Wake Forest University
CSC 361-- Digital Media
Spring 2008
| Professor: | J. Burg |
Office: |
Manchester 237 |
| Office hours: | Tuesday and Thursday 10-11 or by appointment |
| Phone: | 758-4465 |
| Textbook: | The Science of Digital Media, by J. Burg, http://www.cs.wfu.edu/~burg/BookWebPage/TheScienceOfDigitalMedia.html |
| Grading: | Exercises, worksheets, and class attendance 15% Tests 40% Projects 45% |
Plan in the event that campus is closed for the semester.
Schedule
Wed., Jan. 16 |
Introduction to course, Chapter 1, Basic Concepts of Digital Media, http://www.cs.wfu.edu/%7Eburg/nsf-due-0340969/textbased/Chapter1CS.pdf |
| Fri., Jan. 18 | Chapter 1 |
| Mon., Jan. 21 | MLK day, no class |
| Wed. Jan. 23 | Chapter 1 |
| Fri., Jan. 25 | Digital photography and cameras, Assignment sheet for Project 1: Bitmap images and vector graphics |
| Mon., Jan. 28 | Test, Chapter 1 |
| Wed., Jan. 30 | Chapter 2, Representing Images Digitally, http://www.cs.wfu.edu/%7Eburg/nsf-due-0340969/textbased/Chapter2CS.pdf, pp. 1-17, frequency in images, discrete cosine transform (DCT) |
| Fri., Feb. 1 | Chapter 2, pp. 18-35, alisaing, color models |
| Mon., Feb. 4 | Chapter 2, pp. 36-44, CIE chromaticity diagram |
| Wed., Feb. 6 | Chapter 2, pp. 44-59, vector graphics, algorithmic art |
| Fri., Feb. 8 | Test, Chapter 2 |
| Mon., Feb. 11 | Chapter 3, Digital Image Processing, http://www.cs.wfu.edu/%7Eburg/nsf-due-0340969/textbased/Chapter3CS.pdf |
| Wed., Feb. 13 | Chapter 3 |
| Fri., Feb. 15 | Chapter 3 |
| Mon., Feb. 18 | Chapter 3 |
| Wed., Feb. 20 | Chapter 3, Digital Image/Vector Graphic Project due |
| Fri., Feb. 22 | Test, Chapter 3 |
| Mon., Feb. 25 | Chapter 4, Representing Sound Digitally, http://www.cs.wfu.edu/%7Eburg/nsf-due-0340969/textbased/Chapter4CS.pdf
Lecture on aliasing, decibels, decibels full scale, dynamic range, dithering |
| Wed. Feb. 27 | Lecture on noise shaping, non-linear companding (mu-law encoding) |
| Fri., Feb. 29 | Chapter 4 -- Work session on the following worksheets and tutorials VIDEO LECTURES: Sampling rate, aliasing, and dithering Noise shaping and mu-law encoding
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| Mon., Mar. 3 | Chapter 4 -- Work session on MAX/MSP Send a musical note or notes into MAX. Filter. Determine the frequencies and pitches and output the information. Do something interesting to the sound and output it. Apply the Fourier transform to a musical piece in MATLAB. Analyze the results. |
| Wed., Mar. 5 | Chapter 4 -- Lecture on Fourier transform and RMS
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| Fri., Mar. 7 | Test, Chapter 4 |
| Mon., Mar. 17 | Chapter 5, Digital Audio Processing, http://www.cs.wfu.edu/%7Eburg/nsf-due-0340969/textbased/Chapter5CS.pdf Work on projects using MAX/MSP, MATLAB, etc. |
| Wed., Mar. 19 | Chapter 5 Lecture on dynamics processing |
| Fri., Mar. 21 | Good Friday, no class |
| Mon., Mar. 24 | Chapter 5 Work on projects |
| Wed., Mar. 26 | Chapter 5 Lecture on the mathematics of filters |
| Fri., Mar. 28 | Chapter 5 Lecture and demo on the mathematics of filters, creating filters in MATLAB |
| Mon., Mar. 31 | Chapter 5 Sound Projects Due |
| Wed., Apr. 2 | Chapter 5 Discussion and questions on Chapter 5 |
| Fri., Apr. 4 | Test, Chapter 5 |
| Mon., Apr. 7 | Chapter 8, Director and Flash, http://www.cs.wfu.edu/%7Eburg/nsf-due-0340969/textbased/Chapter8CS.pdf |
| Wed., Apr. 9 | Sound Project Discussed |
| Fri., Apr. 11 | Director and Flash, Flash Final Project |
| Mon., Apr. 14 | Digital video |
| Wed., Apr. 16 | Digital video |
| Fri., Apr. 18 | Hands-on exercises |
| Mon., Apr. 21 | Hands-on exercises |
| Wed., Apr. 23 | Hands-on exercises |
| Fri., Apr. 25 | Hands-on exercises |
| Mon., Apr. 28 | Hands-on exercises |
| Wed., Apr. 30 | Hands-on exercises, Final Project due |
| Fri., May 2, 2:00 PM | Final exam |