3.01 Mutimedia Flashcards

104878177	Multimedia	Different types of media including text, video, sound, graphics and animations.
104878178	Multimedia Presentation	a computer based, interactive experience that incorporates text, graphics, sound, video, and virtual reality
104878179	Copyright Law	ensures that the author's rights of images and sounds used in multimedia products are protected and acknowledged. Copyrighted material cannot be used without the owner's permission
104878180	Fair Use	Fair use allows others to use copyright material without infringing on the rights of the owner. Beware that these are only guidelines and do not protect the user from lawsuits!
104878181	Build Effect	an effect applied to text that makes it appear on a slide in increments of one letter, word or section at a time; keeps the audience's attention and does not allow the audience to read or see past what the speaker is explaining
104878182	Hyperlink	hot spots" or "jumps" to locate another file or page; represented by a graphic or colored and underlined text.
104878183	Menus	are a list of options (text or images) that link to other parts of the presentation
104878184	Navigation buttons	allow the user to interact with a multimedia presentation. Allow the end user to navigate between slides, additional elements (i.e. Word and Excel documents), audio, video clips, and other interactive parts of the presentation
104878185	Slide transition	the visual effect of a slide as it moves on and off the screen during a slide show.
104878186	Asymmetrical balance	distribution achieved by arranging non-identical elements on both sides of an imaginary center line on the screen.
104878187	Balance	is the distribution of optical weight in the layout
104878188	Interactivity	is the ability of the user to interact with an application
104878189	Inter-screen unity	is the design that users encounter as they navigate from one screen to another; provides consistency throughout a title
104878190	Intra-screen unity	is how the various elements relate to one another on the same screen.
104878191	Linear presentations	author of the presentation controls the flow of information in the application.
104878192	No balance	a design that has elements arranged on the screen without regard to the optical weight of elements.
104878193	Non-linear presentation	allows the user to interact with a presentation and control how the information will be viewed; allows the user to be active rather than passive during the delivery of the information.
104878194	Optical center	a point slightly above and to the center of the mathematical center of the screen.
104878195	Optical weight	the ability of an element such as a graphic, text, headline, or subheading to attract the user's eye.
104878196	Rollover	function performed as the mouse pointer rolls over and points to an object
104878197	Sequential navigational scheme	takes the user through a controlled, linear process.
104878198	Symmetrical balance	distribution achieved by arranging elements as horizontal or vertical mirrored images on both sides of an imaginary center line of a screen
104878199	Treatment	how a presentation will be offered to the user; that is, the look and feel of the presentation.
104878200	Authoring programs	programs used to create multimedia presentations, such as simulations and tutorials; most have some point-and-click features, but may require some knowledge of programming language concepts; i.e., Microsoft Visual Basic, Macromedia Director.
104878201	Adobe Director	authoring program that uses a movie metaphor with the user as the "director" of the movie. It has a scripting language called Lingo which has made it a popular choice for creating CD-ROMs and standalone kiosks and web content. It supports both 2D and 3D multimedia projects
104878202	Adobe Flash	an animation program for developing 2-D animations delivered on the Web.
104878203	Players	are programs that allow users to run multimedia applications on their computers.
104878204	Programming languages	languages used to create applications and, in multimedia, to produce sophisticated features such as creating animations and searching databases
104878205	Script	is program code for a specific task such as a rollover
104878206	Scripting Languages	programming languages used to create scripts
104878207	Shockwave	program that allows an Internet user to play applications created with Macromedia Director.
104878208	Toolbook	a multimedia authoring software program