Digital media includes images, audio, video, and animation that can be created, edited, and played back using specific software for different operating systems. Choosing the best program depends on the type of media, operating system, intended use, and required quality. Examples include Adobe® PhotoShop®, Apple® iPhoto, and GarageBand®.
Digital media are electronic media that can be stored on a computer. It includes digital images, digital audio, digital video and animation, for example. A digital media program can create digital media, edit digital media, or play digital media, and can have other functions as well. It is usually designed for specific operating systems.
For every type of digital media, there’s a wide range of software choices for every stage of media work, from capture to publication. Choosing the best digital media program involves identifying the type of digital media you want to work with, the operating system you want to work on, and what you want to do with the digital media. Also, the quality you need will determine whether you need a consumer product or a professional product. Only when these four elements are specified can you choose the best digital media program for your purposes. It is worth investing time in evaluating the field and trying demo software whenever possible in order to get the best digital media program for you.
For example, an image from a digital camera could be edited in a high-end software program such as Adobe® PhotoShop® or its lighter version PhotoShop® Elements. In PhotoShop®, you can perform professional edits and use the accompanying Bridge module to organize your photographs or view a slideshow. PhotoShop® Elements has fewer editing features, but more sharing capabilities. Alternatively, you can use options that come with your operating system, such as Apple® iPhoto — part of iLife® and included with many of its computers — or Windows Live Photo Gallery, a feature of Windows 7® and Windows Vista®. Each of the latter two programs allows you to do simple image editing, as well as organize your photos, create a slideshow, email photos, etc.
A digital image need not come from a camera. It could be created in Comic Life Magiq® or another drawing program, in which case the range of programs to create, edit and view it would be different. It could be for desktop publishing software to combine with digital text and turn it into an ebook. Or it could be fed into a web design program to become a website header.
For example, in another area, digital audio can be created entirely on a computer in a program such as GarageBand® or created from acoustic audio, whether recorded directly to the computer or by other means. Whatever the source of the audio file, it can be edited in a program like Audacity® and played back or converted to a different format in a program like iTunes®. Alternatively, digital audio can be created with a professional music notation program such as Sibelius®.
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