Semester 4 – Detailed Syllabus
IT4402
IT4402: Fundamentals of Multimedia
(Optional) 1. OUTLINE OF THE SYLLABUS Topic
Minimum number of hours
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Introduction to Multimedia
2
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Text
3
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Images
10*
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Audio
7
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Video and Animation
10*
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Multimedia Authoring
21*
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Selected Topics
07 Lectures
60
Total for the subject
60
* Students are expected to have 10 additional hours of practical work to complete their learning in these areas. Learning Objectives After successfully completing the module student should be able to: • Summarize the key concepts in current multimedia technology. Create quality multimedia software titles. •
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Semester 4 – Detailed Syllabus
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2. DETAILED SYLLABUS
1. Introduction to Multimedia (2 hrs) Instructional Objectives Outline what multimedia is, its uses and the skills required for MM projects. o
1.1. What is Multimedia? [Ref. 1: pp1-3] 1.2.
Uses of Multimedia [Ref. 1: pp3-11]
1.3.
Multimedia Skills [Ref. 1: pp26-40] Multimedia Team, Project Manager, Multimedia Designer, Interface Designer, Writer, Video specialist, Audio specialist, Multimedia Programmer, Web Site Producer
2. Text (3 hrs) Instructional Objectives Outline typefaces and their usage. o o Explain the usage of text in Multimedia.
2.1.
Typefaces [Ref 1: pp44-49, slides] Typography, Serif, Sans Serif, Type styles, Kerning, Line spacing, Orientation, Anti-alias, Special effects, bitmap fonts, vector fonts, anti-alias small fonts.
2.2.
Using Text in Multimedia [Ref 1: pp 50-62] Designing with text, choosing text fonts, menus for navigation, buttons for interaction, symbols and icons, animating text
2.3
3.
Computers and Text [Ref 1: pp 63-85] Hypertext, Managing your fonts, ASCII, The extended character sets, Unicode, Mapping text across platforms, Font editing and designing tools.
Images (10 hrs) Instructional Objectives Outline the basics of colour science, 2D graphics. o o Explain the different file formats and image compression techniques. o Outline the basics in photography. Summarize the basic image processing techniques o Outline the basic features of Photoshop o
3.1.
Colour Science [Ref 1: pp 264-272] Colour, Colour Models, Colour palettes, Dithering
3.2.
2D Graphics, Image Compression and File Formats [Ref 2: pp71-79 and slides] GIF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, TIFF, EXIF, PS, PDF
3.3.
Photography [Refer Slides] Photography Basics- SLR Camera, Focal length, lens angle, wide angle lens, telephoto lens, aperture size, shutter speed, F-stop, over exposure, under exposure, Depth of field, what affects the depth of field, shooting moving objects, Rule of third. Digital vs conventional cameras, How a Digital Camera works,
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Resolution, Storage systems, Digital shutter, Digital zoom vs Optical zoom 3.4
4.
Basic Image Processing [Refer Photoshop Help] Use of image editing software, White balance correction, Dynamic range correction, Gamma correction, Photo Retouching
Audio (7 hrs) Instructional Objectives o Outline the basics of audio Compare the difference between MIDI and digital audio o Explain the audio file formats and compression o o Outline the process of adding sound to a multimedia project
5.
4.1
Audio Basics [Ref 1: pp 90-92]
4.2
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) [Ref 1: pp 100-107]
4.3
Digital Audio [Ref 1: pp 90-93,105-107] Sampling, Quantization, Clipping, Preparing Digital Audio files
4.4
Audio Compression and File Formats [Ref 1: pp 103-104, Ref2 pp374-376,378, 405, 412, 414, 415] ADPCM in speech coding, Vocoders, MPEG Audio, MP3, MPEG2, MPEG4, MPEG7, MPEG-21
4.5
Adding sound to your multimedia project [Ref 1: pp 109-116]
Video and Animation (10 hrs) Instructional Objectives Outline video and animation basics. o Outline the basic features of Adobe Premier. o o Explain video file formats and compression. Outline the process of shooting and editing a video o
5.1.
Video Basics [Ref 1: pp 176-194] How Video Works, Broadcast Video Standards, Analog video, Digital video, Video Recording and Tape formats
5.2
Shooting and Editing Video [Ref 1: pp195-198, Ref2: 37-40] (Use Adobe Premier for editing)
5.3
Video Compression and File Formats [Ref 2: pp 288-290, 312,319-320, 332,361362,369] Video compression based on motion compensation, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG4, MPEG-7, MPEG-21
5.4.
Animation [Ref 1: 158-171] Cell Animation, Computer Animation, Morphing
6.
Multimedia Authoring (20 hrs) Instructional Objectives o Explain authoring basics and the basic features of Macromedia Director and Macromedia Flash
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6.1.
Multimedia Authoring [Ref 1: 254-268]
6.2.
Some Authoring Tools 6.2.2
Mcromedia Director [Ref 2: pp40-46]
6.2.3
Flash [Ref 2: pp46-51]
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7. Selected Topics (7 hrs) Instructional Objectives Outline VRML o o Explain the different kinds of multimedia hardware specified below. Outline issues related to Multimedia on networks. o
6.1
Virtual Reality and VRML [Ref 2: pp 51-55]
6.2
Selected Multimedia Hardware [Ref 1: 210-213,216-218, 221,222-224,and Slides] CRT, LCD panels, SCSI, IDE, USB, Firewire, Video Cameras, Scanners, Touchscreen, CD-ROM, DVD ROM, Voice recognition systems, OCR Devices, Audio and Video devices
6.3
Multimedia on Networks [Ref. Slides] Bandwidth, Streaming, Video conferencing, Webcasting
3. RECOMMENDED READING Main Reading
Ref 1: Tay Vaughan, “Multimedia :Making it work” 6th or 5th edition (page numbers given are for the 6th edition), Tata McGraw-Hill, 2004/2001 Ref 2: Ze-Nian Li and Mark S. Drew, “Fundamentals of Multimedia” (Low Price Edition), Pearson Education, 2004 Slides published on the www.bit.lk site. Supplementary Reading
Ref 3: Cawkell T., The Multimedia Handbook, Routledge, 1996, ISBN: 0-415-13666-0 Ref 4: Tannenbaum, Robert S., Theoretical Foundations of Multimedia, W. H. Freeman and Company, 1998, ISBN 0-7167-8321-5x
Hardware and Software Requirements Software
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IT4402
Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Director, Adobe Premier, Adobe Photoshop
Examination Procedure
There will be an MCQ paper of 2 hours duration and a structured paper of 1 hour duration.
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