P800/P802
White Paper, January 2003
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.
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