Multimedia is usually recorded, played, displayed or accessed by information content processing devices, such as computerize and electronic devices, but can also be part of a live performance. Multimedia represents the convergence of text, pictures, video, and sound into a single form. The power of multimedia and the internet lies in the way in which information is linked.

Multimedia makes the site attractive and innovative in its design, function in terms of its purpose, easy to navigate, frequently updated and fast to download. The home page of any multimedia production should always be a landmark, able to be accessed from anywhere within a multimedia piece.

Multimedia is being used widely in different fields due to its pace and flexibility. One such example is in medicine where, doctors are trained by looking at a virtual surgery and can simulate how the human body is affected by viruses and bacteria helping them to develop different techniques to prevent it.

Multimedia also helps the industrial sectors by presenting information to shareholders, superiors and co-workers. Multimedia also helps in providing training to the employee, advertising and selling products all over the world through unlimited web-based technology.

Software engineers also use multimedia in computer to gain entertainment, training in military or industry. Multimedia for software interfaces are often done as collaboration between creative professionals and software engineers.

In the field of education, multimedia plays a significant role, such as to produce computer based training courses. Multimedia is defined as separate technologies such as telephony features, data productivity applications and video that shares resources and interact with each other and also creating media convergence which is rapidly changing the curriculum in universities all over the world.

Entertainment and fine arts are also helped by multimedia, especially helping in entertainment to develop special effects in movies and animations. Multimedia games are a popular pastime and the software programs are available either as CD-ROMs or online. Video games for kids and adults also use multimedia features that gives 3D effects and makes the picture come alive. In arts there are multimedia artists who use multimedia efficiently to get different effects and techniques. Another approach creates a traditional display of fine arts which could be easily seen in art gallery. Digital recording material may be just as durable with perfect copies every time.

Much of the electronic old and new media used by commercial artists is multimedia. Business to business and interoffice communications are often developed by creative services firms for advanced multimedia presentations beyond simple slide shows to sell ideas or training. Commercial multimedia developers may be hired to design for governmental services and nonprofit services applications as money.

Creative industries use multimedia for a variety of purpose ranging from fine arts, to entertainment, to commercial art, to journalism, to media and software services provided for any of the industries. An individual can set up his career as multimedia designer and can prove his skills of technical to analytical to creative.