CD authoring

To day another important media in multi- media is CD presentation/Authoring. With the help of computer graphics CD presentations has to play a very good role in visual media.

They are two types of CD Authoring

Non interactive CD Presentations
Actually it is the new form of traditional VHS presentation. In earlier days it given a brief description of products of the companies to the customers. It is just like seeing an ordinary video. But multimedia technology created a revolution in the field of presentations. To day non-interactive CD ROMs are developed by multinational companies for their product demonstration, Educational training etc. Our traditional prospects are now transformed to Digital prospects and job seekers convert their bio data to digital portfolios for high-level interviews. . CD presentation is also helpful in giving training to marketing executitives

Interactive CD Presentations
The main draw back of non-interactive CD presentation is that it may not give any freedom to the customers for interaction. But in the case of interactive CD presentation the customer has full freedom to select choice from menu. (Similar to web site navigation). EG: CD ROMs along with the magsenze like chip, digit, overdrive…etc

Software

In the case of non-interactive CD’s several soft wares are available in the market. But in the case of non-interactive presentation the popular software used in the industry is Macromedia Director. This the first multimedia software created for presentation purpose. Started in 1988 now it reach the version Director MX 2004. The main feature of director is that a powerful scripting language known as LINGO SCRIPTING accompanies it. Using this script the user can interacts virtual products. This is technology is known as Shockwave

This is one of the powerful features of macromedia director. i.e. we can give dynamic interactivity to 3d models that are created in 3d software such as 3dsmax or Maya. Export these models to a specific format known as (*.w3d) and this format is capable of carrying the important 3d feature such as animation, biped, bones, light, texture, and camera. We can import w3d files in to director. Using lingo script we can give interactivity and publish as shockwave. Macromedia shockwave player (getting free from macromedia site) is necessary for viewing the published file in your web browser. This is a high-end technology used in Ecommerce. For more details visit the website http://www.macromedia.com/director