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P800/P802
White Paper, January 2003
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Composing a multimedia message
Multimedia messages may be created in FC or, as shown below, in FO mode.
Composing an multimedia message is like building a small slide
presentation. A typical slide will consist of a picture, some text
and a sound. Text and sound can be added to complete a slide.
The user can set the duration of the slide. If a sound is added,
the slide duration is set to the duration of the sound clip.
Slides can be chained together to make a sequence. Timing
elements can be added to control the display of images and
text within a slide. The user can preview the message before
sending and make any timing adjustments via the UI. Slide
order may also be changed.
Multimedia messages can be created using any suitable media
in the user storage space – including media downloaded from
the internet, synchronised from a PC or created on the P800
itself. Simply tap the placeholder in the slide template and
select the required item.
An image editor is provided so that images may be modified
before sending. The available functions are:
• Crop (Select a part of the picture, for example just the
cat)
• Rotate
•
Pen (Draw on the picture in a choice of colour and
thickness)
•
Scale (Resize image)
• Undo and Undo All operations
The pen function enables notes and drawings to be made on
images. These become part of the image and cannot be erased
separately from the image itself. The annotated image (with
pen) is saved separately and sent with the message, leaving
the original image unmarked.
The MMS message is compiled using MIME standards and consists of the following parts:
• One part containing the description of the slides, using MMS SMIL.
•
One part containing the actual contents of the slides – text, images and sound.