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CUSTOMISING AND EMBEDDING MULTIMEDIA 2
COMPONENTS IN WEB PAGES
The use of a combination of text, music, video, graphics, and
animation to convey information in an engaging and dynamic
way is known as multimedia. In other ways, multimedia can
be defined as a computerised technique of information
presentation that combines textual data, audio, images
(video), graphics, and animations. E-mail, WhatsApp
Messenger, video conferencing, and multi-media messaging
service(MMS) are some examples.
As the name implies, multimedia is the combination of the words multi and media, meaning it
uses a variety of media (hardware and software) to transmit information.
2.1 COMPONENTS OF MULTIMEDIA
The following are common multimedia elements:
Multimedia
Text Graphics Animation Audio Video
Text
The Quick Brown
Fox Jumps Over Graphics
The Lazy Dog. The graphics in the multimedia program make it engaging. Reading
long stretches of text on displays can be challenging for many people.
Text appears in all In order to explain concepts, provide context, etc., images are frequently
multi-media projects used rather than writing. There are two categories of graphics.
to some extent. To
match the successful Bitmap
presentation of the Bitmap images are real photographs that can be captured with
multimedia program, equipment like digital cameras or scanners. Bitmap images are frequently
the text may be unchangeable. Images in bitmap format take a lot of memory.
presented in a
variety of font styles Vector Graphics
and sizes. Computers are able to create vector drawings because they just use a
little amount of memory. These pictures can be modified.
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