other information processes in multimedia systems

• processing:

• the integration of text and/or number, audio, image and/or video
• compression and decompression of audio, video and images
• hypermedia – the linking of different media to one another

• organising presentations using different storyboard layouts, including:

• linear
• hierarchical
• non-linear
• a combination of these

• storing and retrieving:

• the different file formats used to store different types of data, including:
• JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP for images
• MPG, Quicktime, AVI and WMV for video and animations
• MP3, Wav, WMA, and MID for audio
• SWF for animations
• compression and decompression

• collecting:

• text and numbers in digital format
• audio, video and images in analog format
• methods for digitising analog data

• describe the process of analog to digital conversion

• plan a multimedia presentation using a storyboard

• diagrammatically represent an existing multimedia presentation with a storyboard

• design and create a multimedia presentation

• combine different media types in authoring software

• design and create a multimedia world wide web site that includes text and numbers, hypertext, images, audio and video

• identify standard file formats for various data types

•  recommend an appropriate file type for a specific purpose

• describe the compression of audio, image and video data and information

• decide when data compression is required and choose an appropriate technique to compress data and later retrieve it

• capture and digitise analog data such as audio or video