many demands on computer resources <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">8. Video – a series of framed images put together, one after another, to simulate motion and interactivity <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">9. Video camera – a camera that takes continuous pictures and generates a signal for display or recording <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">10. Windows Media Video (.wmv) – video file format that can be viewed in Windows Media Player <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;">Unit 7: Integration ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">No terminology for this unit. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt;">