1. Specialized Application Software
Chapter 4
Specialized Application Software

2. Competencies (Page 1 of 2)
Describe graphics software, including desktop publishing, image editors, illustration programs, image galleries, and graphics suites
Discuss audio and video editing software
Describe multimedia, including story boards and multimedia authoring programs
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3. Competencies (Page 2 of 2)
Explain Web authoring, Web site design, and Web authoring programs
Describe virtual reality and VRML
Discuss knowledge-based (expert) systems
Describe robotics including perception systems, industrial robots, and mobile robots
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4. Introduction
Software that for years was only available for mainframe computers is now available for microcomputers. Specialized application software makes it possible to perform advanced tasks at home.
Home users can now create Webs sites, work with graphic images, and create music or art.
Robots now provide security and assistance in homes.
Competent end users need to be aware of specialized applications such as: graphics programs, audio and video editing software, multimedia, Web authoring, and artificial intelligence.
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5. Specialized Applications
Graphics Programs
Audio and Video Software
Multimedia Programs
Web Authoring Programs
Artificial Intelligence
Virtual Reality
Knowledge-based Systems
Robotics
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6. Illustration programs
Graphics
Desktop publishing
Image editors
Illustration programs
Image galleries
Graphic suites
Desktop publishing programs (Key Term) are also referred to as page layout programs (Key Term)
Desktop publishers mix text and graphics
Image editors modify bitmap image (Key Term) files
Illustrators modify vector (Key Term) files
Image galleries are libraries of electronic images
Graphic suites bundle separate graphic design programs
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7. Audio and Video Video editing software Audio editing software
Enhances digital video footage
Apple's iMovie & Windows Movie Maker
Audio editing software
Creates and edits audio clips
Can create your own MP3s
Apple’s Garage Band and Sony’s ACID
Digital video editing software makes it easy to make digital video into professional quality home movies
You can create and edit your own movies
Video
Reorganize and add effects to footage
Assemble and edit home movies
Audio
Create and edit audio clips
Add audio effects
Filter out pops or scratches
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8. Digital Video Editing
Capture Video
Edit a Movie
Create a DVD
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9. Multimedia The integration of a variety of media into one presentation
Video
Music
Voice
Graphics
Text
Should include user interactivity
Multimedia presentations can include a variety of media and should include interactivity
Interactivity allows the user to choose the information to view, to control the pace and flow of information, and to respond to items and give feedback
Pages are linked by buttons (Key Term)
Multimedia is used in video games, Web presentations, and even word processing documents
Ask students to give examples of how multimedia is used in business and education
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10. Links & Buttons Links can be to…
Video
Sound
Graphics
Text Files
Buttons are links and provide the ability to navigate through a presentation
Links are connections to related information
Can be video, sound, graphics, or text files
Buttons are special areas that provide navigation
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11. Developing Multimedia Presentations
Plan and Analyze
Design
Create
Support
Plan and analyze – determine the objective of the project
Design – create a storyboard for the project
Storyboard is a design tool used to record the intended overall logic, flow, and structure of a multimedia presentation
Create – use an authoring tool to create interactive multimedia presentations
Support – evaluate effectiveness, identify errors, and revise the project as needed
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12. Multimedia Authoring Programs
Special programs used to create multimedia presentations
Bring together all the video, audio, graphics, and text elements
Popular programs
Macromedia Director
Authorware
Toolbook
Used to bring elements into an interactive framework
Ask students if they know what interactivity is
Help students describe the steps to create an interactive multimedia presentation
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13. Web Authoring Corporations use the Web to reach new customers
Many individuals create their own personal sites, called Web logs or blogs, to keep in touch with friends and family
Web Site Design
Web Authoring Programs
Creating a Web site is called Web authoring
It is easy to create Web pages with the many Web authoring programs that are available
Morphing (Key Term) – a special effect, one image seems to melt into another
A popular type of Web site is a Web log (blog)
Web logs are Web pages with dated postings like a bulletin board
Ask students about using Web logs
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14. Web Site Design Interactive multimedia form of communication
Create a graphical map of overall content
Add multimedia elements like animation
Macromedia's Flash
Morphing
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15. Web Authoring Programs
Known as Web page editors or HTML editors
Provide support for Web site design
Creates HTML coding
Popular programs
Macromedia Dreamweaver
NetObjects Fusion
Microsoft FrontPage
These programs provide support for Web site design and HTML coding
Without knowing HTML, you can create a Web page using one of these programs
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16. Web Authoring Sequence
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17. Artificial Intelligence
Attempts to simulate human senses, thought processes, and actions
Designed to help people and organizations become more productive
Three areas of AI
Virtual reality
Knowledge-based (expert) systems
Robotics
Artificial intelligence is a field of computer science
Mimics or simulates human senses, thought processes, and actions
Includes reasoning, learning from past actions, and using senses such as vision and touch
In the past, computers have been used to solve structured problems (Key Term) once performed by clerks. Now organizations are looking to automate unstructured problems (Key Term) performed by managers
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18. Virtual Reality Artificial or simulated reality
Generated in 3-D by a computer
Commonly known as VR, artificial reality, or virtual environments
Virtual reality modeling language (VRML)
Used to create real-time animated 3-D scenes
Cosmos Worlds from Cosmos Software
Known as VR, virtual reality simulates reality in 3-D
VRML is used to create real-time animated 3-D scenes
Many sites exist on the Web with virtual reality applications
Modern virtual reality strives to be an immersive experience (Key Term)
Virtual reality walls (Key Term) allow a user to view simulations
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19. Knowledge-Based (Expert) Systems
Artificial intelligence that uses a database for assistance
Database is known as a knowledge base
Many use "fuzzy logic"
These systems use a database, or knowledge-based system that contains facts, rules to relate these facts, and user input to formulate recommendations and decisions
Knowledge-based systems are also referred to as expert systems (Key Term)
Fuzzy logic allows the computer to respond to questions in a very humanlike way
These systems are used in areas such as:
Medicine
Geology
Architecture
Nature
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20. Robotics The field of study concerned with using robots
Robots are computer-controlled machines
Mimic the motor activities of living things
Three types of robots
Perception system robots
Industrial robots
Mobile robots
Robots are used in factories, manufacturing, home security, the military, and many other fields of human endeavor
Can be programmed to do more that one task
Often used to handle dangerous, repetitive tasks
Types of robots
Perception System Robots – imitate some of the human senses
Industrial Robots – perform tasks in factories, etc.
Mobile Robots – can move about and perform tasks
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21. Careers in IT
Desktop publishers use computers to format and create publication-ready material
Books
Magazines
Newsletters
Newspapers
Generally requires completion of a
program, good communication skills, and artistic ability
Desktop publishers can expect to earn $25K - $42K annually
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22. A Look to the Future Artificial Intelligence
Research is being done to give robots a sense of values so they can make decisions independently
The Saya robot is under development in Tokyo
The Saya robot is hoped to be used as a communication device similar to a Web cam
Research is being done on giving robots a sense of values
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23. Discussion Questions (Page 1 of 2)
Describe graphics, including desktop publishers, image editors, illustration programs, image galleries, and graphics suites.
Discuss audio and video editing software.
What is multimedia? How are multimedia presentations developed?
Have students turn to the end of Chapter 4 in their textbooks to view the same “Open-Ended” questions/statements
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24. Discussion Questions (Page 2 of 2)
Describe Web authoring, including Web site design and Web authoring programs.
Discuss three areas of artificial intelligence.
Have students turn to the end of Chapter 4 in their textbooks to view the same “Open-Ended” questions/statements
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