Unit 18 The Basic Tools ContentsLearning ObjectivesAfter you have rea
d this unit, you should be familiar with:1. The basic tools of mu
ltimedia.2. The basic elements of multimedia project. Words&Expre
ssionsText The basic tool set for building multimedia pro
jects contains one or more authoring systems and various editing
applications for text, images, sounds, and motion video. A few ad
ditional applications are also useful for capturing images from t
he screen, translating file formats, and moving files among compu
ters when you are part of a team—these are tools for the housekee
ping tasks that make your creative and production life easier.
Text Editing and Word Processing Tools A word proc
essor is usually the first software tool computer users learn. Fo
rm letters, invoices, and storyboards to project content, your wo
rd processor may also be your most often used tool, as you design
and build a multimedia project. The better you keyboarding or ty
ping skills, the easier and more efficient will be your multimedi
a day-to-day life. Word processors such as Word and WordPe
rfect are powerful applications that include spell checkers, tabl
e formatters, thesauruses, and pre-built templates for letters, r
esumes, purchase orders, and other common documents. In many word
processors, you can actually embed multimedia elements such as s
ounds, images, and video. Text Painting and Drawing Tools
Painting and drawing tools ,as well as 3-D modelers , are pe
rhaps the most important items in your toolkit because , of all t
he multimedia elements, the graphical impact of your project will
likely have the greatest influence on the end user. If your artw
ork is amateurish, or flat and uninteresting, both you and your u
sers will be disappointed. Painting software, su
ch as Photoshop, is dedicated to producing crafted bitmap images.
Drawing software, such as CorelDraw, Illustrator, is dedicated t
o producing vector-based line art easily printed to paper using P
ostScript or another page makeup system such as QuickDraw on the
Macintosh. 3-D Modeling and Animation Tools 3-Dmodeli
ng software has increasingly entered the mainstream of graphic de
sign as its ease of use improves. As a result, the graphic produc
tion values and expectations for multimedia projects have risen.
With 3-D modeling software, objects rendered in perspective appea
r more realistic; you can create stunning scenes and wander throu
gh them, choosing just the right lighting and perspective for you
r final rendered image. Powerful modeling packages such as AutoDe
sk’s 3D Studio Max, are also bundled with assortments of prerende
red 3-D clip art objects such as people, furniture, buildings, ca
rs, airplanes, trees, and plants. Sound Editing Tools
Sound editing tools for both digitized and MIDI sound let you s
ee music as well as hear it. By drawing a representation of a sou
nd in fine increments, whether a score or a waveform, you can cut
, copy, paste, and otherwise edit segments of it with great preci
sion-something impossible to do in real-time(that is, with the mu
sic playing). System sounds are shipped with both Macinto
sh and Windows systems, and they are available as soon as you ins
tall the operating system. System sounds are the beeps used to in
dicate an error, warning, or special user activity. Using sound e
diting software, you can make your own sound effects and install
them as system beeps, to the delight (or perhaps dismay) of colle
agues and neighbors. For digital waveform sounds
, Windows ships with the Sound Recorder program, which provides s
ome rudimentary features for sound editing. Most sound boards for
PCs, however, include editing software such as Creative Labs’ (m
akers of Sound Blaster hardware) WaveStudio. The Macintosh does n
ot ship with sound editing tools, so Macintosh users need to inve
st in an editor such as SoundEdit 16 from Macromedia. Animati
on, Video, and Digital Movie Tools Animations and digital
video movies are sequences of bitmapped graphic scenes (frames),
rapidly played back. But animations can also be made within the
authoring system by rapidly changing the location of objects or s
prites to generate an appearance of motion. Most authoring tools
adopt either a frame-or object-oriented approach to animation, bu
t rarely both. Moviemaking tools take advantage of QuickT
ime (Macintosh and Windows) and Microsoft Video for Windows (also
knows as AVI, or Audio Interleaved, available for Windows only)
technology and let you create, edit, and present digitized motion
video segments, usually in a small window in your project.
To make movies from video, you need special hardware to conve
rt the analog video. Signal to digital data. Moviemaking
tools such as Premiere, AE，let you edit and assemble video clips
captured from camera, other digitized movie segments, animations,
scanned images, and from digitized audio or MIDI files. The comp
leted clip, often with added transition and visual effects, can t
hen be played back-either stand-alone or windowed within your pro
ject. Morphing is an animation technique that allows you
to dynamically blend two still images, creating a sequence of in-
between pictures that, when played back rapidly in QuickTime, met
amorphoses the first image into the second. A racing car transfor
ms itself into a tiger; a mother’s face becomes her daughter’s. E
xercises1. Answer the following question according to the text.(
1) What are basic elements of multimedia project?(2) Tell us so
me word processors which you familiar?(3) Listing the paining an
d drawing tools?(4) What does realistic mean here?(5) Can you s
ee music when you here it in sound editing tools? 2. Translate t
he following terms or phrases from English into Chinese and vice
versa:key3. Fill in the blanks with the information given in the
text: (1) In many word processors, you can actually embed multim
edia elements such as sounds, _______, and video.(2) Painting sof
tware, such as _______, is dedicated to producing crafted bitmap
images.(3) _______ software has increasingly entered the mainstre
am of graphic design as its ease of use improves.(4) _______ are
shipped with both Macintosh and Windows systems, and they are ava
ilable as soon as you install the operating system.(5) A racing c
ar _______ itself into a tiger; a mother’s face becomes her daugh
ter’s. key4. Choose the best one from the items given below to c
omplete the following passage. (1) the advancement of
(2) process capability, development of (3) network techn
ology and appearance of new multimedia device and compress (4)
, interactive video services, such (5) video-on-demand(VOD
), get more and more notice.(1)A. With B. In
C. On D. To(2)A. sound B. computer
C. job D. Image(3)A. low-speed B. high-speed C.
fast-speed D. Speed(4)A. system B. Skill C
. Ability D. Technique(5)A. as B. in
C. for D. withkey5. Mark the followi
ng statements with T(true) or F(false) according to the text.(1)
The basic tool set for building multimedia projects contains one
or more authoring systems and various editing applications for t
ext, webs, sounds, and motion video.(2) To make movies from vide
o, you need special the analog video to convert hardware. Signal
to digital data.(3) Painting software, such as Photoshop, is ded
icated to producing crafted vector images.(4) System sounds are
the beeps used to indicate an error, warning, or special user act
ivity.(5) Drawing software, such as CorelDraw, Illustrator, is d
edicated to producing vector-based line art easily printed to pap
er using PostScript or another page makeup system such as QuickDr
aw on the Macintosh. key6. Select the one answer to each questio
n.(1) Which one is a text editing and word processing tool?A. Pho
toshop B. Word C. Extreme 3D D. Premiere(2) Which o
ne is an image-editing tool? A. Photoshop B. Word C.
Extreme 3D D. Premiere (3) Which one is a 3D modeling tool？
A. Photoshop B. Word C. Extreme 3D D. Premiere (4)
Which one is a moviemaking tool？ A. Photoshop B. Word
C. Extreme 3D D. Premiere(5) Which one is a painting and dr
awing tool ？A. Photoshop B. Word C. Extreme 3D D. P
remiere key7. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. (1
) A word processor is usually the first software tool computer us
ers learn. (2) Painting and drawing tools ,as well as 3-D modeler
s , are perhaps the most important items in your toolkit because
, of all the multimedia elements, the graphical impact of your pr
oject will likely have the greatest influence on the end user. (3
) For digital waveform sounds, Windows ships with the Sound Recor
der program, which provides some rudimentary features for sound e
diting. (4) Animations and digital video movies are sequences of bitmapped graphic scenes (frames), rapidly played back. (5) The completed clip, often with added transition and visual effects, can then be played back-either stand-alone or windowed within your project. key1.略2.3. （1）images （2）Photoshop （3）3-Dmodeling （4）System sounds （5）transforms 4. （1）A（2）B（3）B（4）D（5）A5. （1）F（2）F（3）F（4）T（5）T6. （1）B（2）A（3）C（4）D（5）A 7（1）文字处理工具通常是计算机用户要学的第一个软件。 （2）画图和绘图工具以及三维建模或许是工具箱中最重要的工具，因为在所有的多媒体元素中，项目的图形效果将会对最终用户产生极大的影响。 （3）对于数字波形声音，Windows带有声音记录程序，它提供一些音频编辑的基本功能。 （4）动画和数字视频电影是一连串位图图像场景（帧）的快速播放。 （5）通常在加入了过渡和视觉效果之后，完成的剪辑即可以单独播放或在项目窗口中播放。 |
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