Chapter 6
Multimedia and Graphics

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Multimedia access

audio CD

digital audio

VCD

Graphics viewer

Audio CD

Main Menu --> Sound & Video --> CD Player

Control CD Player application like a normal CD player with buttons

Volume control, track forward/backward, play/pause, stop, eject, track selection

Digital Audio

Main Menu --> Sound & Video --> Audio Player

Different formats:

MP3

Ogg Vorbis

Video

VCD and DVD

Main Menu --> Sound & Video --> xine

Main Menu --> Sound & Video --> More Sound & Video Applications --> Movie Player

Graphics Viewer

Several image viewers available

View from File manager

gThumb - view and manipulate images

File Manager

Under File Manager, double-click on image file (or icon) to display image

File Manager

Under File Manager, select “View as Image Collection” view to display image and/or slide show

gThumb

Main Menu --> Graphics --> gThumb Image Viewer

gThumb

Image and thumbnail viewer, manipulator

Images as thumbnail in folder, double-click on thumbnail to view

Zoom in/out, full screen, navigate next/previous

Slide show

Manipulate images:

rotation, flip, resize, colour balance, brightness control

gThumb

Convert between image formats, supported formats:

PNG, JPEG, TIFF, TGA

Catalogs and libraries

Catalog - logical view of a group of images in same or different folders

Library – organise catalogs of images in a library

End of Chapter 6

2004-03-21T15:33:11