Multimedia Technology

Course Name: Multimedia Technology and Animations

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Multimedia, properties of a multimedia system, role of Internet in Multimedia services, multimedia services, Audio-Visual Interface, design of AVI;

Evolution/history of multimedia, recent advances in multimedia, multimedia requirements for web and improving lives of users,
Hardware and software requirements - multimedia production and playback; Interactive and non-interactive multimedia applications;

Colors and palettes, Color models, hardware & perception oriented color models, bitmap image, bitmap vs. raster images,

Video signals, types of video signals, HDTV standard, merits of HDTV,
MP4 video, its advantages;

Digital audio, sampling rate, bit depth, sample sizes, CD, DVD, MPEG - sampling rates, data rate calculations;
MIDI, its benefits, MIDI uses in multimedia project,

Animation, techniques of animation generation, principles of animation, Cel and computer animation, use of animation on Multimedia applications,

Virtual reality, uses of Virtual reality, role of animation in virtual reality

Multimedia authoring, phases of Multimedia development,  Essential multimedia skills, means of Delivering Multimedia;

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Chapter Notes: Multimedia Introduction and Evolution

Chapter 2 Multimedia Applications and Scope
Chapter 3 Production and Planning of Multimedia Applications
Chapter 4 Hardware and Software for Multimedia
Chapter 5  Multimedia Environment and Web
Chapter 6 Multimedia Authoring Systems
Chapter 7 Production of Multimedia Building Blocks
Chapter 9 Display Techniques
Chapter 10 Data Compression
Chapter 11 Digital Audio and Sound
Chapter 12 Images Compression Techniques
Chapter 13 Video Standards and Compression
Chapter 14 Animation
Chapter 15 Recent Development in Multimedia

 

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