INTORDUCION OF MULTIMEDIA

Multimedia refers to content that uses a combination of different content forms. This
contrasts with media that use only rudimentary computer displays such as text-only or
traditional forms of printed or hand-produced material. Multimedia includes a combination
of text, audio, still images, animation, video, or interactive content forms.
Multimedia can be recorded and played, displayed, dynamic, interacted with or accessed
by information content processing devices, such as computerized and electronic devices, but
can also be part of a live performance. Multimedia devices are electronic media devices used
to store and experience multimedia content. Multimedia is distinguished from mixed
media in fine art; by including audio, for example, it has a broader scope. The term "rich
media" is synonymous for interactive multimedia. Hypermediascales up the amount of
media content in multimedia application.
 WHAT IS MULTIMEDIA
Multimedia can have a many definitions these include:
Multimedia means that computer information can be represented through audio, video, and animation in addition to
traditional media (i.e., text, graphics drawings, images).
A good general definition is:
Multimedia is the field concerned with the computer-controlled integration of text, graphics, drawings, still and moving
images (Video), animation, audio, and any other media where every type of information can be represented, stored,
transmitted and processed digitally.
A Multimedia Application is an Application which uses a collection of multiple media sources e.g. text, graphics, images,
sound/audio, animation and/or video.
Hypermedia can be considered as one of the multimedia applications.

 Demerits of multimedia

Information overload. Because it is so easy to use, it can contain too much

information at once.
It takes time to compile. Even though it is flexible, it takes time to put the
original draft together
 Merit of multimedia
It is flexible.Being digital, this media can easily be changed to fit different
situations and audiences.
It can be used for a wide variety of audiences, ranging from one person to a
whole group.
 Use of multimedia
Entertainment
Education
Virtual Reality
Kiosk Displays
Presentation
Entertainment
Multimedia power is used for new ways of having fun.The idea is to use computers as a medium for entertainment. With
the addition of computer games to the multimedia revolution, entertainment has reached new heights. Multimedia is also
great for artistic expression.

Types of multimedia
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