AUTHORING

What is authoring?
- The process of combining materials such as video, graphics, sound, animation, documents and files into a format suitable for viewing on the appropriate device.

Types of authoring tools?
- card or page based authoring tools > the elements are organized as pages of a book/a stack of cards.
- icon based or event driven tools > multimedia elements and interaction cues(events) are organized as objects in a structural framework/process.
- time based tools > elements and events are organized along a time line with resolutions as high as or higher than 1/30 second.

Hardware and software for authoring tools?

Hardware:
- computer > is a programmable machine that receive input, stores and manipulates data, and provides output in a useful format.
- keyboard > is an input device, partially modeled after the typewriter keyboard, which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys, to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches.

Software:
- macromedia flash > a multimedia platform that is popular for adding animation and interactivity to web pages.
- macromedia director > it allows users to build applications built in a movie metaphor and creating an animation.

FROM:
NUR FAIZAH NAWI
KHAIRUL HUWAINA
AZLIANA FAZIL
NOR AZREEN KHAIROL BONG
NIK ANIS SHAMINA NIK MIN