Re: generic word for video/animation/you-tube/flash...

[Patricia Egan <capdev -dot- communications -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Web-based multimedia?

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:

> I think Monique is looking for something that can be used more generically.
>
> I deliberately held off answering because I don't think one word really
> sums
> this up in all cases. You could say, 'media', but then that's way too
> broad.
> And while 'video' limits the topic to visually animated media, it usually
> refers to material recorded with a camera.
>
> It may be better to select a specific word based on:
>
>   Type: Video, screencast, animation
>
>   Source: Video camera, web cam, screen capture software, animation
> software
>
>   Format: Digitized video file (any encoding), flash player, flash video
>
> Hope this adds to the discussion.
>
> -Tony
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Ramki <ramakrishnan -dot- n -at- htcindia -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Monique,
> >
> > We use the term "screencast" to explain how to perform a task.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ram
> >
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