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PROPERTIES OF MULTIMEDIA

A multimedia system is characteritized by computer control, integration


production, manipulation, presentation storage and communication of
independent information which is encoded at least through a continuous
(time dependent) and a discrete (time independent) medium.

Properties of multimedia system's | Characteristic of multimedia System

1.Combinationofmedia.

2.Independence.

3.Computersupportedintegration

4. Communication system.

1. Combination of media:

a multimedia system must be composed with the help of


different mediums and devices and all together when works or comes in
function then it forms the multimedia system.

2.Independence:

In the multimedia system different media should be independent from each


other where as there should be inherently tight connection between different
media to work together also.

3. Computer supported integration:

The different independent media are combined in arbitrary forms to work


together as a system with the support of computers. Computer supported
integration also called control through the computer in multimedia
systems.
4. Communication systems:

Communication capable multimedia system must be approached. Multimedia


information not only be created, proceed and stored but also be distributed
distributed environment.

IMAGES AND GRAPHICS

An image consists of a rectangular array of dots called pixels. The size of the
image is specified in terms of width X height, in numbers of the pixels. The
physical size of the image, in inches or centimeters, depends on the
resolution of the device on which the image is displayedAn image will appear
smaller on a device with a higher resolution than on one with a lower
resolution. For color images, one needs enough bits per pixel to represent all
the colors in the image

Image data types

Images can be created by using different techniques of representation of


data called data type like monochrome and colored images. Monochrome
image is created by using single color whereas colored image is created by
using multiple colors. Some important data types of images are following:

1-bit images- An image is a set of pixels. Note that a pixel is a picture


element in digital image. In 1-bit images, each pixel is stored as a single bit
(0 or 1). A bit has only two states either on or off, white or black, true or
false. Therefore, such an image is also referred to as a binary image, since
only two states are available. 1-bit image is also known as 1-bit monochrome
images because it contains one color that is black for off state and white for
on state.

8-bit Gray level images- Each pixel of 8-bit gray level image is represented
by a single byte (8 bits). Therefore each pixel of such image can hold
28=256 values between 0 and 255

Grayscale images are also called monochromatic, denoting the presence of


only one (mono) color (chrome). An image is represented by bitmap. A
bitmap is a simple matrix of the tiny dots (pixels) that form an image and are
displayed on a computer screen or printed.
24-bit color images - In 24-bit color image, each pixel is represented by three
bytes, usually representing RGB (Red, Green and Blue). Usually true color is
defined to mean 256 shades of RGB (Red, Green and Blue) for a total of
16777216 color variations. It provides a method of representing and storing
graphical image information an RGB color space such that a colors, shades
and hues in large number of variations can be displayed in an image such as
in high quality photo graphic images or complex graphics.

8-bit color images - 8-bit color graphics is a method of storing image


information in a computer's memory or in an image file, where one byte (8
bits) represents each pixel. The maximum number of colors that can be
displayed at once is 256. 8-bit color graphics are of two forms. The first form
is where the image stores not color but an 8-bit index into the color map for
each pixel, instead of storing the full 24-bit color value. Therefore, 8-bit
image formats consists of two parts:

The other form is where the 8-bits use 3 bits for red, 3 bits for green and 2
bits for blue

Image file formats

GIF- Graphics Interchange Formats- The GIF format was created by


Compuserve. It supports 256 colors. GIF format is the most popular on the
Internet because of its compact size. It is ideal for small icons used for
navigational purpose and simple diagrams.

GIFs can be animated, which is another reason they became so successful

GIFs allow single bit transparency that is when you are creating your image,
you can specify which color is to be transparent.

JPEG- Joint Photographic Experts Group- The JPEG format was developed by
the Joint Photographic Experts Group. JPEG files are bitmapped images. It
store information as 24-bit color. This is the format of choice for nearly all
photograph images on the internet

PNG- Portable Network Graphics- PNG is the only lossless format that web
browsers support. PNG supports 8 bit, 24 bits, 32 bits and 48 bits data types.
One version of the format PNG-8 is similar to the GIF format.

TIFF- Tagged Image File Format- The TIFF format was developed by the Aldus
Corporation in the 1980 and was later supported by Microsoft. TIFF file
format is widely used bitmapped file format. It is supported by many image
editing applications, software used by scanners and photo retouching
programs.

BMP- Bitmap- The bitmap file format (BMP) is a very basic format supported
by most Windows applications. BMP can store many different type of image:
1 bit image, grayscale image, 8 bit color image, 24 bit RGB image etc.

PDF- Portable Document Format- PDF format is vector graphics with


embedded pixel graphics with many compression options. When your
document is ready to be shared with others or for publication. This is only
format that is platform independent.

Photoshop- This is the native Photoshop file format created by Adobe. You
can import this format directly into most desktop publishing applications.

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