1. Ch. 7 Multimedia Analysis and Composition

2. Roles Designer Others Main Role Technical Aspects Other team members
Artists, musicians, other specialists

3. Guidelines Why Why are you putting multimedia elements into your site?
What is the best format? Why?
What should you be aware of?

4. Graphics Pictures, graphs, charts, tables, illustrations Problems
Entertainment value
Informational value
Problems
Colors
Size
Copyright

5. Graphic Examples
Bar Graph
Pie Chart
Flow Chart
Line Chart

6. Photos Uses Types Problems Aesthetic value Informational value
Evidentiary
Types
Gif (can be animated)
Jpg
Problems
Copyrights
Size/Loading

7. Audio Uses Forms Problems Entertainment Instructional/Narrative MP3
Songs
Instructional/Narrative
Forms
MP3
WAV
Problems
Browser Limitations
Bandwidth/Loading

8. Video/Animations Uses Types Instructional Entertainment Functional AVI
Transitions
Types
AVI
MPEG
MOV

9. Video/Animations (cont.)
Problems
Large File Size
Streaming Technology
Bandwidth/Storage Hog

10. Types and Purposes

11. Flash
Many Uses
Can turn instructional animations into interactive animations

12. Questions?