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 Describe graphics software, including desktop
publishing, 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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 Explain Web authoring, Web site design, and
Web authoring programs.
 Describe artificial intelligence, including virtual
reality, knowledge-based systems, and
robotics.
 Discuss mobile apps
and apps stores.
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 Specialized applications let users perform
advanced computing tasks.
 Examples include Web design, graphics, audio
and video editing, artificial intelligence, and
cell phone apps.
 Competent end users need to be aware of
specialized applications.
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Graphics
Audio and Video
Multimedia
Web Authoring
Artificial Intelligence
 Virtual Reality
 Knowledge-based Systems
 Robotics
 Mobile Apps
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Desktop publishing
Image editors
Illustration programs
Image galleries
Graphic suites
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 Programs that allow you to create publications
 Mix text and graphics
 Professional quality
 Popular programs
 Adobe InDesign
 Microsoft Publisher
 QuarkXPress
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 Photo Editors
 Editing and modifying digital photographs
 Bitmap Images
 Use dots or pixels to represent an image
 Also called
raster images
 Popular programs
 Paint.NET
 Adobe Photoshop
 Corel Paint Shop Pro
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 This sample of text in “Paint.NET” is 18pt “Comic
Sans MS” font, shown at 100% and at 800%
 The enlarged view shows the pixelated nature of
the text image.
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 This splendid work of art is made up of pixels.
 Once a shape or a word is created, it is nothing
more than a collection
of colored pixels (“dots”).
 Any selection of dots
can be moved without
impacting adjacent dots.
Try it out in the Paint program!
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Desktop publishing
Image editors
Illustration programs
Image galleries
Graphic suites
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 Drawing programs
 Vector images
 Use geometric shapes or objects
 Popular programs
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Adobe Illustrator
Inkscape
CorelDRAW
Dia
Bitmap Image
Vector Image
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 Fonts are described with vectors
 These samples of text are “Comic Sans” font,
shown at 18pt and at 160pt in PowerPoint
Comic Sans MS
Comic Sans MS
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 Text objects in “Inkscape” can be distorted by
modifying the vectors
 This 18pt "Comic Sans MS" has been stretched,
twisted, and reversed
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Image galleries
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 Libraries of electronic images
 Two basic types
 Stock photographs
 Clip art
 There are numerous
Web image galleries
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 Bundled graphic programs
 Lower cost than individual programs
 CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
 Five individual programs
 Library of clip art, media clips & fonts
 Adobe Create Suite 6
 Includes Photoshop, Illustrator,
Dreamweaver
 costs $1300
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Not all graphic
editing is well
done.
Here are a few
examples.
"Sharks fear me."
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Mirror, mirror, in
the screen,
tell me how I
should be seen...
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Misplaced body parts are a popular screwup.
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Will he run out of
water or feet first?
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 Video editing software
 Reorganize
 Add effects
 Popular Programs
 Apple iMovie
 Windows Movie Maker
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 Audio editing software
 Create and edit audio
clips
 Filter out imperfections
 Make MP3s
 Audacity
 Free – Open Source
 Record, convert live audio
 Popular Programs
 Apple Garage Band
 Sony ACID
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 Capture, edit, and produce videos
 Create a DVD or upload to YouTube
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 The integration of a variety of media into one
presentation
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Video
Music
Voice
Graphics
Text
 Include user interactivity
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 Links can be to…
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Other pages
Video
Sound
Graphics
Text Files
 Buttons are links
 Provide the ability to navigate through a
presentation
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 Create multimedia presentations
 Bring together video, audio, graphics, and text
elements into interactive framework
 Popular programs
 Adobe Director
 Toolbook
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 Creating a web site
 Corporations use the Web to reach new customers
 Individuals create their own personal sites, called blogs
 Web Site Design
 Web Authoring
Programs
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 Interactive multimedia form of communication
 Create a graphical map of overall content
 Add multimedia elements like animation
 Flash movies
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 Web Pages are typically HTML documents
 Word Processors can create simple HTML
documents
 Web Authoring programs known as Web page
editors or HTML editors
 Advanced Web site design
 Creates HTML coding
 Popular programs
 Adobe Dreamweaver
 NetObjects Fusion
 Microsoft Expression
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 Attempts to simulate human senses, thought
processes, and actions
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Reasoning
Learning from past experience
Vision
Touch
 Help people and organizations
become more productive
 Three areas of AI
 Virtual reality
 Knowledge-based (expert) systems
 Robotics
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 Artificial or simulated reality
 Generated in 3-D by a computer
 Commonly known as VR, artificial reality,
or virtual environments
 Second Life from Linden Labs
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 Artificial intelligence that uses a database for
assistance
 Database is known as a knowledge base
 Facts, rules to relate the facts, and user input to
formulate recommendations or decisions
 Many use "fuzzy logic"
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 The field of study concerned with developing
and using robots
 Computer-controlled machines
 Mimic motor activities of living things
 Four types of robots
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Perception system robots
Industrial robots
Mobile robots
Household
robots
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 Add-on features for mobile devices including
smartphones, netbooks, and tablets.
 Text messaging
 Internet browsing
 Connecting to
social networks
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 App stores are Web sites that allow you
to download apps for a nominal fee or free
 Apple’s App Store and Android Market
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 Desktop publishers use computers to format and
create publication-ready material
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Books
Magazines
Newsletters
Newspapers
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a program, good communication
skills, and artistic ability
 Desktop publishers can expect to
earn $26,500 - $44,500 annually
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 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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 Describe graphics, including desktop
publishers, image editors, illustration
programs, image galleries, and graphics
suites.
 Discuss audio and video editing software.
 What is multimedia? Discuss interactivity, links,
buttons, and multimedia authoring programs.
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 Describe Web authoring, including Web site
design, graphical maps, animations, flash,
Web authoring programs, Web page editors,
and WYSIWYG editors.
 Discuss artificial intelligence including virtual
reality, immersive experiences, virtual reality
walls, knowledge-based systems, knowledge
bases, fuzzy logic, robotics, and four types of
robots.
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