3. WHAT IS MULTIMEDIA?
• Multimedia is a combination of text,
graphics, sound, animation, and videos to
effectively communicate the ideas to users.

4. TYPES OF MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
• Linear Multimedia- linear active progresses
without any navigation control for the viewer.
• Non- linear Multimedia- non linear content
offers user interactivity to control progress as
used with a computer game or used in self-
paced computer based training. Non- linear
content is also known as hypermedia content.

5. LINEAR MULTIMEDIA
• The users sit back and watches the
presentation.
• The presentation normally plays from the
start to end or even loops continually to
present the information.
• A movie is common type of linear
multimedia.

6. NON-LINEAR MULTIMEDIA
• The user control the delivery of elements to control
the what and when.
• Advantage: complex domain of information can be
presented.
• Disadvantage: users might lost in the massive
“information highway”.
• Useful for: information archive (encyclopedia),
education, training and entertainment.

7. FEATURES OF MULTIMEDIA
• Multimedia games and simulations
• May be used in a physical environment with
special effects, with multiple users in an online
network, or locally with an offline computer game
system or simulator.

8. APPLICATION OF MULTIMEDIA
• Creative industries
• Commercial
• Entertainment and fine arts
• Engineering
• Mathematical and scientific research
• Medicine
• Multimedia in public places
• Education