Syllabus - ES2-1 : MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY

ES2-1 :  MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY

( 5 Hours – 5 Credits)

UNIT I

Multimedia-an overview: Introduction, Multimedia presentation and production, characteristics of a multimedia presentation,  Multiple Media,  Utilities of multisensory perception, Hardware and software requirements,  Uses of multimedia, Promotion of multimedia based content, steps for creating multimedia presentation. 

Visual display Systems: Introduction, Cathode Ray Tube(CRT), Video Adapter Card, Video Adapter cable, Liquid Crystal Display(LCD), Plasma Display Panel(PDP). 

UNIT II

Text: Introduction, Types of Text, Unicode Standard, Font, Insertion of Text, Text compression, File Formats. 

           

Image: Introduction, Image Types, Seeing color, color models, Basic steps for Image Processing, Scanner, Digital Camera, Interface Standards, Image Processing software, File formats, Image output on monitor, Image output on printer. 

UNIT III:

Audio: Introduction,  Fundamentals Characteristics of sound, Elements of Audio systems, Microphone, Amplifier, Loudspeaker, Audio mixer, Musical Instrument Digital Interface(MIDI), MIDI messages, MIDI connections,

Sound card, Audio File Format and CODECs,  Software Audio Players, Audio Recording Systems, Audio and multimedia, Audio Processing software. 

UNIT IV:

Video: Introduction, Analog video camera, Transmission of video signals, Video signal format, Digital video, Digital Video Standards, PC Video, Video File Format and CODECs, Video editing, Video editing software. 

UNIT V:

Animation: Introduction,  Uses of animation,  Key frames and Tweening,  Types of animation,  Computer Assisted Animation,  Creating movements,  Principles of animation,  Some Techniques of Animation,

Animation on the web, 3D Animation, Special Effects, Creating Animation, Rendering algorithms, Animation software. 

Text Book:

            Principles of Multimedia By Ranjan Parekh- The Tata McGraw Hill companies.  -Sixth Reprint 2008

Chapters:

            UNIT I:

            Chapter 1-1.  1, 1.  2, 1.  3, 1.  4, 1.  5, 1.  6, 1.  7, 1.  8, 1.  9

            Chapter 3-3.  1, 3.  2, 3.  3, 3.  4, 3.  5, 3.  6

            UNIT II:

            Chapter 4-4.  1, 4.  2, 4.  3, 4.  4, 4.  5, 4.  6, 4.  7

            Chapter 5-5.  1, 5.  2, 5.  3, 5.  4, 5.  5, 5.  6, 5.  7, 5.  8, 5.  13, 5.  14, 5.  15, 5.  16

            UNIT III:

            Chapter 7-7.  1, 7.  4, 7.  7, 7.  8, 7.  9, 7.  10, 7.  11, 7.  14, 7.  15, 7.  16, 7.  19, 7.  22(upto 7.  22.  10), 7.  23(upto 7.  23.  2), 7.  24, 7.  26, 7.  28

           

            UNIT IV:

            Chapter 8-8.  1, 8.  2, 8.  3, 8.  4, 8.  6, 8.  7, 8.  8, 8.  10(upto 8.  10.  4), 8.  11, 8.  12

            UNIT V:

            Chapter 9-9.  1, 9.  3, 9.  4, 9.  5, 9.  6, 9.  7, 9.  8, 9.  9, 9.  10, 9.  11, 9.  13, 9.  14, 9.  15, 9.  16

Reference: Multimedia System Design By Prabhat K.  Andleigh and Kiran Thakrar – PHI-2008