ABSTRACT. In the development of a large-scale multimedia application, the design of the overall scenario structure is as important as the quality of each media.
Anecdote: A Multimedia Storyboarding System with Seamless Authoring Support Komei
Harada,
Eiichiro C&C
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Tanaka+, Ryuichi Research
Technology {harada ‘{tanaka
Labs.,
Ogawa+ and Yoshinori
NEC
Research
USA,
Labs.,
Hara
Inc.
NEC
Corporation
I hara} @ccrl.sj.nec.com I ogawa}
@joke.cl.nec.co.jp
ABSTRACT In the development of a large-scale multimedia application, the design of the overall scenario structure is as important
1. INTRODUCTION Due to the recent progress of multimedia technologies for high-performance platforms and widely accessible
as the quality of authoring systems,
distribution media such as CD-ROMs and the Internet, a great number of large-scale multimedia titles are being
each media content. authors cannot start
process and proceed until
With current the authoring
the media contents are created.
created. In order to develop
Moreover, the overall structure of the application cannot be evaluated until the end. Also, there is not enough support
the well-balanced quality of each
in the early-stage design phase for flexibly
multimedia
framework and meeting final application.
constructing
the size/speed limitations
the
of the
We have developed an authoring
system called Anecdote
order to support the early-design
phase as well as the whole
development employs
process of multimedia
the concept Surrogate
scene.
applications.
of surrogate
media
is a type
media
of
technologies
Anecdote
a multimedia
authoring
to introduce this flexible early-stage
Surrogate scene can be a design sketch of a screen structure.
