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Digital multimedia / Nigel Chapman and Jenny Chapman.

By: Chapman, Nigel P [author.].
Contributor(s): Chapman, Jenny [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: Third edition.Description: xi, 724 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0470512164 (paperback); 9780470512166 (paperback).Subject(s): Multimedia systems | Digital mediaDDC classification: 006.7
Contents:
Introduction -- Fundamentals -- Vector graphics -- Bitmapped images -- Colour -- Video -- Animation -- Sound -- Text and typography -- Hypermedia -- Visual design -- Interactivity -- Accessibility -- Scripting -- XML and multimedia -- Multimedia and networks.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Notes Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 006.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available CIT Module MMED 6005 - Core reading. CIT Module MMED 6004 - Core reading. 00161388
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 006.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00113437
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Designed as the foundation text in multimedia, this comprehensive resource covers basic principles of each media type - text, graphics, audio, animation and video - describing their digitization and progressing onto issues that arise when media are combined.

This edition includes completely revised and re-written pedagogy which takes account of substantial instructor feedback, as well as market research and development on other Chapman titles. There is also a web/Flash emphasis and proper coverage of MPEG4 and DVD in line with current technology trends.

There are also extensive resources to be found at the author's website at:

http://www.digitalmultimedia.org/

Includes index.

Introduction -- Fundamentals -- Vector graphics -- Bitmapped images -- Colour -- Video -- Animation -- Sound -- Text and typography -- Hypermedia -- Visual design -- Interactivity -- Accessibility -- Scripting -- XML and multimedia -- Multimedia and networks.

CIT Module MMED 6004 - Core reading.

CIT Module MMED 7010 - Core reading.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. ix)
  • 1 Introduction (p. 1)
  • Media (p. 4)
  • Multimedia (p. 7)
  • Digital Multimedia in Perspective (p. 11)
  • Exercises (p. 15)
  • 2 Fundamentals (p. 17)
  • Digital Data (p. 18)
  • Digital Representation of Media (p. 33)
  • Exercises (p. 55)
  • 3 Vector Graphics (p. 59)
  • Fundamentals (p. 61)
  • Vector Objects (p. 66)
  • Transformations (p. 78)
  • 3-D Graphics (p. 83)
  • Exercises (p. 98)
  • 4 Bitmapped Images (p. 101)
  • Resolution (p. 102)
  • Image Compression (p. 113)
  • File Formats (p. 124)
  • Image Manipulation (p. 129)
  • Exercises (p. 151)
  • 5 Colour (p. 155)
  • Colour and Science (p. 157)
  • RGB Colour (p. 158)
  • Other Colour Models (p. 170)
  • Channels and Colour Correction (p. 183)
  • Consistent Colour (p. 188)
  • Exercises (p. 193)
  • 6 Video (p. 197)
  • Video Standards (p. 201)
  • Video Compression (p. 210)
  • Editing and Post-Production (p. 226)
  • Delivery (p. 235)
  • Exercises (p. 244)
  • 7 Animation (p. 247)
  • Image Sequences (p. 251)
  • Interpolation (p. 259)
  • Vector Animation in Flash (p. 266)
  • Motion Graphics (p. 273)
  • Delivering Animation (p. 277)
  • Exercises (p. 284)
  • 8 Sound (p. 287)
  • The Nature of Sound (p. 288)
  • Digitizing Sound (p. 294)
  • Processing Sound (p. 299)
  • Compression (p. 309)
  • MIDI (p. 315)
  • Exercises (p. 322)
  • 9 Text and Typography (p. 325)
  • Character Sets (p. 326)
  • Fonts (p. 336)
  • Layout and Formatting (p. 353)
  • Exercises (p. 363)
  • 10 Hypermedia (p. 367)
  • Text Layout Using XHTML and CSS (p. 369)
  • Links (p. 397)
  • The Web and Hypermedia (p. 407)
  • Exercises (p. 420)
  • 11 Visual Design (p. 423)
  • Visual Communication (p. 426)
  • Gestalt Principles (p. 433)
  • Colour and Tone (p. 442)
  • Layout Grids (p. 449)
  • Exercises (p. 456)
  • 12 Interactivity (p. 459)
  • Interacting With Multimedia (p. 461)
  • Interacting Through Multimedia (p. 477)
  • Exercises (p. 491)
  • 13 Accessibility (p. 495)
  • Background (p. 496)
  • Textual Alternatives (p. 507)
  • Accessible Multimedia Content (p. 512)
  • Interactivity (p. 519)
  • Exercises (p. 525)
  • 14 Scripting (p. 529)
  • Objects and Events (p. 530)
  • ECMAScript (p. 539)
  • JavaScript and the DOM (p. 554)
  • ActionScript (p. 568)
  • Exercises (p. 582)
  • 15 XML and Multimedia (p. 585)
  • Syntax and DTDs (p. 587)
  • Namespaces (p. 598)
  • SVG (p. 605)
  • Exercises (p. 621)
  • 16 Multimedia and Networks (p. 625)
  • Networking Fundamentals (p. 626)
  • Delivering Multimedia (p. 639)
  • Distributing Media Files (p. 652)
  • Server-Side Computation (p. 660)
  • Exercises (p. 669)
  • Appendix: Standards and Multimedia (p. 673)
  • Glossary (p. 677)
  • Index (p. 711)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Nigel Chapman, Writer and technical consultant, MacAvon Media Productions, Highlands, Scotland.

Jenny Chapman, Artist-filmmaker, Edinburgh College of Art and MacAvon Media Productions, Highlands, Scotland.