Interactive Multimedia Authoring Tools PDF

TOOLS FOR IMAGE, VIDEO, ANIMATION, SOUND Imaging Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Presentation+Tools ◦Paint shop Pro ◦Adobe Photo shop ◦Corel Draw ◦ACDSee ◦Graphics workshop for Windows (GWS) ◦GIF Construction Set (GCS) ◦FreeHand Audio Tools Streaming Multimedia Coo...

TOOLS FOR IMAGE, VIDEO, ANIMATION, SOUND Imaging Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Presentation+Tools ◦Paint shop Pro ◦Adobe Photo shop ◦Corel Draw ◦ACDSee ◦Graphics workshop for Windows (GWS) ◦GIF Construction Set (GCS) ◦FreeHand Audio Tools Streaming Multimedia Cool Edit Real Video Sound Forge Shockwave Wave Flow Stream works CODEC Toolvox Audacity VDO Live MpegEnc Web Theatre MPlifer Animation Tools Text Tools 3D Studio Fontographer Max Type-Designer Macromedia FontMonger( Flash Macs) Animator FontChameleo Studio n Elastic Reality (Macs) 3Space Video Tools Windows Movie Maker Macromedia Director Macromedia BackStage Adobe Premiere Adobe After Effects iMovie (Macs) Media Cleaner Pro Development Stages Conceptualization and Design Collection and development of content Construction/authoring (publish on web) Testing/evaluation Distribution Multimedia Authoring Tools Multimedia authorizing tools provide an important framework you need for organizing & editing data elements of your project, including Graphics, Sound, Animations & video clips following features; Design Creativity & User Interface Project presentation Integrating the contents/functions of a MM project Creating/Editing/importing specific type of data Providing “PLAY BACK” sequence of assemble data Page-based (Web/HTML) Temporal Based [time based elements in animation] (Flash/Director) Icon Based (Authorware, IconAuthor) Object-Oriented Tools (MediaForge) With MM authoring tools what U can make? Authoring software tools make contents & functions of a project integrated to each other. Authoring system has ability to... Create, Edit, Import, Assemble specific data types We can make … Video Productions Animations Games Demo Disks & interactive guided tours Presentations and Interactive training Interactive KIOSK applications Simulations Prototypes Technical Visualization  Page-based (Web/HTML, Toolbook) Elements are organized as pages of a book or stack of cards Link these pages or cards in an organized sequence Structured navigation of pages Allow play sound elements, launch animations and digital video Always depends on pressing a button or hot spot to navigate between pages. Navigation is referred to the number of page –index in table of contents. Each page consists of layer(s). Background Foreground Page-based Tools Advantages Easy to understand. One screen is equal to 1card or 1page. Easy to use as these tools provide template. Short development time. Disadvantages Some run only on one platform. Tools not as powerful as equivalent stand alones. Page-based Authoring Tools –Multimedia Toolbooks(http://www.agocg.ac.uk/reports/ mmedia/toolbook/text/sima5.htm)  Temporal Based (Flash/Director) Elements and events are organized along a timeline Has the ability to develop an application like a movie. Frames are created with objects that are sequentially played. Can create complex animation and transitions. Include the following features: A scene or display frame on which all objects are placed. An array for keeping track of each page/frame. A controller for playing, stopping, pausing, etc. Advantages: Good for creating animation. Branching, user control, interactivity facilities. Disadvantage: Expensive, large file size and Steep learning curve to understand various features. Temporal Based (Flash/Director) Icon Based (Icon author, Authorware) Elements and events are organized in a structural framework Enables complex interaction and layering of multimedia products. Developer can select objects, timing, and sequencing in the form of icons and placing them on a layout screen. Major advantage: the ability to graphically design complex interactions for repetitive applications. Templates can be reused for different applications. Advantage: Clear structure, easy editing and updating. Disadvantage: Difficult to learn and expensive Icon Based (Authorware) Object-Oriented Tools Microsoft (Visual FoxPro, Quick UML, Media forge) MM elements are organized in hierarchical order of parent and child relationship Usually use a powerful, object-oriented scripting language Useful to develop games, real-life situations, events and their objects Cloud-based Authoring tools Features of MM authoring tools As multimedia tools are constantly being updated, make sure that they contain following features. 1. Editing Feature ◦The elements of MM must be edited, created, updated & must be converted into standard file formats. ◦Authoring systems also include editing tools for text and still images. Features of MM authoring tools 2. Organizing Feature ◦The organization, design and production process for multimedia involves storyboarding/navigation diagrams and visual flowcharting. ◦Visual flowcharting illustrate project’s structure at a macro level. ◦Storyboards organize a project, graphics of each screen and interactive elements. ◦ “Super edit”, “Author ware”, “Icon Author”, and other authoring systems provide organizing features. ◦Many web-authoring programs like Dreamweaver include tools that create helpful Features of MM authoring tools 3. Programming Feature ◦ Visual Programming with Cues, Icons, & objects:- Simplest and easiest authoring process that uses “drag-drop” facility. Visual authoring tools such as Authorware and IconAuthor are useful for slide shows and presentations. ◦ Programming with a script language:- Authoring tools such as Macromedia Director, Super Card, Hyper Card and ToolBook provide powerful navigation controls and user input facility. ◦ Program with traditional language: - these languages uses authoring tools for debugging, text editing and online syntax reference such as Basic/Turbo-C. ◦ Document development tools:- These authoring systems are useful for CD-ROM information products, online documentation and help systems. Features of MM authoring tools 4. Interactivity Feature ◦Interactivity Empowers the end user by letting them control over flow of information ◦Authoring tools provide them one/more levels of interactivity, such as… ◦ Simple Branching: - which supports the ability to go to another section of multimedia based on Key press/Mouse click/Timer triggers. ◦ Conditional Branching: - supports the ability to go to another section of multimedia based on Go-to, If-Then results. ◦ Structured Branching: - which supports complex Features of MM authoring tools 5. Performance Tuning Feature ◦MM projects require exact Synchronization of events ◦Controlling synchronization is difficult because many authoring tools show different behavior based on microprocessor‘s speed of the operating systems. ◦In many cases authoring tool’s own scripting language can be used to specify timing and sequence of MM development and delivery on different computers. 6. Playback Feature ◦Allows quick testing for any segment developed, during building part of your project because you continuously assemble and test elements of MM Features of MM authoring tools 7. Delivery Feature ◦ MM project delivery requires building a run time version of the project using authoring software. A runtime version is ready to deliver on storage Medias or over WWW. ◦ A runtime version allows your project to playback without authoring software. 8. Cross-Platform Feature ◦ Macintosh to Sun & through Sun to Microsoft, many cross plate form technologies have been introduced, that have been challenged to develop a universal run- time application of authoring software/tool. ◦ Therefore it is increasingly important to use tools that make transfer across platforms easy.