2.2 Developing Multimedia Projects

Authoring tools which are software tools used to integrate multimedia various components and formulate

relevant user interfaces.

In addition, they offer facilities for creating and editing text and images.

They have extensions to drive videodisc players, videotape players and other relevant hardware

peripherals.

In term of hardware, multimedia requires large amount of digital memory when stored in an end user's

library, or large amounts of bandwidth when distributed over networks.

Hardware Requirements

Input Device: Keyboards, Mice, Trackballs, Joysticks, Touch screens, Magnetic Card, Encoders and

Readers, Graphic Tablets, Scanners, Optical Character Recognition Devices (barcode), Infrared

Remotes, Voice Recognition Systems and Digital Cameras.

Output Hardware: Audio Devices, Monitors, Printers, Video Devices and Projectors.

Communication Devices: Modems, Networks (LANs and WANs), Remote Application Sharing and

Satellites.

2.2 Developing Multimedia Projects

Software Requirements

Painting and Drawing Tools

CAD

Image Editing Tools

Rendering

Optical Character recognition (OCR) software

Sound Editing Programs

Animation, Video and Digital Movies

Compression

Staff requirements (the Multimedia Team)

Project Manager.

Multimedia Designer (including information designers, graphic designers, animators, image processing

specialists and interface designers).