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Specialized Application Software
§ 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
Specialized Application Software
§ Specialized applications let users perform
Web authoring programs. § Describe artificial intelligence, including virtual reality, knowledge-based systems, and robotics. § Discuss mobile apps and apps stores.
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
Desktop publishing Image editors Illustration programs Image galleries Graphic suites
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Specialized Application Software
§ Photo Editors
§ Programs that allow you to create publications
§ Editing and modifying digital photographs
§ Mix text and graphics § Professional quality
§ Bitmap Images § Use dots or pixels to represent an image § Also called raster images
§ Popular programs § Adobe InDesign § Microsoft Publisher § QuarkXPress
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§ Libraries of electronic images § Two basic types
§ Drawing programs § Vector images
§ Stock photographs § Clip art § There are numerous Web image galleries
§ Use geometric shapes or objects
§ Popular programs § Adobe Illustrator § Inkscape § CorelDRAW
Specialized Application Software
Bitmap Image
Vector Image
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§ Bundled graphic programs § Lower cost than individual programs § CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
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§ Video editing software § Reorganize § Add effects
§ Five individual programs § Library of clip art, media clips & fonts
§ Popular Programs § Apple iMovie § Windows Movie Maker
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§ Audio editing software
§ Capture, edit, and produce videos § Create a DVD or upload to YouTube
§ Popular Programs
§ Create and edit audio clips § Filter out imperfections § Make MP3s
Specialized Application Software
§ Apple Garage Band § Sony ACID
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§ The integration of a variety of media into one
Specialized Application Software
§ Links can be to…
presentation § § § § §
§ § § § §
Video Music Voice Graphics Text
§ Buttons are links
§ Include user interactivity
§ 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
Specialized Application Software
§ 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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Specialized Application Software
§ Web Pages are typically HTML documents § Word Processors can create simple HTML
§ Interactive multimedia form of communication § Create a graphical map of overall content § Add multimedia elements like animation § Flash movies
documents
§ Web Authoring programs known as Web page editors or HTML editors § Advanced Web site design § Creates HTML coding
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§ Attempts to simulate human senses, thought processes, and actions § 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
Specialized Application Software
§ Artificial intelligence that uses a database for assistance
§ Generated in 3-D by a computer § Commonly known as VR, artificial reality, or virtual environments
§ Database is known as a knowledge base § Facts, rules to relate the facts, and user input to formulate recommendations or decisions
§ Second Life from Linden Labs
§ Many use "fuzzy logic"
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§ The field of study concerned with developing
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§ Add-on features for mobile devices including
and using robots § Computer-controlled machines
smartphones, netbooks, and tablets. § Text messaging § Internet browsing § Connecting to social networks
§ Mimic motor activities of living things § Four types of robots § § § §
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§ Desktop publishers use computers to format and create
§ App stores are Web sites that allow you
publication-ready material § Books § Magazines § Newsletters § Newspapers § Generally requires completion of a program, good communication skills, and artistic ability § Desktop publishers can expect to earn $26,500 - $44,500 annually
to download apps for a nominal fee or free § Apple’s App Store and Android Market
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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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