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Chapter 04: Specialized
Application Software

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Competencies (Page 1
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• 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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Competencies (Page 2
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• Explain Web authoring, Web site
design, and Web authoring programs
• Describe artificial intelligence,
including virtual reality, knowledgebased systems, and robotics
• Discuss cell phone
apps and apps stores

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Introduction
• Specialized applications let users
perform advanced computing tasks
• Robots provide security and
assistance in homes
• Competent end users need to be
aware of specialized applications

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Specialized
Applications

Graphics Programs
Audio and Video Software
Multimedia Programs
Web Authoring Programs
Artificial Intelligence
– Virtual Reality
– Knowledge-based Systems
– Robotics

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Graphics
• Desktop publishing
• Image editors
ã Illustration programs
ã Image galleries
ã Graphic suites

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Desktop Publishing
• Programs that allow you to create
publications
– Mix text and graphics
– Professional quality

ã Popular programs




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Adobe InDesign
Microsoft Publisher
QuarkXPress

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Image Editors
• Programs for creating and editing bitmap
images
– Bitmap images use dots or pixels to represent an
image
– Bitmap images are also called raster images

• Popular programs
– Paint.NET

– Adobe Photoshop
– Corel Paint Shop Pro

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Illustration Programs
• Programs used to create & edit vector
images
• Drawing programs
• Vector images use geometric shapes
Vector Image
Bitmap Image
or objects
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Adobe Illustrator

Inkscape
CorelDRAW
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Image Galleries
• Libraries of electronic images
• Used for a variety of applications
• Two basic types
– Stock photographs
– Clip art

• There are numerous
Web image galleries

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Graphic Suites
• Bundled graphic programs
• Can buy a larger variety of graphics
programs at a lower cost
• CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
– Five individual programs
– Library of clip art, media clips & fonts

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Audio and Video
• Video editing software
– Enhance digital video footage using
Apple's iMovie or Windows Movie Maker

• Audio editing software
– Create and edit audio clips
and make MP3s using
Apple’s Garage Band

or Sony’s ACID

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Digital Video Editing
• Capture, edit, and produce
Videos
• Create a DVD or upload to
YouTube

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Multimedia
• The integration of a variety of media

into one presentation
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Video
Music
Voice
Graphics
Text

• Include user interactivity

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Links & Buttons
Links can be to…
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Video
Sound
Graphics
Text Files

• Buttons are links and
provide the ability to
navigate through
a presentation

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Multimedia Authoring
Programs
• Special programs used to create
multimedia presentations
• Bring together all the video, audio,
graphics, and text elements
ã Popular programs
Adobe Director

Toolbook

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Web Authoring
• Corporations use the Web to reach new
customers
• Many individuals create their own personal
sites, called Web logs or blogs, to keep in
touch with friends and family
ã Web Site Design
ã Web Authoring
Programs

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Web Site Design
• Interactive multimedia form of
communication
– Create a graphical map of overall content
Add multimedia elements like animation
ã Macromedia's Flash

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Web Authoring
Programs

• Known as Web page editors or HTML
editors
– Provide support for Web site design
– Creates HTML coding

• Popular programs
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Adobe Dreamweaver
NetObjects Fusion
Microsoft Expression

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