University of Madras - Syllabus of Bachelor of Science (BSc) Electronic Media - Semester IV - Major VII - Graphics and Animation
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)
Semester IV - Major VII - Graphics and Animation
Duration: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4
Unit - I:
Basics of Digital Technologies, Operating Systems and computer Architecture, Graphics
Basics Vector graphics. Raster etc. Compression Techniques, Conversion Techniques
Unit - II:
Computer Graphics: Aesthetics and Design: CG Application areas and equipment, CG
Standards and Formats
Unit - III:
2D-Images and Graphics, Principles of raster graphics, Resolution, color, graphics accelerators, digital image representation and formats, . 3-D Modeling, Rendering color and rendering models
Unit IV:
Animation-Objects, dynamics, Frame animation, Composing. making and keying
Unit - V:
Multimedia Systems. Products. Platforms, Application Domain and Features-audio and
video standards -integrating multiple formats (sound, video, text etc.), Recent
Developments in software and hardware systems
References
Fleath, Steve; Multimedia and Communication Technology.. focul Press, 1996.