People only remember 20% of what they see and 30% of what they here. But they remember 50% of what they are see and hear. The output will be drastically changed up to 80% when they allow to see, hear and do simultaneously. The graphical environment allows people to see, hear and do simultaneous to increase perception level.


Multimedia clarifies that it is a combination of different media of communication. The two or more combination of sound, graphics, animation, images, text or video in one pack as a unit information is called multimedia. Multimedia simply means multiple media in one content. The multimedia may be combined with movies, presentation, interactivity, graphics or animation to give some information. Others, such as virtual reality, computer programming and robotics are possible candidates for future inclusion. The multimedia is use to human-computer interaction or conveys information. Multimedia also refers to the use of computer technology to create, store and experience multimedia contents.

Multimedia is usually recorded or played, displayed or accessed by information processing devices such as computerized and electronic devices. Multimedia also describes electronic media devices used to store and experience multimedia content. Multimedia is distinguished from mixed media in fine art. In the broader sense, multimedia is superset of the hypermedia, hypertext and other types of computerized media system.

Computer-delivered electronic system that allows the user to control, combine, and manipulate different types of media, such as text, sound, video, computer graphics and animation. The most common multimedia machine consists of a personal computer with a sound card, netwrok interface card, speaker and optical devices. Interactive multimedia systems under commercial development include games, flight simulations, virtual reality, Direct To Home (DTH) services which enable TV viewers to choose channel, pause live games and record TV programs. Multimedia also supports high-speed interactive audio-visual communications systems including online video.

Component of Multimedia

Multimedia is media and other contents that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a medium of having multiple contents. The term is used in contrast to media which only use traditional forms of printed or hand-produced material. The components of multimedia includes text, audio, still images, animation, video, and interactivity content forms.


Text: Text is the most widely used and flexible means of presenting information on paper, display unit or in multimedia for conveying ides and thoughts. Data that consists of characters representing the words and symbols of human speech. Text represented in computer system usually represented to the ASCII standards. The text may include characters, letters, numbers and other special symbols. In multimedia, text is broadly used for expressing different types of information. For example: Casts on the movies, contents of Presentation, web pages etc.

Graphics: A picture is a worth of thousands words. An image, figure, picture or drawing can be considered as graphics. The graphics can express many things in shorter time frame. Graphics represents still images and defined as static representation. It gives better and clear idea on the particular topic. For example: Charts, Pictures in Presentation, bitmap image, animated GIF.

Audio: audio is the one of the most important components in multimedia presentation. Sound is mechanical energy that transmits through matter as wave. Audible sound is characterized by various properties like frequency, wavelength, period, amplitude and velocity of speed. Audio represents the audible sounds via speakers. It is most important in some multimedia presentation. Most of the video games, movies, simulation and advertising audio is the most effective tools for convey the information. For example: audio on movies.

Video: The main component of the presentation is video. It is the sequential representation of figures in systematic order. Video contains images, figures, graphs, animations and other components to represents on particular topic. Video is used to generate visual environment during presentation. For example: Videogame, Movies etc.

Animation: Animation is the displaying of images in a sequence. Animation gives artwork or model in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision. It can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways. The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program. Animation is widely used in modern animated movies, games and videos, which give the exciting look and feel to the viewers.