Multimedia Development

Multimedia is a fundamental building block of future training, education, information dissemination, and technology transfer activities. The Emergency Management Center in conjunction with the University of Tennessee Energy and Environment Resources Center have developed a multimedia laboratory to support the production of CD ROMS, WWW documents, and other multimedia distribution technologies. The laboratory is located in Building 4500 North at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The laboratory includes a number of workstations to support various aspects of audio and visual production. A video workstation supports the digitization of VHS and Hi-8 videotapes and is used for video editing. An audio workstation supports digitization of cassette and DAT tapes and audio editing. An image capture workstation is used to scan pictures and 35 mm slides and manipulate graphical files. A digital Hi-8 camcorder and a digital still camera are also used for image acquisition. Several authoring workstations support the integration of various media and the development of multimedia applications. A final workstation is set up to master CD ROMS.