Multimedia

VOCABULARY

 * Multimedia--using a computer to merge word processing, graphics, sound, and video clips
 * Digital Camera—a special camera that takes and stores photographs in a digital format. Digital pictures can be loaded into a computer and used in a variety of ways. One way is to insert a digital picture in a multimedia presentation.
 * Animation--making an object have movement
 * Product - something that is made or created and can be used by others for a special purpose
 * Audio--a file that contains sound (narration, music, special effects, sound)
 * Video--a file that contains pictures (can be stationary or animated)
 * Text - words, sentences, paragraphs, captions, titles
 * Script - the printed version of your presentation, which could include the words to be spoken or displayed and the technical directions to be followed
 * Storyboard - a set of drawings representing images in a sequence as displayed in an advertisement, an animation or a multimedia presentation.
 * Linear - a straight line or path; a multimedia presentation that moves from image to image in a straight line
 * Non-linear - not moving in a straight path; a multimedia presentation that moves from one image to another in a preset order, not necessarily in a straight path.
 * Buttons - a spot added to an image enabling the use of multimedia options like sound, movies, animation or allows the presentation to move from one image to another.
 * Links - connections from one image, page, or word to another by clicking on a word or phrase that is usually highlighted - The user moves to a new location by clicking on the highlighted phrase or word.
 * Credits - to reference the creator or source of the information used in a presentation