CMPE 101 Introduction to Information Technologies Chapter 5: Application Software: Tools for Productivity Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

General-Purpose Applications Application software Any program that gives the user the ability to complete work on the computer General-purpose applications Enable users to complete common tasks Examples: word-processing, spreadsheet programs Tailor-made applications Software designed for specific businesses or users Often cost more than general-purpose applications because of their development costs Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Application Software: Tools for Productivity Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Productivity Programs Make it easier to do work, also called Office Suites Examples Word-processing software Spreadsheet or database software Presentation software Project management software Personal information management software Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Productivity Programs Category Software Producer Word Processors Word Microsoft Writer Libre Office – Opensource Documents Google – Internet Based Kingsoft Office Writer Kingsoft Category Software Producer Spreadsheets Excel Microsoft Calc Libre Office – Opensource Google – Internet Based Kingsoft Office Spreadsheets Kingsoft Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Productivity Programs Category Software Producer Presentation PowerPoint Microsoft Impress Libre Office – Opensource Presentations Google – Internet Based Kingsoft Office Presentation Kingsoft Category Software Producer Database Access Microsoft Base Libre Office – Opensource Filemaker Apple Paradox Corel Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Productivity Programs Category Software Producer Project Management Project Microsoft Tenrox Category Software Producer Personal Information Manager Outlook Microsoft Calendar/Gmail Google Lotus Organizer IBM Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Media and Graphic Software Refers to the technology used in presenting information including: Pictures Sound Video Multimedia programs Enable users to incorporate more than one type of technology Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Media and Graphic Software Professional desktop publishing Multimedia authoring Paint, drawing, and animation Image editing 3D rendering, such as CAD Audio Video editing Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Compression and Decompression Raw multimedia files are HUGE in size RAW format: store color code for each pixel This raw format is called bmp format bmp : BitMaP Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Bitmap Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Compression and Decompression A raw format for video files is avi which stores each and every frame of a video at pixel level There are improved file formats which provide compression Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Raw Video Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Compression and Decompression Codecs—algorithms that reduce file size and allow faster Internet transfer speeds Lossless compression—does not delete information needed to reproduce the image without flaws Lossy compression—removes some information, but the loss is typically not noticeable Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Lossless vs Lossy Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Compressed Formats Image: GIF: Good for web, simple images JPEG: Good for photos PNG: Supports transparency TIFF: Good for professional graphics Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

BMP: 2305 KB GIF: 372 KB JPG: 312 KB PNG: 2145 KB Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Media and Graphic Software Desktop publishing programs Used to create newsletters, product catalogs, advertising brochures, and other documents requiring unusual design and layout normal word processors do not provide. Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Graphics Software There are basically two categories Paint Programs (Image Processors) Raster Graphics. Pixel based manipulation. Examples: Paint, Photoshop, GIMP, Paintshop, PhotoImpression, Sketchbook Pro, IrfanView Drawing Programs Vector Graphics, Shape based manipulation Examples: CorelDraw, Fireworks, Adobe Allustrator, Inkscape, LibreOffice Draw, Visio Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Raster vs Vector Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Media and Graphic Software Computer Aided Design (CAD) Mechanical Engineers and Architects 3D rendering programs Provide graphic objects with three dimensional effects Ray tracing Manipulates variations in color intensity that would be produced by light falling on an object from multiple directions Image editors Advanced types of paint programs Can change complicated bitmapped objects, including photographs Can edit, but not create, bitmapped images Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

CAD Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

3D Rendering Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Ray Tracing Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Image Editors Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Audio and Video Software Audio software Used to capture and process sound used in multimedia presentations Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Audio and Video Software Standard sound file formats MP3: Compressed Windows Media Audio (WMA): Microsoft based WAV: Microsoft based, old, big file size Ogg Vorbis: Free, open source MIDI: Old Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Audio and Video Software Video editors Enable the user to: Edit videos Formats MPEG QuickTime Video for Windows Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Q&A Which one is a file format compressed with «Lossy Compression» JPEG BMP TIFF GIF PNG Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

WEB Page Authoring Create web pages Dreamweaver Flash Fireworks Productivity programs can also produce web pages Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Web Page Editors Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Web Based Applications Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Home and Educational Programs Personal finance Home design and landscaping software Computerized reference software Multimedia dictionaries Encyclopedias How-to guides Computer games Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Home Design Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Encyclopedia Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Home and Educational Programs Computer games Total sales up to $68.4 billion by 2012 Started in 1970s Multiplayer online gaming— players interact with characters controlled by other players Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

System Requirements and Software Versions Outline the minimal level of resources that a program requires Releases of programs are cited by a year or version number. In a version number, a decimal number indicates a maintenance release. Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Software Version Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Software Licenses and Registration Commercial software Software that must be purchased May have a trial period Examples Microsoft Office Adobe Acrobat Apple iLife Shareware You may try before purchasing Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Software Licenses and Registration Freeware Free to users as long as users do not sell it to others Public domain software Copyright-free software Users can modify or sell with certain restrictions Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Q&A Software offered in trial form or for a limited period that allows users to try it Donationware Freeware Commercial Software Shareware Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall