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MULTIMEDIA TOOLS:

1) Painting and Drawing Tools

Painting software is offered to producing crafted bitmapped images. Main features or criteria for selection are as: o

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Intuitive graphical interface along with pull down menus, palette control, status bars and dialog boxes for rapid logical selection. Scalable dimensions for resizing, distorting and stretching. Paint tools to make geometric shapes. Capability to pour a colour, gradient or pattern. Capability to paint along with patterns and clip arts.

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Customizable pen and brush sizes and shape. For colour sampling, eyedropper tools. Auto trace tool for converting bitmapped images into vector based outlines. Multiple undoes abilities. Support for scalable text fonts. Painting features along with anti-aliasing, masking, color washing, air brushing, blending etc. Support for third party particular effects. Object and layering abilities. Zooming for magnified pixel editing. All general colour depths. Good file importing and exporting abilities.

2) 3D MODELING AND ANIMATION TOOLS 3D MODELING:  3D modeling is the process of developing a mathematical representation of any surface of an object (inanimate or living) in three dimensions via specialized software.  The product is called a 3D model.  3-D modeling is used in many different industries, including virtual reality, video games, 3D printing, marketing, TV and motion pictures, scientific and medical imaging and computer-aided design and manufacturing CAD/CAM.  3-D modeling software generates a model through a variety of tools and approaches including: o simple polygons. o 3-D primitives -- simple polygon-based shapes, such as pyramids, cubes, spheres, cylinders and cones. o spline curves. o NURBS (non-uniform rational b-spline) -- smooth shapes defined by bezel curves, which are relatively computationally complex.

3D ANIMATION TOOL:  3D animation uses computer graphics to make objects look like they are moving in 3-dimensional space.  Artists use 3D modelling software to build the objects.  Next comes rigging, a virtual representation of an object or character's skeleton.  Animators pose the rig at strategic points so it appears to move. Newer methods of animation involve motion capture, which records an actor's live movements for digital animation. Here is a list of tools and software that are used extensively in the field of animation.        

Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Flash. Adobe After Effects. Autodesk Maya. Autodesk 3ds Max. ... AutoDesk Mudbox. Autodesk MotionBuilder.

3) IMAGE EDITING TOOLS:  Image editing tools are used to edit existing bitmap images and pictures.  These tools are similar to painting and drawing tools as they can also create images from scratch.  They are capable of converting any image data type file format. Image editing tools are primarily used for reinventing and recreating the image, which make them an important tool for designing a multimedia project.  Example for image editing tools:Adobe Photoshop & Paint Shop pro.  Adobe Photoshop is a cutting-edge image processing software package that enables you to create and edit images on computers.  Paint Shop pro is also an exceptional drawing and painting utility that yields professional-quality effects.

 Photo Publisher is a professional photo retouching or image-editing package designed to enable retouching and enhancing photos faster.

4) SOUND EDITION TOOLS:  Sound editing tools let the programmer hear sound as well as visualize it.  One can cut/copy and paste sound and edit it with great accuracy.  Integrating sound into multimedia project is very easy by using sound editing tools like Cool edit.  Cool edit can be used to record ones own music, voice, or any other audio. One can edit, mix the sound with any other audio and add effects to it. One can record sound from a CD, keyboard, or any other sound played through the sound card. Once the recording is complete, the sound file can be converted into any desired format.  Sound Forge is another professional quality sound editing tool that is used in multimedia work. 5) ANIMATION,VIDEO AND DIGITAL MOVIES TOOLS:  Video editing tools enable us to edit and assemble video clips captured from camera, animations and other sources.  The completed clip with added transition and visual effects could be played back. Adobe Premiere and Media Shop Pro are two good examples of these tools.  Adobe Premiere is a powerful tool for professional digital video editing. It is primarily used to produce broadcast quality movies. It has excellent editing tools that enable the programmer to work with complete flexibility. It can edit video and multimedia movies in AVI as well as MPEG format. It can create titles and graphics and then add them to the multimedia project. It uses digital filtering for incorporating special effects. This software has applications in film editing and movie making.  Final Cut Pro is a sophisticated video editing program made by Apple. It is the editing software of choice for multimedia journalists using Apple computers, and is comparable to Adobe's Premiere video editing program.

Media Studio Pro also gives the most complete set of advanced video editing tools. It can capture the video from VCR, TV or camcorders. It is capable of capturing a batch of scenes. Examples: PHOTO EDITING: Photoshop, Splashup WEB DESIGN: Dreamweaver,KompoZer VIDEO: Final Cut, Adobe Premiere,iMovie, JayCut AUDIO: ProTools, Adobe Auditio Audacity, GarageBand SLIDESHOWS: Soundslides,PhotoPeach...