Chapter 04: Specialized

Application Software

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 Competencies (Page 1 of 2)
• Describe graphics software, including desktop publishing,
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image editors, illustration programs, image galleries, and

graphics suites
• Discuss audio and video editing software
• Describe multimedia, including links, buttons,
and multimedia authoring programs

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 Competencies (Page 2 of 2)
• Explain Web authoring, Web site design, and Web
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authoring programs
• Describe artificial intelligence, including virtual
reality, knowledge-based systems, and robotics
• Discuss cell phone
apps and apps stores

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 Introduction
• Specialized applications let users perform
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advanced computing tasks

• Robots provide security and assistance in homes
• Competent end users need to be aware of
specialized applications

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 Specialized Applications
• Graphics Programs
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• Audio and Video Software

• Multimedia Programs
• Web Authoring Programs
• Artificial Intelligence
– Virtual Reality
– Knowledge-based Systems
– Robotics

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 Graphics
• Desktop publishing
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• Image editors
• Illustration programs
• Image galleries
• Graphic suites

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 Desktop Publishing
• Programs that allow you to create publications
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– Mix text and graphics

– Professional quality
• Popular programs
– Adobe InDesign
– Microsoft Publisher
– QuarkXPress

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 Image Editors
• Programs for creating and editing bitmap images
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– Bitmap images use dots or pixels to represent an image

– Bitmap images are also called raster images
• Popular programs
– Paint.NET
– Adobe Photoshop
– Corel Paint Shop Pro

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 Illustration Programs
• Programs used to create & edit vector images
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• Drawing programs
• Vector images use geometric shapes or objects
• Popular programs
Bitmap Image Vector Image
– Adobe Illustrator
– Inkscape
– CorelDRAW

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 Image Galleries
• Libraries of electronic images
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• Used for a variety of applications

• Two basic types
– Stock photographs
– Clip art

• There are numerous

Web image galleries

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 Graphic Suites
• Bundled graphic programs
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• Can buy a larger variety of graphics programs at a

lower cost
• CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
– Five individual programs
– Library of clip art, media clips & fonts

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 Audio and Video
• Video editing software
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– Enhance digital video footage using

Apple's iMovie or Windows Movie Maker
• Audio editing software
– Create and edit audio clips
and make MP3s using
Apple’s Garage Band
or Sony’s ACID

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 Digital Video Editing
• Capture, edit, and produce Videos
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• Create a DVD or upload to YouTube

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 Multimedia
• The integration of a variety of media into one
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presentation
– Video
– Music
– Voice
– Graphics
– Text
• Include user interactivity

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 Links & Buttons
Links can be to…
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– Video
– Sound
– Graphics
– Text Files
• Buttons are links and
provide the ability to
navigate through
a presentation

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 Multimedia Authoring Programs
• Special programs used to create multimedia
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presentations
• Bring together all the video, audio, graphics, and
text elements
• Popular programs
– Adobe Director
– Toolbook

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 Web Authoring
• Corporations use the Web to reach new customers
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• Many individuals create their own personal sites, called

Web logs or blogs, to keep in touch with friends and family
• Web Site Design
• Web Authoring
Programs

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 Web Site Design
• Interactive multimedia form of communication
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– Create a graphical map of overall content

– Add multimedia elements like animation
• Macromedia's Flash

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 Web Authoring Programs
• Known as Web page editors or HTML editors
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– Provide support for Web site design

– Creates HTML coding
• Popular programs
– Adobe Dreamweaver
– NetObjects Fusion
– Microsoft Expression

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 WYSIWYG
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 Artificial Intelligence
• Attempts to simulate human senses, thought processes,
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and actions
• Designed to help people and organizations become more
productive
• Three areas of AI
– Virtual reality
– Knowledge-based
(expert) systems
– Robotics

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 Virtual Reality
• Artificial or simulated reality
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– Generated in 3-D by a computer

– Commonly known as VR, artificial reality,
or virtual environments

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 Knowledge-Based (Expert) Systems
• Artificial intelligence that uses a database for
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assistance
• Database is known as a knowledge base
• Many use "fuzzy logic"

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 Robotics
• The field of study concerned with using robots
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• Robots are computer-controlled machines

– Mimic the motor activities of living things
– Four types of robots
• Perception system robots
• Industrial robots
• Mobile robots
• Household
robots

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 Cell Phone Apps
• Cell phone apps are add-on features that perform
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a variety of tasks (e.g., address books, to-do lists,

and alarms)
– Over 10,000 apps for the iPhone alone
• App stores are Web sites
that allow you to download
apps for a nominal fee or free
– Examples include Apple’s App
Store and Android Market

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 Careers in IT
• Desktop publishers use computers to format and create
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publication-ready material
– Books
– Magazines
– Newsletters
– Newspapers
• Generally requires completion of
a program, good communication
skills, and artistic ability
• Desktop publishers can expect to
earn $25K - $42K annually

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 A Look to the Future
Artificial Intelligence

• Research is being done to give robots a sense of

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values so they can make decisions independently

• The Saya robot is under development in Tokyo

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 Open-Ended Questions (Page 1 of 2)
• Describe graphics, including desktop publishers,
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image editors, illustration programs, image

galleries, and graphics suites.

• Discuss audio and video editing software.

• What is multimedia? Discuss interactivity, links,

and buttons.

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 Open-Ended Questions (Page 2 of 2)
• Describe Web authoring, including Web site
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design and Web authoring programs.

• Discuss three areas of artificial intelligence.

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