Advanced Multimedia Systems for computer science

Advanced multimedia system is an elective course for computer science students.In this course basic multimedia resources and devices will be explained.

Things you will cover in this  course:

• Multimedia Basic Concepts. Multimedia Building Blocks. Windows Multimedia
• Support. Multimedia Database Systems, Multimedia Authoring Tools. Text:
• Types Of Text, Text Compression. Digital Image Processing. Image Data
• Types, and Image File Formats. Image Acquisition, Storage Processing,
• Communication, And Display, Image Enhancement. Image Compression.
• Audio and Audio Compression. Video: Video Signal Formats, Video
• Transmission Standards. Video Recording Systems. Video File Formats.
• Virtual Reality and Multimedia. VR Applications, VR Devices. Virtual Objects
• Basics of VRML. Animation: Uses of Animation, Types of Animation,
• Principles of Animation, Techniques and Technologies of Animation.
• Animation on the Web, 3D Animation, Creating Animation Using Flash,
• 3DMAX, Maya. Latest developments and Research Trends in Animations
• Technologies.

Reference material:

1. Principles of Multimedia by Ranjan Parekh, McGraw-Hill Higher Education. ISBN-10: 0070588333
2. Multimedia Computing, Communication and Applications by Ralf Steinmetz and Klara Nahrstedt, Prentice Hall; US edition (July 27, 1995). ISBN-10: 0133244350
3. Multimedia Making It Work by Tay Vaughan, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 8th Edition (October 29, 2010). ISBN-10: 0071748466
4. Fundamentals of Multimedia by Ze-Nian Li, Marks S. Drew, Prentice Hall; 202
1st Edition (November 1, 2003). ISBN-10: 0130618721
5. Digital Multimedia by Nigel Chapman and Jenny Chapman, Wiley; 3rd Edition (March 31, 2009). ISBN-10: 0470512164

Other Information:

Course code:  NA

Prerequisites:  Multimedia Systems: Theory & Principles

Credit Hours:  3

Lectures: 3

Labs:      0