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Edited By
Sugata Mitra, NIIT Ltd, IIT Delhi Campus, New Delhi, India
Gaurav Bhatnagar, NIIT Ltd, IIT Delhi Campus, New Delhi, India
Description
Introduction to Multimedia Systems is designed to be a general introduction to the broad field of multimedia... more
specifically digital interactive multimedia. The editors have included topics such as the principles of "multiple" and "media," including
sound, two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphics, animation, and text. All of these elements are stitched together by the programmer,
or multimedia designer, based on the conceptualization of the designer.
In order to take full advantage of the potential for a wide array
of multimedia applications it is important to have a broad understanding of the principles of various media. The person preparing a multimedia
"package," which may include such media as sound, computer graphics, and software, will most likely have a strong background in only
one or perhaps none of the media to be used. Introduction to Multimedia Systems has been developed to be the first place
to turn, both as an introductory textbook or as a professional reference for anyone diving into multimedia preparation. Multimedia is
first and foremost a medium of communication. In order to take advantage of the nearly unlimited potential provided by digital environments
a full survey of multimedia capabilities is covered in this book.
Website Feature: Learning by doing! The editors currently use the book
in combination with a wide array of sample software and weblinks for students to learn how to build by example. Each part of the book
will have a direct link to a publicly accessible website that will maintain these available software tools. The weblinks will be updated
as software versions advance, and most of the software involves demo or scaled down versions of commercially available multimedia design
software/editing tools.
Audience
Computer science and information technology professionals and students in colleges, universities, vocational technical schools, and high schools.
Contents
Prelude to Multimedia
1. Overview of Multimedia Systems
Prelude to Audio
2. The Nature of Sound
3. Introduction to Digital Audio
4. Audio
Editing
5. Music and Speech
An Interlude: Free for All
6. Audio: From CD to the Web
7. The WAV File Format
Prelude to Graphics
8. The
Paint Shop Pro Interface
9. Colors
An Interlude: The Properties of Light
10. File Formats and Web Graphics
11. Layers and Filters
An
Interlude: Vision
12. Process of Animation
13. Video
An Interlude: The Term Dimension
14. 3-D Graphics
15. Text in Multimedia and the
Internet
An Interlude: Meaning in Binary Strings
16. Art and Design
17. Cognitive User Interfaces
An Interlude: Development of Cognitive
Systems
18. Authoring Multimedia in Visual Basic
Index
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Hardbound, 207 pages, publication date: OCT-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-500452-7
ISBN-10: 0-12-500452-4
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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