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The document discusses the components of multimedia, which are text, audio, graphics, video, and animation. Text is used for titles and menus, while audio improves understanding and clarity. Graphics make concepts more effective and presentable. Video communicates moving pictures with sound and saves time. Animation produces the illusion of motion by displaying sequential images. These components work together to represent information effectively and easily.

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Assignment 4

The document discusses the components of multimedia, which are text, audio, graphics, video, and animation. Text is used for titles and menus, while audio improves understanding and clarity. Graphics make concepts more effective and presentable. Video communicates moving pictures with sound and saves time. Animation produces the illusion of motion by displaying sequential images. These components work together to represent information effectively and easily.

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Assignment 4

Question. Explain the component of Multimedia?


Answer. The word 'Multimedia' is a combination of two words, 'Multi' and 'Media'. Multi
means many and media means material through which something can be transmitted or send.
Multimedia combined all the media elements like text and graphics to make the information
more effective and attractive.

Components of Multimedia
The various components of multimedia are Text, Audio, Graphics, Video and Animation. All
these components work together to represent information in an effective and easy manner.

1) Text: Text is the most common medium of representing the information. In multimedia,
text is mostly use for titles, headlines, menu etc. The most commonly used software for
viewing text files are Microsoft Word, Notepad, Word pad etc. Mostly the text files are
formatted with DOC, TXT etc extension.

2) Audio: In multimedia audio means related with recording, playing etc. Audio is an
important component of multimedia because this component increases the understand ability
and improves the clarity of the concept. Audio includes speech, music etc. The commonly
used software for playing audio files are:
i) Quick Time
ii) Real player
iii) Windows Media Player

3) Graphics: Every multimedia presentation is based on graphics. The used of graphics in


multimedia makes the concept more effective and presentable the commonly used software
for viewing graphics are windows Picture, Internet Explorer etc. The commonly used
graphics editing software is Adobe Photoshop through which graphics can be edited easily
and can be make effective and attractive.
4) Video: Video means moving pictures with sound. It is the best way to communicate with
each other. In multimedia it is used to makes the information more presentable and it saves a
large amount of time. The commonly used software for viewing videos are:
i) Quick Time
ii) Window Media Player
iii) Real Player

5)Animation: In computer animation is used to make changes to the images so that the
sequence of the images appears to be moving pictures. An animated sequence shows a
number of frames per second to produce an effect of motion in the user's eye. Some of the
commonly used software for viewing animation are:
i) Internet Explorer
ii) Windows Pictures
iii) Fax Viewer
These are the components of Multimedia.

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