1. SPECIALIZED APPLICATION SOFTWARE4
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SPECIALIZED APPLICATION SOFTWARE
Competent end-users need to be aware of specialized applications
These software products make it possible for people to create various products from home
Advanced applications use multimedia, Web authoring, graphics programs, audio and video editing software, and artificial intelligence

2. Competencies Describe graphics software
Discuss audio and video software
Describe multimedia
Explain Web authoring

3. Competencies cont. Describe the impact of artificial intelligence
Discuss virtual reality and VRML
Discuss knowledge-based (expert) systems
Discuss robotics

4. Graphics Desktop publishing Image editors Illustration programs
Image galleries
Graphic suites
Desktop publishers mix text and graphics
Image editors modify bitmap image files
Illustrators modify vector files
Image galleries are libraries of electronic images
Graphic suites bundle separate programs

5. Desktop Publishing Programs that allow you to create publications
Mix text and graphics
Professional quality
Popular programs
Adobe Page Maker
Microsoft Publisher
QuarkXPress
These programs allow you to create documents such as brochures, newsletters, newspapers, and textbooks

6. Image Editors Programs for creating and editing bitmap images
Bitmap images use dots or pixels to represent an image
Bitmap images are also called raster images
Popular programs
Microsoft Paint
Adobe Photoshop
Corel PhotoPaint
Known as paint programs
Bitmap images use thousands of dots called pixels to represent images

7. Illustration Programs
Programs used to create and edit vector images
Drawing programs
Vector images use geometric shapes or objects
Popular programs
Adobe Illustrator
CorelDraw
Macromedia FreeHand
Micrografx Designer
Known as drawing programs
Used to create vector images
Vector is another common type of graphic file
While bitmap images use pixels, vector illustrations use geometric shapes
These objects are created by connecting lines and curves

8. Image Galleries Libraries of electronic images
Used for a variety of applications
Two basic types
Stock photographs
Clip art
Image galleries are libraries of electronic images
Types of electronic images
Stock photograph – photographs on a variety of subject materials
Clip art – graphic illustrations representing a wide range of topics
Most applications provide a limited selection of free clip art

9. Image Galleries Organization Site Art Today www.arttoday.com
Broderbund
Design Gallery Live
GifArt
Graphics Maps
There are many Web image galleries
Some offer free images and clip art, while others charge a fee

10. Graphic Suites Bundled graphic programs
Can buy a larger variety of graphics programs at a lower cost
Popular suites
CorelDraw Graphics Suite
Corel's Graphic Pack
Micrografx's ABC Graphic Suite
These suites combine several graphic programs into one package for a lower cost
CorelDraw Graphics Suite includes five individual Corel graphics programs plus clip art, media clips, and fonts

11. 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
SonicFoundry's ACID Music & Syntrillium Software's Cool Edit
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

12. 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
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

13. Multimedia Links & Buttons
Links are connections to related information
Can be video, sound, graphics, or text files
Buttons are special areas that provide navigation

14. Developing Multimedia Presentations
Plan
Design
Create
Support
Multimedia Authoring Program
Plan – 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

15. Web Authoring Develop and create a web site Web site design
Create a graphical map of overall content
Add multimedia elements like animation
Macromedia's Flash
Morphing
Creating a Web site is called Web authoring
It is easy to create Web pages with the many Web authoring programs that are available
A popular Web site is a Weblog
Weblogs are Web pages with dated postings like a bulletin board
Ask students about using Weblogs

16. 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

17. Emerging Applications
Artificial intelligence (AI)
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

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

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
Fuzzy logic allows users to respond to questions in a very humanlike way
These systems are used in areas such as:
Medicine
Geology
Architecture
Nature

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 systems
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 – imitate some of the human senses
Industrial – perform tasks
Mobile – act as transport

21. 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

22. Key Terms animation (101) artificial reality (105)
artificial intelligence (105)
audio editing software (98)
bitmap image (96)
buttons (100)
clip art (97)
desktop publishing program (96)
drawing program (97)
expert systems (106)
flash (101)
fuzzy logic (106)
graphical map (101)
graphics suite (98)
HTML editors (104)
illustration program (97)
image editors (96)

23. Key Terms image gallery (97) immersive experience (106)
industrial robots (107)
interactivity (99)
knowledge base (106)
knowledge-based system (106)
links (100)
mobile robots (107)
morphing (101)
multimedia (99)
multimedia authoring programs (100)
page layout program (96)
paint programs (96)
perception systems (107)
pixels (96)
raster image (96)
robotics (107)
robots (107)
story boards (100)

24. Key Terms stock photographs (97) structured problem (105)
unstructured problems (105)
vector (97)
vector illustration (97)
vector image (97)
video editing software (98)
virtual environments (105)
virtual reality (105)
virtual reality modeling language (VRML) (105)
virtual reality wall (106)
VR (105)
Web authoring (101)
Web authoring programs (104)
Web page editors (104)

25. FAQs What is multimedia? What is an image editor?
I want to create a professional looking brochure. What software program should I use?
What can I use to edit my home movies?
Why is interactivity important in a effective multimedia presentation?

26. Discussion Questions Describe the three areas of virtual reality.
Discuss how robots are used today to fight crime.
How can virtual reality help people with different fears and phobias?
Discuss the advantages of using a Web authoring program. Do you still need to know how to code HTML?