Ample creativity and ability to imagine is paramount to gain expertise in multimedia and animation. Sound knowledge of computers, pleasing personality, flexibility, mathematical and analytical skills, communication skills, ability to work in a team, artistic taste is also necessary.

According to a random estimate more than 2 lack multimedia professionals would be required in a few years. The estimates also reveal that Global Animation Industry has crossed the Dollar 75 Billion mark in 2009 and the Indian share has also risen to Dollar 950 Million. It has grown @ 37 percent annually during 2005-09. These figures prove that there are ample employment opportunities in this field. After completing a course in multimedia and animation a student can seek a job in any of the following areas: entertainment industry, video game company, advertising firm, computer company. A trained professional can make a beginning from the Ad industry. They can become a texture artiste, 3D modeler and Animators etc. Possibilities for self employment are also there.

Multimedia is a combined version of text, animation, graphics, sound, video etc.. In other words multimedia’s main role is to present the audio-video material in an aesthetic manner. Animation is also related to it, which involves accurate combination of the design, drawing, layout and photography.

This sector offers identical opportunities to all the students. Mathematical knowledge is not a compulsion for success in this sector. But off course imagination, creativity and diligence are the basic prerequisites for success in multimedia. A student must clearly decide before selecting a course that whether he wants to become a graphic designer or an arts director or animator or the multimedia designer. Whichever faculty you choose try to learn as much as possible.