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Specialized Application
Software
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animation: 动画
artificial intelligence：人工智能
artificial reality：虚拟现实
audio editing software：声音编辑软件
bitmap image：位图图像
blog：博客
button：按钮
clip art：剪贴画
desktop publisher：桌面排版软件
desktop publishing program：桌面排版软件
drawing program：绘画软件
expert systems：专家系统
flash：动画制作软件
fuzzy logic：模糊逻辑
graphical map：网页设计结构图
graphics suite：图形包
HTML editor：HTML编辑软件
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illustration program: 绘图软件
image editors：图像编辑软件
image gallery：图像收藏
immersive experience：沉浸式体验
industrial robot：工业机器人
interactivity：交互性
knowledge base：知识库
knowledge-based system：知识系统
link：链接
mobile robot：移动机器人
Morphing：图像渐变效果
multimedia：多媒体
multimedia authoring program：多媒体制作软件
page layout program: 排版软件
perception system robot：感知系统机器人
photo editors：照片编辑器
pixel：象素
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raster image：光栅图像
robot：机器人
robotics：机器人学
stock photographs：库存图片
story board：网页设计脚本
vector ：向量/矢量
vector illustration：矢量插画
vector image：矢量图
video editing software：视频编辑软件
virtual environment：虚拟环境
virtual reality：虚拟现实
virtual reality modeling language (VRML)：虚拟现实建模语言
virtual reality wall：虚拟现实墙
VR：虚拟现实
Web authoring：网页制作
Web authoring programs：网页制作软件
Web page editor：网页编辑软件
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Competencies (Page 1 of 2)
• Describe graphics software, including desktop
publishing, image editors, illustration programs,
image galleries, and graphics suites
• Discuss audio and video editing software
• Describe multimedia, including story boards and
multimedia authoring programs
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Competencies (Page 2 of 2)
• Explain Web authoring, Web site design,
and Web authoring programs
• Describe virtual reality and VRML
• Discuss knowledge-based (expert) systems
• Describe robotics including perception
systems, industrial robots, and mobile
robots
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Introduction
• Software that for years was only
available for mainframe computers is
now available for microcomputers.
Specialized application software
makes it possible to perform
advanced tasks at home.
• Home users can now create Webs
sites, work with graphic images, and
create music or art.
• Robots now provide security and
assistance in homes.
• Competent end users need to be
aware of specialized applications
such as: graphics programs, audio
and video editing software,
multimedia, Web authoring, and
artificial intelligence.
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Specialized Applications
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Graphics Programs
Audio and Video Software
Multimedia Programs
Web Authoring Programs
• Artificial Intelligence
– Virtual Reality
– Knowledge-based Systems
– Robotics
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Graphics
• Desktop publishing
• Image editors
• Illustration programs
• Image galleries
• Graphic suites
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Audio and Video
• Video editing software
– Enhances digital video
footage
– Apple's iMovie &
Windows Movie Maker
• Audio editing software
– Creates and edits audio
clips
– Can create your own
MP3s
– Apple’s Garage Band and
Sony’s ACID
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Digital Video Editing
• Capture Video
• Edit a Movie
• Create a DVD
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Multimedia
• The integration of a variety of media into one
presentation
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Music
Voice
Graphics
Text
• Should include user interactivity
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Links & Buttons
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Graphics
Text Files
• Buttons are links
and provide the
ability to navigate
through a
presentation
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Developing Multimedia
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Plan and Analyze
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Multimedia Authoring Programs
• Special programs used to create multimedia
presentations
• Bring together all the video, audio, graphics,
and text elements
• Popular programs
– Macromedia Director
– Authorware
– Toolbook
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Web Authoring
• Corporations use the Web to reach new
customers
• 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
– Create a graphical
map of overall
content
– Add multimedia
elements like
animation
• Macromedia's
Flash
• Morphing
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Web Authoring Programs
• Known as Web page editors or HTML editors
– Provide support for Web site design
– Creates HTML coding
• Popular programs
– Macromedia Dreamweaver
– NetObjects Fusion
– Microsoft FrontPage
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Web Authoring Sequence
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Artificial Intelligence
• Attempts to simulate
human senses, thought
processes, 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
– Generated in 3-D by a computer
– Commonly known as VR, artificial reality, or
virtual environments
• Virtual reality modeling language (VRML)
– Used to create
real-time animated 3-D scenes
– Cosmos Worlds
from Cosmos Software
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Knowledge-Based
(Expert) Systems
• Artificial intelligence that uses a database for
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
• Robots are computer-controlled machines
– Mimic the motor activities of living things
– Three types of robots
• Perception system robots
• Industrial robots
• Mobile robots
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A Look to the Future
Artificial Intelligence
• Research is being done to give robots a
sense of values so they can make decisions
independently
• The Saya robot is under development in
Tokyo
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Discussion Questions (Page 1 of 2)
• Describe graphics, including desktop
publishers, image editors, illustration
programs, image galleries, and graphics
suites.
• Discuss audio and video editing software.
• What is multimedia? How are multimedia
presentations developed?
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Discussion Questions (Page 2 of 2)
• Describe Web authoring, including Web site
design and Web authoring programs.
• Discuss three areas of artificial intelligence.
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The End of Chapter 4
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