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1、CHAPTERSPECIALIZED APPLICATION SOFTWARE 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-2Competencies Describe graphics softwareDiscuss audio and video softwareDescribe multimediaExplain Web authoring 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-3Competencies cont.Describe t

2、he impact of artificial intelligenceDiscuss virtual reality and VRMLDiscuss knowledge-based (expert) systemsDiscuss robotics 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-4GraphicsDesktop publishingImage editorsIllustration programsImage galleries Graphic suites 2005 The McGraw-Hill Com

3、panies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-5Desktop Publishing ProgramsPage layout ProgramsPrograms that allow you to mix text and graphics to create publications of professional quality.Page design and layout and provide greater flexibility.Create documents such as brochures, newsletter, newspaper and text

4、 books.Import elements from word processors, digital cameraPopular desktop publishing programs:Adobe Page MakerMicrosoft PublisherQuarkXPress 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-6Adobe Page Maker 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-7Microsoft publisher 2

5、005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-8QuarkXPress 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-9Types of Images Graphic images that have been processed by a computer can usually be divided into three distinct categories: bitmap files, vector graphics and Meta file

6、graphics. Bitmap images and vector images are commonly used in computer graphics than the Meta- file graphics.Bitmap Images Bitmap image is a collection of bits that form an image. The image consists of a matrix of individual dots (or pixels) that all have their own color. 2005 The McGraw-Hill Compa

7、nies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-10Vector Graphics Vector graphics are images that are described using mathematical definitions. Vector image is stored as lines and curves .Used geometric shapes or objects. 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-11Meta-file Graphics Metafile grap

8、hics are simply 2D graphics that are made up of both vector and bitmap. Metafile graphics are constructed by drawing the graph using vector graphics and by filling it with a bitmap pattern 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-12Image EditorsPrograms for creating and editing bit

9、map images Bitmap images use dots or pixels to represent an imageBitmap images are alsocalled raster imagesPopular programsMicrosoft PaintAdobe PhotoshopCorel PhotoPaint 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-13Illustration ProgramsPrograms used to create and edit vector imagesDr

10、awing programsVector images use geometric shapes or objects Popular programsAdobe IllustratorCorelDrawMacromedia FreeHandMicrografx Designer 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-14Image GalleriesLibraries of electronic imagesUsed for a variety of applications Two basic typesSto

11、ck photographs: Stock photos are professional photographs of all different subjects Clip art: Clip art is line art such as drawings and illustrations 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-15Image GalleriesOrganization SiteArt TBDesign Gallery LGifAGraphics M 2005 The McGraw-Hill

12、 Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-16Graphic SuitesBundled graphic programsCan buy a larger variety of graphics programs at a lower costPopular suitesCorelDraw Graphics SuiteCorels Graphic PackMicrografxs ABC Graphic Suite 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-17CorelDraw Gr

13、aphics Suite 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-18Audio and VideoVideo editing softwareEnhances digital video footageApples iMovie & Windows Movie MakerAudio editing softwareCreates and edits audio clipsCan create your own MP3sSonicFoundrys ACID Music & Syntrillium So

14、ftwares Cool Edit 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-19Multimedia The integration of a variety of media into one presentation VideoMusicVoiceGraphicsTextShould include user interactivity : allow you to select the information to view 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Ri

15、ghts Reserved.4-20Multimedia Links & Buttons 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-21Developing Multimedia Presentations Plan: determine the overall objectives of the projectDesign: create a story board of the project.Story board: is a design tool used to record the intended

16、 overall logic, overflow and structure of multimedia presentationCreate: create the interactive multimedia presentation : audio, video.Support: test and identify errorsMultimedia Authoring Program : used to create multimedia presentation 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-22W

17、eb Authoring Develop and create a web site Web site design Create a graphical map of overall content Add multimedia elements like animation Macromedias FlashMorphing 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-23Web Authoring Programs Known as Web page editors or HTML editorsProvide s

18、upport for Web site designCreates HTML coding Popular programsMacromedia DreamweaverNetObjects FusionMicrosoft FrontPage 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-24Emerging ApplicationsArtificial intelligence (AI)Attempts to simulate human senses, thought processes, and actionsDesi

19、gned to help people and organizations become more productiveThree areas of AIVirtual realityKnowledge-based (expert) systemsRobotics 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-25Virtual RealityArtificial or simulated reality Generated in 3-D by a computerCommonly known as VR, artific

20、ial reality, or virtual environmentsVirtual reality modeling language (VRML)Used to create real-time animated 3-D scenesCosmos Worlds from Cosmos Software 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-26Knowledge-Based (Expert) SystemsArtificial intelligence that uses a database for ass

21、istanceDatabase is known as a knowledge baseMany use fuzzy logicRead page 106 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-27RoboticsThe field of study concerned with using robotsRobots are computer-controlled machinesMimic the motor activities of living thingsThree types of robotsPerc

22、eption systemsIndustrial robotsMobile robots 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-28Perception systems 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-29Special Robot 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-30Industrial robots 2005 The McGraw-Hill

23、Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-31Mobile robots 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-32A Look to the FutureArtificial IntelligenceResearch is being done to give robots a sense of values so they can make decisions independentlyThe Saya robot is under development in Tokyo 2

24、005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-33Key Termsanimation (101)artificial reality (105)artificial intelligence (105)audio editing software (98)bitmap image (96)buttons (100)clip art (97)desktop publishing program (96)drawing program (97)expert systems (106)flash (101)fuzzy logic

25、 (106)graphical map (101)graphics suite (98)HTML editors (104)illustration program (97)image editors (96) 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-34Key Terms image gallery (97)immersive experience (106)industrial robots (107)interactivity (99)knowledge base (106)knowledge-based sy

26、stem (106)links (100)mobile robots (107)morphing (101)multimedia (99)multimedia authoring programs (100)page layout program (96)paint programs (96)perception systems (107)pixels (96)raster image (96)robotics (107)robots (107)story boards (100) 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.4-35Key Termsstock photographs (97)structured problem (105)unstructured problems (105)vector (97)vector illustration (97)vector