Graphics & Multimedia What is graphics and multimedia? First of all, graphics
software pertains to any computer device or program that makes a computer
capable of displaying and manipulating pictures. For example, laser printers and
plotters are graphics devices because they permit computer to output pictures.
Software like word processors support graphics because they let you draw or
import pictures. Spreadsheet programs support graphics because they let you
display data in the form of graphs and charts. Such applications are often
referred to as business graphics. Multimedia has many definitions depending upon
whom you ask. A standard definition follows: Multimedia is any combination of
text, graphic art, sound, animation, and video delivered to you by computer or
other electronic means. Multimedia can help to gain and hold attention, make
points clearer, stimulate discussion, and in general, enhance the learning
process, if it also includes the appropriate human elements. With the advent of
the computer and other electronic devices, multimedia is now being used a number
of ways in the classroom including PowerPoint lectures, digital slides, digital
videos, case studies, newsgroups, mailing lists, MOOS, MUDS and more. As a
student I can be able to use multimedia and graphics as learning materials like
learning interactively with software's made for a certain subject. It will also
allow me to experience a subject from many angles, giving me deeper
understanding of the subject matter. Using various forms of multimedia and
graphics in the classroom also helps to keep my interest level high when it
comes to learning. For work, being a business major, I think multimedia and
graphics will be very useful for me when I make presentations through PowerPoint
or when I make a report and I want to present it with charts and graphs, which I
wouldn't of been able to do without multimedia and graphics. I can also perform
research on the web and without multimedia and graphics I don't think that would
be possible for me to do and it would probably take me more time and effort to
research it in the library rather than from my computer. In conclusion I feel
that multimedia and graphics is the way to go, it can be a very effective tool
to communicate, educate, compel, and convince you and/or your audience
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