Saturday, April 16, 2011

bukalph: The Basic of Drawing

bukalph: The Basic of Drawing: "Technical aid of drawing, using the sphere to create the face. (c) Dr. Fuentes 2011 This is a straight and forwa..."

What is Multimedia?

Simply put, it's any combination of  text, sounds, and images. Multimedia serves us an opportunity to create animated objects. When the motion is infused into the images it becomes animation and when sound added to animation it becomes multimedia.

Dr. Arnold Fuentes is a Multimedia artist,blogger, IT professor who inspires students to engage, explore, and embrace animation and multimedia.
http://bukalph.com

bukalph: Web Basics and Multimedia

bukalph: Web Basics and Multimedia: "I don't have the temerity to say that Multimedia is the premium accounts of computer scientist and Information Technology practicioners, but..."

FAQs

1. What is Multimedia?
2. How is multimedia different from programming?
3. What is multimedia training?
4. What do I require to succeed in Multimedia?
5. Is gaming a part of Multimedia Industry?
6. What is a CD-ROM?
7. What is edutainment?
8. What is infotainment?
9. What is animation?
10. What are the different kinds of animation?
11. What are career options for Maya students?
12. What is a multimedia computer?
13. What is Multimedia Messaging Service?
14. What is meant by the ICE Sector?
15. How is multimedia used in the Entertainment sector?
16. Does the advertising industry employ multimedia?
17. What is E-learning and does it involve the use of multimedia?
18. Is multimedia useful in Product Design?
1. What is Multimedia?
Multimedia refers to a combination of colors, sound, text and moving pictures. Simply put, where more than one medium is used at the same time, it is said to be 'multimedia'. Television is an example of multimedia.
2. How is multimedia different from programming?
Multimedia is different in the sense that it is a creative field whereas programming is a logical field. Programming is constrained to a set of predetermined rules and procedures whereas Multimedia is all about unleashing your creativity and doing things differently. Also one must add that Multimedia is a lot less cumbersome than programming because it involves creativity.
3. What is multimedia training?
Multimedia training is a widely used term that describes a type of computer-based training that uses two or more media, including text, graphics, animation, audio (sound/music), and video. In practice, multimedia uses as many of these media as is practical to produce a colorful, engaging program delivered via the computer.
4. What do I require to succeed in Multimedia?
An enthusiasm to create, capability to visualize and a desire to experiment and absorb technical aspects go into making a good Multimedia specialist. In a nutshell we can say it is a judicious mixture of creativity and common sense.
5. Is gaming a part of Multimedia Industry?
Yes, Gaming is very much a part of Multimedia. Multimedia involves 3D character modeling and animations. The true to life games of the 21st century use cutting edge Multimedia components to make these games more involving and user friendly.
6. What is a CD-ROM?
Looking exactly like music a Compact Disc (CD), a CD-ROM is also a disc. In addition to music, things like text, pictures and movies can be stored on a CD-ROM. Another benefit is that huge amounts of information can be stored on a CD-ROM. For example, the Encyclopedia Britannica, which runs into over 40 volumes, can be stored on just one CD-ROM, with space left over for more!
7. What is edutainment?
Edutainment is a revolutionary new concept in learning that combines education with entertainment i.e. Edutainment = Education + Entertainment.
8. What is infotainment?
We are living in the information age, where getting the right information is exceedingly important for success. The concept of infotainment addresses this beautifully. Infotainment refers to providing information in an entertaining manner i.e. infotainment = information + entertainment.
9. What is animation?
Animation, derived from the Latin word 'anima', meaning soul, breathes life into characters, and is increasingly becoming popular across all channels of entertainment and multimedia.
10. What are the different kinds of animation?
Cel Animation, Puppet Animation, Cut-out, Sand Animation, Clay Animation Vegetable Animation, Frame-based animation, Flipbook animation, Static animation, Morphing, 3D Character Animation, 3D Animation.
11. What are career options for Maya students?
Those adept in Maya can choose from a wide array of careers including 3D Modeler, Animator, Special FX creator, Character designer and Games designer and all in very attractive areas like movies, TV music videos, advertising, games design and educational Multimedia.
12. What is a multimedia computer?
It is a computer that has the following basic features:
* A CD drive to play CD-ROMs
* A sound card so that sounds / voice (audio) on CD-ROMs can be heard
* A processor chip to enable optimal access to the content provided on CD-ROMs
* An optional color monitor to experience the vivid colors of the multimedia experience
13. What is Multimedia Messaging Service?
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is, as its name suggests, the ability to send messages consisting of text, sound, images and video to MMS capable handsets.
MMS is the mobile service that will forever transform the way we communicate. For the first time you will have full color pictures on your mobile phone. It will double up as a camera so you can send postcards from your holiday or create a photo phonebook or album.
14. What is meant by the ICE Sector?
Towards the end of the 20th century, three industries - Information technology, Communication and Entertainment - were earmarked as the pillars of future growth economies of most countries, including India and have been dubbed the ICE sector.
15. How is multimedia used in the Entertainment sector?
As the Entertainment industry goes digital, it is creating a wider berth for the use of multimedia, in fact, relying extensively on this technology for its techno look and feel, Whether it is the area of the film making, pre- and postproduction, creation of special effects or animation, multimedia technologies have pervaded the entertainment sector.
16. Does the advertising industry employ multimedia?
The advertising industry employs multimedia to ensure that advertising is effective, riveting and packs a punch. Advertising agencies use high quality graphics design, animation and domain knowledge to create world class online and offline advertising campaigns. In the online world, where sticky web sites rule the roost, advertising has to value add to a home page, adding to its attractiveness and eyeball appeal.
17. What is E-learning and does it involve the use of multimedia?
E-learning is instruction that is delivered electronically, in part or whole - via a Web browser through the Internet or an intranet, or through multimedia platforms such as CD-ROM or DVD. Its components can include the creation of content, content delivery and management of the learning experience. E-learning usually involves the integration of educational expertise with innovative multimedia technologies to produce engaging and experiential CD-ROM and web-based learning environments-from primary school level through to continuing professional education.
18. Is multimedia useful in Product Design?
Multimedia authoring tools glue component media elements into an interactive information structure that communicates some form of knowledge. They take product development from beginning to end, from identification of the product need, defining requirement specifications, selection of the most appropriate distribution medium, creating or locating component media, design of the product interface to construction of the product and evaluating its effectiveness.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Visual Spatial Intelligence Learners


Learners with Visual Spatial Intelligence are the artists. They learn best through drawings and visual aids. They have the ability to visualize the world in images. Learners with high Visual Spatial Intelligence enjoy shapes, patterns, designs, and colors.

They visualize, dream, imagine, navigate, rearrange, and draw. They have an immense capacity to form mental images. Their imagination makes them creative. They like posters, pictures, movies, pictorial representations, visual presentations. They have a superb direction sense and a keen observation. They can notice minute details which any other person would miss.

High Visual Spatial Intelligence is normally found in painters, architects, theoretical physicists, navigators, graphic artists, designers, cartographers and chess players. Some of the famous personalities with excellent Visual Spatial Intelligence are Monet, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Frank Lloyd Wright, Steven Spielberg and Cezanne.

The following traits can help to identify learners with predominant visual spatial intelligence:
  • They are good at solving puzzles;
  • Enjoy geometry, drawing, painting, sculpting, photography;
  • Good at reading maps, taking directions and remembering places and routes;
  • Are good drivers;
  • Appreciate color, shape, pattern;
  • Think in pictures, images;
  • Fast speakers;
  • Appreciate video recordings over just sound recordings;
  • Often found doodling, scribbling;
  • Pay attention to visual details.
The following activities can be undertaken to increase the effectiveness of learning with students with Visual Spatial Intelligence:
  • Teach reasoning and logic using flow charts;
  • Illustrate what is being taught;
  • Use lot of colored pens while teaching;
  • Play Videos in class;
  • Visit art galleries, museums;
  • Highlight, underline, and draw images while teaching them;
  • Use maps and help them chart the process or fundamental being taught.
Learners with this intelligence are more successful as:
  • Animation.
  • Architect
  • Artist
  • Driving.
  • Engineer
  • Fashion Designer.
  • Fine Arts
  • Graphic Designer
  • Illustrationist
  • Interior Decorator
  • Museum and Gallery Designer
  • Photographer
  • Printer
  • Tattooist.
  • Town Planner
  • Visual Media Artist
  • Window Dresser.


Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/13999.aspx#ixzz1JfJurNCx