Elementary Statistics and Computer Application

Multimedia Development Process

Multimedia Design Process
Approaching the design

• Designers work closely with producers or clients throughout the process.
• The conceptual model between the designers and the producers/clients must be closely matched.
• The more works put in design help to eliminate tedious and costly alteration at the end of the project.
Design Aspects

• Interactivity – how does the process work? Allow users to control the application in a way that works with the content.
• Structure – the flow ( navigation) and content structure of the multimedia application
• Appearance – determine how the screen will look like.
Designing the interactivity

• Implemented in different ways depending on the product, content and development tools
• Three approaches
• Linear
• Programmed branching
• Hypermedia
Designing the structure
Consideration on Navigation

• The term navigation means finding your way to certain information.
• Maps the structures and navigation paths as early as possible.
Common Navigation structures

• Linear
• Hierarchical
• Nonlinear
• Composite
Common Navigation structures

• Linear: Users navigate sequentially, from one frame of information to another


• Hierarchical: Users navigate along the branches of a tree structure that is shaped by the natural logic of the content



Common Navigation structures

• Nonlinear: Users navigate freely through the content of the project, unbound by predetmined routes
• Composite: Users may navigate freely, but are occasionally constrained to linear presentations of movies or date.
Designing the structure
Consideration on Hot Spot, button and icon

• Hot spot: Areas of the screen that are ‘clickable’.
• Button: Provide button feedback whenever possible
• Have a unique ‘pressed’ or ‘clicked’ state
• In HTML, feedback is provided by colour changing
Icon: Avoid forcing users to learn special icons in your project. Try to follow the design convention set by other leading software.
Designing the Appearance

• Usually called the user interface design or the look and feel design.
• The target is to facilitate communication, provide entertainment, elicit emotion, etc
• The graphic design of your multimedia product is the users first impression. A well design interfaces provide a good match between the user’s task needs, skill level and learning ability and will lead to satisfied and productive users.
Storyboarding

• A storyboard is a series of screens, organized sequentially, screen by screen, and each screen is sketched out with design notes and specification before final rendering.
• A storyboard can be developed with simple pencil and paper as well as using software applications.