CSC 361/661 Spring 2003 - Digital Media
Dr. Jennifer Burg & Dr. Yue-Ling Wong


Schedule

   Date     
Th 01-16 (Wong)
Overview of course
pre-test
tour of the lab
 
T 01-21 (Wong & Burg)
syllabus & schedule
definition and history of multimedia
overview of multimedia software
analog vs. digital representations
sampling and quantization
sampling error
Nyquist theorem
resolution and bit depth
standards and standardization organizations
file types
Part I: Background
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Enabling Technologies
Th 01-23 (Wong)
Instructions of installing software
Capturing digital images
    Digital Photography
    Scanning
Part II: Graphics & Image Processing
Chapter 3 - Vector Graphics & Bitmapped Graphics
Chapter 4 - Vector Graphics
Chapter 5 - Bitmapped Images
T 01-28 (Burg)
vector vs. bitmapped graphics
file types
sampling, quantization, resolution, and
bit depth revisited in the context of images
file sizes
Th 01-30 (Burg)
encoding and compression
run-length encoding
Huffman codes
LZW compression
T 02-04 (Burg)
jpeg compression
discrete cosine transform
Th 02-06 (Burg)
jpeg compression
discrete cosine transform
T 02-11 (Burg)
color representation
   RGB
   indexed color
   CMYK
   YUV
fonts
Chapter 6 - Colour
Chapter 7 - Characters & Fonts
Th 02-13 (Wong)
Practicum: Photoshop
 
T 02-18 Exam on Parts I & II of the course  
Th 02-20 (Wong)
Practicum: Vector graphics using Freehand and Flash
Intro to Multimedia Authoring using Macromedia Director
Part III : Multimedia Programming
T 02-25
Th 02-27
T 03-04
Th 03-06
T 03-18
Th 03-20
T 03-25
Th 03-27 (Burg)
sound waves
sampling and the Nyquist theorem revisited in the context of sound
Nyquist frequency
sound file types and sizes
standardization organizations
bandwidth related to file types
sound compression
transforms, including FFT
Part IV: Sound Processing
Chapter 12 - Sound
T 04-01 (Wong)
Practicum:
Sound processing with CoolEdit
Music creation with Acid Pro
Th 04-03 (Burg)
digital encoding of analog video
codecs and file types
Part V: Digital Video
Chapter 10 - Video
T 04-08  
Th 04-10 (Wong)
Practicum:
Video cameras
Digital video editing using Adobe Premiere
T 04-15 (Burg)
bandwidth issues
MPEG encoding
file types
Chapter 15: Multimedia & Networks
Th 04-17 (Burg)
video codecs
HDTV and digital TV
 
T 04-22 Exam on Parts IV & V of the course  
Th 04-24 (Burg & Wong)
Share projects
 
T 04-29 (Burg & Wong)
Share projects
Recap, tie up loose ends