December
1999 QUESTION 5 Total Marks: 15 Marks |
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Explain what a time-based authoring system is. With time-based authoring tools,the multimedia elements or events are presented and organized along a time line.(1).This type of tool helps you coordinate when each multimedia element plays (1),the speed at which it plays (1),and the length of time it remains on the screen.(1).
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| (b) |
Describe the role of the score in a time-based authoring system. Awardmarks for these,or other validpoints: The score records what each element of a movie is doing,moment by moment (1).The score is a matrix divided into channels and frames (1).It may record which cast members are on screen (1),what colour palette is in control (1),which transitions will play (1),the tempo of the movie (1),etc.
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Describe the terms multimedia-capable presentation tool and dedicated media integration tool,and the differences between them. Multimedia-capable applications are intended for non-professional applications (1). Multimedia-capable applications incorporate audio files,display simple animations,and use digitized video in a slide presentation format (1).Dedicated media Integration tools sequence multimedia events and elements (1).Dedicated media Integration tools generally do not develop graphics,text,or audio within the application (1);instead you use them to import multimedia elements and arrange the events and elements in the timing sequence you want (1). The difference between the two is that a multimedia-capable presentation tool can develop some of the multimedia elements such as text,while dedicated media Integration tools cannot (2).In addition,multimedia-capable presentation tools present the information as a series of slides incorporating the multimedia elements,while dedicated media Integration tools present the information in a timed sequence (2). |
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