Principles of Multimedia (2nd Edition)

Description

Principles of Multimedia, 2nd Edition essentially discusses about characteristics, representation, compression, storage (file format) and processing tools for understanding and utilization of various multimedia components, like text, image, graphics, audio, video, animation. This edition additionally focuses on programming concepts using which practical tasks and tutorials related to media processing and presentations, can be carried out by the reader to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying theoretical concepts.

Table of Contents

1. Multimedia – An Overview
2. Text
3. Image
4. Graphics
5. Audio
6. Video
7. Animation
8. Compression
9. CD and DVD Technology
10. Multimedia Architecture
11. Multimedia Database
12. Multimedia Documents
13. Multimedia Application Development
14. Virtual Reality
15. Appendix
    1. A.1 MPC Level 3 Specifications
    2. A.2 General MIDI (GM-1) Specifications
    3. A.3 Color Names with RGB Values in Hex for Web Design
    4. A.4 MATLAB Command Summary
    5. A.5 HTML Command Summary
    6. A.6 CSS Attribute Summary
    7. A.7 JavaScript Object Summary

Author Biography

Dr. Ranjan Parekh, PhD, is Professor at the School of Education Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He is involved with teaching subjects related to Multimedia Technologies at the postgraduate level. His research interests include multimedia information processing, pattern recognition, graphics, and computer vision.