Syllabus of Andhra University BTech Information Technology - IT 4.2.3 - Multimedia Systems (Elective II)

Fourth year - Second Semester

Instruction: 3 Periods & 1 Tut /week
Univ. Exam : 3 Hours

Sessional Marks: 30
Univ-Exam-Marks:70

Introduction:

Definition - CD-ROM and multimedia.
Multimedia applications: business - schools - homes - public places and virtual reality. Introduction to making of multimedia: hardware - software - creativity - and organization.

Multimedia Tools:

Macintosh and windows production platforms - 3-d modeling and animation - image-editing tools - sound editing tools - animation - video - and digital movie tools - linking multimedia objects - office suites - word processors - spread sheets - databases - presentation tools. Authoring tools - Card and Page-based authoring tools - Icon Based authoring tools - time based authoring tools - object oriented authoring tools - cross platform-authoring tools

Multimedia Building Blocks:

Text: About fonts and faces - text in multimedia - computers and text - Font editing and design tools - Hypermedia and Hypertext.
Sound: Multimedia system sounds - MIDI versus digital audio - digital audio - making MIDI audio - audio file format - working with sounds in windows - working with sounds on the Macintosh - NIFF - Adding sounds to multimedia - Towards professional sounds - production tips.
Images: -Making still images - Colors - Image file format. Animation: Principals of animation - Making animation that works. Video: How video works - Broadcast video standards - Integrating computers and television - Shooting and Editing - Video tips - Recoding formats - Digital video

Multimedia and the Internet:

Internet fundamentals: Internetworking - Connections - Internet services - The World Wide Web - Tools for the World Wide Web: Web serves - Web browsers - Web page makers and Site builders - Plug-ins and Delivery vehicles - Beyond HTML

Designing For The World Wide Web:

Working on web - Text for web - Images for web - Sound for web - Animation for web.

Textbooks:

Multimedia: Making It Work - Tay Vaughan

Reference Books:

1. Multimedia System Design- K. Andleigh and K. Thakkrar

2. Multimedia: Computing, Communication & Application - Ralf stein Metz and Klara Nahrstedt

3. Advanced multimedia programming - Steve Rimmer

4. Multimedia Literacy - Fred T.Hofstetter MGHill