University of Gondar

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS

CHAPTER-TWO
MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING TOOLS

Department of Information Technology

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 Authoring Tools
Introduction to Authoring Tools
• Authoring: assembly and synchronization of all the
media components that have been prepared for final
multimedia application.
• Two basic features:
• Ability to create and edit a product
• Presentation scheme for delivering product
• The selection of an authoring tool (software application)
based on how it works and what it does can be one of
the most critical elements of multimedia product
development.
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• Four main perspectives in multimedia authoring
tools :
• Tool(any software package that could authors
multimedia product)
• Product(the result of combining all multimedia
components)
• Developer(designers, programmers, and
multimedia authors)
• End user(customer or viewer)
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 Multimedia Authoring Tools

• Multimedia Authoring : These are the tools which

provide the capability for creating a complete
multimedia presentation, including interactive user
control, are called authoring tools/programs.
• Some of the examples are:
1. Macromedia Flash.
2. Macromedia Director
3. Author ware
4. Quest.

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Multimedia Tool Selection

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Types of Multimedia Authoring Tools

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 Using Programming Language

• Multimedia product still can be developed

using programming language.
• Quality is about the same.
• Amount of work to code every element and
function in the product can be extensive and
labor-intensive.
• Authoring tools can save a lot of time and
money.
• Not suitable for beginners.

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Types of data representation via tools

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