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PB Tech Guy #020
by Steve Lowe
This week’s
article is part eleven of “Computer 101”: Understanding multimedia
computing. Multimedia computing is simply the use of multiple media types
in computer technology such as text, graphics, sound, animation, photo
images, and video. Advanced computer technology has made it possible to
combine the various types of multiple media into a single interactive
computer presentation. Examples would be a photo slide show, animation,
gaming systems, movies, YouTube videos, a creative website or even a
presentation for work or school.
Multimedia projects can be stored in different ways. In the
early years, they were stored on video tape and floppy disk. Now they can
be found on CD’s, DVD’s, and Blu-Ray Media. You can also store them on
memory cards/sticks, and even flash drives.
One of the great things about working with multimedia is you can
often hyperlink one application to another. You can create a PowerPoint
presentation and link it to a word document or even to a website. It is
basically the same technology that links web pages together. Hyperlinking
can involve graphics, sound, text and even video. Often the term “rich
media” is used when multimedia projects can be used interactively.
Industry and education have really grown in the previous years.
Nearly all businesses rely on multimedia for training or their daily work.
East Tennessee
State University is known to
have one of the top digital media programs in the world. Former students
that went through that program have worked on movies such as Avatar, Happy
Feet, Land of the Lost plus many other blockbusters. More information on
ETSU’s digital media program can be found at
digm.etsu.edu.
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