What is multimedia? 1962
Wikipedia à “Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different
content forms.”
Merriam Webster à Their definition is actually a multimedia definition, “using,
involvi
...
What is multimedia? 1962
Wikipedia à “Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different
content forms.”
Merriam Webster à Their definition is actually a multimedia definition, “using,
involving, or encompassing several media”
Cambridge Dictionary à “using a combination of moving and still pictures, sound,
music and words, especially in computers or entertainment”
How can we communicate?
Multimedia application à an application that can be used to present text, sound, video,
images and animation (technical definition)...
Multimedia Uses
To inform, educate, sell and run businesses, and entertain
What are some of the benefits of the World Wide Web?
The World Wide Web is: fast, cheap, usually current, and accessible by millions game
changer for how people would send their messages
What is the difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet?
Internet
is the hardware and making things connect
On
top of the internet, there is software where you can run things such as the World
Wide Web
Great Moments in Multimedia History between 1900 and 1940
1914 animation created by tracing live action films (ROTOSCOPING)
Great Moments in Multimedia History between 1940 and 1993
• 1969 à ARPANET (eventually the Internet) is established by the U.S. Department of
Defence (more on this later)
***
When the internet is established
MUST
KNOW DATE
• 1991 à Tim Berners Lee has finished developing the World Wide Web(http) and html
and URL. World Wide Web makes its debut
He
created the World Wide Web and set the specks for html and URL
MUST
KNOW HIS NAME AND DATES
When designing a webpage think about CRAP
Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity
More on monitors (and printers)
A pixel is displayed using light on a monitor to create images or text
When printing text or images, we use ink to create the pixel but in printing, the pixels are
called dots
Dots (in printing), are just like pixels (in monitors) in that:
They
can take on different colours
They
can be big, creating big images, or small, creating smaller images
What can you do if you really want to use an unusual font on your website?
1. Change it into a picture
a. The issue of doing it this way is that you cannot cut, paste, or copy part of the
website for headings mostly NOT entire webpage
2. Using Google fonts
Text can set a mood
You can completely change the look of your page by varying the:
Text
Attributes
Text
Placement
Some Terminology
Font Type (or Typeface or sometimes just Font)
Characters
that have a common design are grouped into families called Font Types
Most typefaces or fonts are divided into one of two categories: Serif or San Serif
Serif:
has a fine line added to finish a letter stroke
Always use serif fonts for large paragraphs of text. The human eye finds them
easier to read!
Examples: Times New Roman, Courier
There’s always little hooks on the letters
San
Serif: no line added
Best for headlines and headings
Examples: Comic, Arial
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