Chapter 04: Specialized Application Software McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You Competencies (Page of 2) • 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 McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-2 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You Competencies (Page of 2) • 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 McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-3 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You 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 McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-4 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You • • • • • Specialized Applications Graphics Programs Audio and Video Software Multimedia Programs Web Authoring Programs Artificial Intelligence – Virtual Reality – Knowledge-based Systems – Robotics McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-5 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You Graphics • Desktop publishing • Image editors • Illustration programs • Image galleries • Graphic suites McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-6 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You Desktop Publishing • Programs that allow you to create publications – Mix text and graphics – Professional quality • Popular programs – – – McGraw-Hill Adobe InDesign Microsoft Publisher QuarkXPress Return Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-7 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You 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 McGraw-Hill Return Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-8 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You Illustration Programs • Programs used to create & edit vector images • Drawing programs • Vector images use geometric shapes Vector Image Bitmap Image or objects • Popular programs – – – McGraw-Hill Adobe Illustrator Inkscape CorelDRAW Return Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-9 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You 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 McGraw-Hill Return Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-10 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You Links & Buttons Links can be to… – – – – Video Sound Graphics Text Files • Buttons are links and provide the ability to navigate through a presentation McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-15 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You Multimedia Authoring Programs • Special programs used to create multimedia presentations • Bring together all the video, audio, graphics, and text elements • Popular programs – Adobe Director – Toolbook McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-16 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You 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 • Web Site Design • Web Authoring Programs McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-17 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You Web Site Design • Interactive multimedia form of communication – Create a graphical map of overall content – Add multimedia elements like animation • Macromedia's Flash McGraw-Hill Return Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-18 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You Web Authoring Programs • Known as Web page editors or HTML editors – Provide support for Web site design – Creates HTML coding • Popular programs – – – McGraw-Hill Adobe Dreamweaver NetObjects Fusion Microsoft Expression Return Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-19 mputing Essentials 2012: Making IT Work for You McGraw-Hill WYSIWYG Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved 4-20