Five Element Of Multimedia

Multimedia is comprised of several elements including text, graphics, sound, video, and animation.The K-6 Multimedia kit includes tools and resources for working with each of these elements.Following are brief explanations of each multimedia element and how they can be used:TextText is perhaps the most fundamental element of any multimedia project. Students can useapplications such as AppleWorks and HyperStudio compose and edit their own text. Text-basedinformation can also be gathered from resource CDs and the Internet. Applications such asPhotoshop LE can be used to add visual effects to text to create a more appealing presentation.GraphicsGraphics can be incorporated into a multimedia project in the form of photographs or designs.Graphic images can be imported from a variety of resources such as the Internet, a digital camera,a scanner, or resource CDs such as Art Mania 12,000. Original graphic designs can be created withapplications such as HyperStudio, MovieWorks, and Photoshop LE.SoundSound can be added to a multimedia presentation from a variety of sources. Original sounds can berecorded using a microphone and programs such as HyperStudio, MovieWorks, or SmartSound.These applications, as well as QuickTime Pro, can also be used to import sounds from an audio CDor the Internet. Sound resource files that can be used in multimedia projects are also included onthe HyperStudio, MovieWorks, and SmartSound CDs.VideoMoving images or video can be incorporated into a multimedia project as QuickTime movies.QuickTime Pro, HyperStudio, and MovieWorks can be used with a camcorder or VCR to createand edit QuickTime movies. These programs can also import movies from the Internet and fromresource CDs such as The Archives of History. Movies that can depict a 360-degree panorama or amovable object can also be incorporated into a multimedia project. These virtual reality movies,often referred to as QuickTime VR movies, can be created with QuickTime VR Authoring Studiofor playback and be incorporated into programs such as HyperStudio, MovieWorks, andQuickTime Pro.AnimationGraphics that contain movement are often referred to as animation. Animation files can bedownloaded from the Internet in the form of animated GIF files and viewed with QuickTime Pro,HyperStudio, and MovieWorks. HyperStudio and MovieWorks can also be used to create and editboth frame and path animation.