This
is not only CD-ROM's, but Interactive Presentations. The
CD-ROM medium is the easiest way to distribute these type
of presentation. There are many ways of putting together
a interactive presentation. Using Macromedia Director is
the most popular, but there is also Powerpoint, HyperCard,
Authorware, and many companies use object oriented programming
like c++ or Java to put together interactive presentations.
Here are some of the most widely used file formats.
Mac
- this will designate the format is popular on Macintosh
Win - this will designate the format is popular on Windows
| Type
of file |
Format |
Extension |
| Graphic |
1. PICT -
Mac - basic 1 to 32 bit bitmap format
2. TIFF - Win - basic 1 to 32 bit bitmap format
3. BMP - Win - basic 24 bit bitmap format
4. JPG - The all in 1 graphics format. is Compressed |
1.
.pct
2. .tif
3. .bmp |
| Animation |
1. Director -
Mac/Win has great cell animation capabilities
2. Flash - Mac/Win vector based animation |
1.
.dir
2. .swf |
| Video |
1. Quicktime -
Mac/Win- most popular video format, many different
compression's
2. Video for Windows - Win -microsoft video format |
1.
.mov
2. .avi |
| Sound |
1. Wave -Win-
basic sound, uncompressed
2. AIF -Mac- basic sound, uncompressed
3. MP3 -Mac/Win - very popular, highly compressed, CD
quality sound, Only Director version 7 |
1.
.wav
2. .aif
3. .mp3 |
| Final
Format |
1. Flash -
Mac/Win-vector based animation and interactive format
2. Shockwave -Mac/Win - interactive Director movie
format
3. Director Movie - Mac/Win - very popular cross-platform
output |
1.
.swf
2. .dcr
3. .dir |
|
