Semester 4 Detailed Syllabus

IT4402

IT4402: Fundamentals of Multimedia

(Optional) 1. OUTLINE OF THE SYLLABUS Topic Minimum number of hours 2 3 10* 7 10* 21*

Introduction to Multimedia Text Images Audio Video and Animation Multimedia Authoring

Selected Topics Lectures Total for the subject

07 60 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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2. DETAILED SYLLABUS 1. Introduction to Multimedia (2 hrs) Instructional Objectives o Outline what multimedia is, its uses and the skills required for MM projects. 1.1. What is Multimedia? [Ref. 1: pp1-3] 1.2. 1.3. Uses of Multimedia [Ref. 1: pp3-11] 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 o Outline typefaces and their usage. 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. 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 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.

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2.3

3. Images (10 hrs) Instructional Objectives o Outline the basics of colour science, 2D graphics. o Explain the different file formats and image compression techniques. o Outline the basics in photography. o Summarize the basic image processing techniques o Outline the basic features of Photoshop 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. Colour Science [Ref 1: pp 264-272] Colour, Colour Models, Colour palettes, Dithering 2D Graphics, Image Compression and File Formats [Ref 2: pp71-79 and slides] GIF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, TIFF, EXIF, PS, PDF 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 Basic Image Processing [Refer Photoshop Help] Use of image editing software, White balance correction, Dynamic range correction, Gamma correction, Photo Retouching

4. Audio (7 hrs) Instructional Objectives o Outline the basics of audio o Compare the difference between MIDI and digital audio o Explain the audio file formats and compression o Outline the process of adding sound to a multimedia project 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Audio Basics [Ref 1: pp 90-92] Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) [Ref 1: pp 100-107] Digital Audio [Ref 1: pp 90-93,105-107] Sampling, Quantization, Clipping, Preparing Digital Audio files 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 Adding sound to your multimedia project [Ref 1: pp 109-116]

4.5 5.

Video and Animation (10 hrs) Instructional Objectives o Outline video and animation basics. o Outline the basic features of Adobe Premier. o Explain video file formats and compression. o Outline the process of shooting and editing a video 5.1. Video Basics [Ref 1: pp 176-194] How Video Works, Broadcast Video Standards, Analog video, Digital video, Video Recording and Tape formats Shooting and Editing Video [Ref 1: pp195-198, Ref2: 37-40] (Use Adobe Premier for editing) 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 Animation [Ref 1: 158-171] Cell Animation, Computer Animation, Morphing

5.2 5.3

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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. 6.2.

Multimedia Authoring [Ref 1: 254-268] Some Authoring Tools 6.2.2 Mcromedia Director [Ref 2: pp40-46] 6.2.3 Flash [Ref 2: pp46-51]

7. Selected Topics (7 hrs) Instructional Objectives o Outline VRML o Explain the different kinds of multimedia hardware specified below. o Outline issues related to Multimedia on networks. 6.1 6.2 Virtual Reality and VRML [Ref 2: pp 51-55] 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 4

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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.