Definition:In designing multimedia systems, a designer combines knowledge of art, science, and technology.
Any design entails creating conceptual models of artifacts that fulfill some user needs. To design good multimedia systems a designer must combine knowledge of art, science and technology of creating multimedia (Elin, 2001). The Multimedia Design and Planning Pyramid (MUDPY) is a five-level model (Figure 1), in which the level-2 comprises the project design phase (Sharda, 2004). Task Modeling and Storyboarding techniques, in conjunction with a Navigation structure, can be used to compile a multimedia design specification document.
Multimedia design and planning pyramid.
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L. Elin, “Designing and Developing Multimedia: A Practical Guide for the Producer, Director, and Writer,” Allyn and Bacon, 2001.
F. Paterno, “Tools for Task Modeling: Where we are, Where we are headed,” Proceedings of TAMODIA 2002, INFOREC, Bucharest, July 2002, pp. 10–17.
N. Sharda, “Creating Meaningful Multimedia with The Multimedia Design and Planning Pyramid,” 10th International Multi-Media Modeling Conference, January 2004, Brisbane, Australia.
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(2006). Multimedia Design. In: Furht, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Multimedia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30038-4_149
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