Interactive media graphics is the integration of digital media including combinations of electronic texts, graphics, moving images and sound that allows someone to interact with the media graphics
Drop down navigation menus
Navigation menus are drop menus that contain various options for the user to explore numerous pages in a website . They usually are in categories and then sub categories. They are widely used in websites such as shopping. They are made using CSS. A example of a site that uses drop down navigation menus are Google and Amazon. The advantage of them is that it organises links in categories, easier for the user to use, makes the website look better and it allows the user to get around the site easier. Disadvantages of them are they could be tricky and time consuming to make.
GIF stands for graphics interchange format, it is a bitmapped graphics file format. GIFs are used in websites to make the website more attractive and humor Flash banners are mostly used for advertising, header or a website and some are spam. Flash banners are effective for getting messages across and make a website look good. Both GIFs and Flash banners are easily available using photoshop and websites that can do it for you. Advantages of the are they make websites look more attractive and appealing, they are easily to obtain; they can be made using photoshop and you can copy and paste them off websites. disadvantages of them they could be subject to copy write, overuse of them could put people off, take along time to work and might not have the software to create them. This GIF is a image taken off the internet and edited using photoshop.
Video/Picture/Sound
Embedding video/sound/picture into websites can enhance a website and make it more appealing and add features the user can interact with. Pictures should be relevant to the website e.g having a website that is selling clothes and having pictures of clothes. Embedding videos either directly from a computer or from a external website like YouTube is a good way to enhance a website. Also you can add a sound clip into a website to make it play something like a company jingle or music. Advantages of them are that they make the website more interactive, eye catching, professional, gets more information out if there are videos and pictures if there relevant pictures/videos backing it up.
YouTube
Screen icons
These icons allow for access to the thousands of applications available from, windows 7, App Store Blackberry World, Google Play e.t.c. Small icons are good as they are easily remembered and allow for quick navigation and ones like Facebook and Twitter are distinctive. Used on things such as iOS devices, android devices and all computers. Gives people easy direct access to apps and websites without having to go on the internet and log on to the website and makes it easier to view on mobile devices such as iPads and smartphones. Advantages are that they target a wide audience, easy access and easier to view on mobile devices. disadvantages are that the app can be poorly built, hard to work and easily crash unlike conventional websites. This is taken from a iPad 3.
Roll Over Buttons
Roll over buttons change colour when you roll the mouse over them. They make the website look better and makes it more interactive.
What is
interactive media?
Interactive media are devices that can
view things like audio, graphics, animation, videos, ,games and text on devices
such as:
· Computers/websites/tablets
· Mobile phones
· Game consoles
· iPods/mp4/3
players
· TV’s
· - Cameras
Games
Computer graphics are graphics created using computers and the representation of image data by a computer specifically with help from specialized graphic hardware and software.
2D computer graphics is the computer-based generation of digital images—mostly from two-dimensional models (such as 2D geometric models, text, and digital images) and by techniques specific to them.
Pixel art - A large form of digital art being pixel art is created through the use of raster graphics software, where images are edited on the pixel level.
