IMAGE PROCESSING AND MULTIMEDIA
4.1 Basics of Multimedia
❖ Multimedia is a representation of information attractively and interactively with the use of a combination
of text, audio, video, graphics and animation.
4.2 Importance of multimedia
❖ Multimedia enhances the way we learn and understand things. Integration of multiple media such as text,
audio, video, graphics and animation together multiply the impact of the message. Multimedia plays an
important role in Education, entertainment, public places, collaboration and healthcare.
4.3 Components of Multimedia
❖ The various components of multimedia are text, audio, graphics, video and animation.
4.4 Hardware and Software Requirements for Multimedia
❖ A multimedia computer system is a computer system capable of integrating two or more types of media.
To use multimedia on a computer system, one needs certain hardware components and software.
Hardware Requirements for Multimedia 1. Central Processing Unit (CPU) 2. Random Access Memory
(RAM) 3. Monitor — Super Virtual Graphics Arrays (SVGA) 4. Video Card 5. Sound Card 6. CD-ROM Drive.
Software Requirements for Multimedia 1. Word processor for entering text. 2. Image processing
software such as Photoshop, 3. Animation creators like 3D Max, Flash, 4. Sound can be created using a
Sound forge 5. Video can be used by using software like Video for Windows, Author Ware, etc.
4.5 Multimedia File Format
❖ A file format is the structure in which information is stored or encoded in a computer file.
❖ There are lots of different file formats for images, video and sound. 1. Sound file formats a. WAV
(Windows Wave Format) b. MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) c. WMA (Windows Media Audio)2.
Image file formats a. TIFF (Tagged Interchange File Format) b. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) c.
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) d. PNG (Portable Network Graphics) e. BMP (Windows Bitmap Format)
3. Video file formats a. AVI (Audio Video Interleave) b. MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group).
4.6 Multimedia Production
❖ Multimedia production is any sort of production that uses imagery and a combination of text, audio
and graphics to tell a story.
4.7 Multimedia Authoring
❖ Multimedia authoring is the process of assembling different types of media con tents like text, audio,
image, animations and video as a single stream of informa tion with the help of various software
tools available in the market. five fundamental stages of multimedia authoring. 1. Analysis, 2.
Design, 3. Development, 4. Evaluation, 5. Distribution
❖ Some multimedia authoring tools are: a. Computer b. Scanner c. Digital camera d. Sound recorder.
4.8 Multimedia editing
❖ Multimedia editing is a broad term that covers the cre ation and manipulation of digital audio-visual
files such as image, audio and video files. include elements such as animation and graphics.
Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. It is a subfield of
computer graphic.
