Multimedia Software
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Transcript Multimedia Software
Multimedia Software
Wm P Woodall
Spring 2006
Software that enables Multimedia
System Software
OS
Utilities
Networking
Development Software
Graphics
Sound
Text
Web Developing
Multimedia Authoring
Delivery Software
Stand-Alone Programs
Players
System Software
Written specifically to control its Platform (or
Processor Family)
Often is unique to the platform
Takes advantage of features of platform
Upgrading may not be available (i.e. Win98 to XP2)
Alternatives for a platform may be limited
Painting and Drawing Tools
Bitmap vs. Vector Images
Painting Software (bitmap)
PhotoShop, Photoshop Elements, iPhoto, Corel PhotoPaint
Drawing Software (vector)
Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat, CorelDraw, AutoCAD
Flash
Fireworks
Image-editing Tools
Specialized and powerful tools for enhancing and retouching, existing
bitmapped images
PhotoShop, Elements, Corel Paintshop Pro
Plug-ins
Vertigo’s HotTEXT lets you turn text into 3-D objects
Alienskin / EyeCandy
Kai’s Power Tools (Corel KPT Collection)
Xaos Paint Alchemy
Nix Software
Many, many, many others!
RawShooter, Adobe RAW, Capture1
3-D Modeling
AutoDesk’s 3D Studio Max
Bryce
Poser
Maya
Strata 3D
Carrara
Defunct products – might still be useful…
Macromedia Extreme 3D
3d/fx
Infini-D
Sound Applications
Sound Editing
Sound Recorder
Sound Forge
SoundEdit Pro (Macromedia SoundEdit16 is defunct)
GarageBand (Mac)
MIDI
Sound Playback
Windows Media Player
QuickTime
Real Player
WinAmp
Video and Digital Movie Tools
Formats:
Microsoft AVI
MPEG (1,2,4)
Apple Quicktime
Codecs (Compressor/Decompressor):
MPEG, Divx, M-JPEG, Indeo (Intel), Cinepak, others
Editors:
Adobe Premiere, Pinnacle Studio, Avid, Final Cut
Linking Multimedia Objects
DDE & OLE
Office suites
Microsoft Office
Open Office
iWork
Presentation tools
PowerPoint
Keynote (Mac)
Impress (Open Office)
Web Development
Authoring Tools
Adobe (Macromedia) Dreamweaver
Microsoft FrontPage
Adobe’s GoLive
Languages
JavaScript
Visual Basic (VBScript)
PHP/Perl/Python/AJAX etc.
Actionscript (Flash)
Helpful Accessories
Screen Grabber
Text Editor
PaintShop Pro
Snag-it
Graphics Workshop
TextPad
Format Converter/Cataloger/Viewer
Graphics Workshop
IrfanView