Multi-media
Multi-media means more than one media, so if using multimedia it would be using more than one media at a time. Multimedia is a combination of text, sound, animation, graphics and videos that can be interactive to the users and be delivered by electronic and digital means.
Types of Multimedia
There are different types of multimedia, these are:
1. Audio
2. Video
3. Text
4. Images
5. Animation
6. Graphic
Usefulness in meeting needs
Audio – Audio media is media that is vocal, it is produced by vibration and is only useful in the form of hearing, and audio comes in forms of speech, sound effects and music. Examples of audio is a description of what is happening in a video e.g. ‘jimmy looks left’ this sentence allows a person who may have sight problems to know that the certain character has performed a certain action.
Video – Video is the form of multimedia whereby recording, processing, transmitting, reconstructing and capturing is possible, it includes live recording and photo realistic images, it also takes a lot of storage space. An example of video multimedia is the use of live TV, most programmes broadcasted on live TV is recorded or is being filmed and being transmitted in the form of video multimedia.
Text ¬– Text is a common form of multimedia, it is a multimedia that can express something through words, it can be used in menus, navigation bars etc. It can be used to put together a message; examples of text could be subtitles, descriptive text.
Images – Images are multimedia that can be seen but do not move, images can be used to broaden a users knowledge of what the multimedia product is about e.g. the image of a plane would give the user the idea that the product has something to do with planes.
Animation – Anim...
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...hools and organisations may use this because the students or members of staff may learn more efficiently, simulations can be used to teach staff members how to carry out certain tasks or to teach students to learn about a certain topic.
E-learning packages
These multimedia packages are useful to allow accomplishment education for students, e-learning packages normally come with tons of information, and therefore schools will use this multimedia product to teach their students.
Entertainment and Leisure
Computer games
In terms of entertainment and leisure computer games is one of the main forms of multimedia products by which entertainment is accomplished, businesses that produce game consoles need the certain multimedia type that will allow them to produce the best entertainment and leisure product possible, without multimedia it is not possible to accomplish this.
characters and events accompanied by the use of visual effects create a message that is
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