UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester VI - BSE 302 - Multimedia Systems

Lecture Per Week: 6 hrs
Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

What is Multimedia:

Definitions - CD-ROM and the Multimedia Highway - where to use Multimedia - introduction to Making Multimedia: The stages of a Project - What you need - Multimedia Skills and Training : The terms - Macintosh and Windows Production Platforms: Macintosh Veruss PC - The Macintosh Platform - The Windows Multimedia PC platform - Networking Macintosh and Windows Computers - Hardware Peripherals Connection - Memory and Storage Devices - Input Devices - Output Hardware - Communication Devices.

Unit II

Basic Tools:

Text Editing and Word Processing Tools - OCR Software - Painting and Drawing Tools - 3-D Modeling and Animtion Tools - Image - Editing Tools - Sound Editing Tools - Animation, Video and Digital Movies Tools - Helpful Accessories - Making Instant Multimedia: Linking Multimedia Objects - Office Suites - Word Procçssors - Spread sheets - Databases - Presentation Tools. Multimedia Authoring Tools: Types of Authoring Tools - Card and page Based Authoring Tools - Icon - Based Authorised Tools - Time Based Authoring Tools - Object - Oriented Authoring Tools - Cross - Platform Authoring Notes.

Unit III

Text:

The Power of Meaning - About Fonts and Faces - Using Text in Multimedia - Computers and Text - Font Editing and Design Tools - Hypermedia and Hypertext - Sound: The Power of Sound - Multimedia System Sounds - MIDI Versus Digital Atidid - Digital Audio - Making MIDI Audio - Audio File Formats - Working with Sound on the Macintash - Notation Interchange File Format (NIFF) - Adding Sound to Your multimedia Project - Toward professional Sound - The Red Books standard production tips.

Unit IV

Images :

Making Still Images - Color - Image File Formats. Animation: The Power of Motion - Principles of Animation - Making Animations That Work - Video: Using video - How video works - Broadcast Video Standards - Integrating Computers and Television - Shooting and Editing Video - Video Tips - Recording Formats - Digital Video.

Unit V

Planning and Costing:

Project planning - Estimating - RFPs and Bid proposals - Designing and producing: Designing - Producing - Content and Talent: Acquiring Content - Using content created by others - Using Content created for a Project - Using Talent Delivering: Testing - Preparing for Delivery - Delivering on CD-ROM - Compact Disc Technology - Wrapping It Up - Delivering on the World Wide Web.

Books for Study:

1. Tay Vaughan - Multimedia : Making it work - Fourth Edition - Tata McGraw-Hill Edition - 1999.

2. Walterworth John A - Multimedia Technologies and Application - Ellis Horwood Ltd. - London- 1991.

3. John F Koegel Buford - Multimedia Systems - Addison Wesley - First Indian Reprint - 2000.