A new edition of the bestselling book that covers the basic principles of digital multimedia Digital multimedia combines text, graphics, video, animation, sound, and other components and presents endless options and potential for computer users. This new edition of a perennial bestseller serves as an ideal foundation to the basic principles of each media type and describes their digitization and the possibilities that exist when different media elements are combined. Offering completely revised and rewritten material, the book features an emphasis on Web/Flash and provides in–depth coverage of MPEG4 and DVD in accordance with current trends. Offers a clear, easy–to–understand introduction to digital multimedia and examines the elements that comprise it, including text, graphics, video, animation, sound, and more Walks you through the fundamentals and basic principles of digital multimedia Looks at vector graphics, bitmapped images, hypermedia, interactivity, accessbility, and scripting Explores the possibilities that exist when various media are combined With this new edition by your side, you’ll quickly discover how to make the most of every aspect of digital multimedia!
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"This is a core text for undergraduate and masters courses in multimedia." (Digital Arts, October 2007)
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Digital photography and video, MP3 players, smart phones and the World Wide Web have become essential in today′s world. The digital representation of images, video, animation, sound and text has become integrated in every part of our lives and their combination into multimedia is routine. Digital multimedia is often interactive. People can interact with multimedia using playback controls, or more innovatively using direct manipulation, and they can interact through multimedia – user interfaces that incorporate multimedia elements permit new ways of working with data and computation. Digital Multimedia is the best selling core text for undergraduate and masters courses in the exciting discipline of multimedia, combining a broad and deep account of technology with an inside understanding of multimedia content and its practical application. Beginning with an overview of the nature of multimedia and digital representations, it continues with chapters devoted to each media type, detailing how they are represented in digital form and how they are created and manipulated on computers. Later chapters describe how media may be combined and how scripting may be used to add interactivity. Whole chapters are devoted to visual design and accessibility, and to how multimedia may be delivered over the Internet. Each chapter includes key point summaries and exercises. An extensive glossary of important terms is provided. This third edition has been extensively revised and updated to reflect changes in technology, the increasing importance of interactivity and the emerging role of multimedia as an interface to applications and services.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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The only published book in which SMIL information has been written (or of those I could find). This is a great book for a wide variety of digital multimedia subjects from typography, graphic design, SMIL, html, xml and sound. Written like a college text book, it has broad reach and appears very good for multimedia proffessionals who need info on new technologies but don't speak full-on geek techie (aka those who dont like to learn from white papers or W3C specification lists). And it does exactly what it says it does on the tin...
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You might suppose that a book which covers such a wide subject would have to be rather cursory on any particular topic. Well, it could be like that, but it isn't like that. Each chapter (vector graphics, colour, hypertext, animation etc.) is written very carefully, with a wealth of detail.
The format is clear and attractive, with asides and technical passages set in a smaller font which makes it easily digestible, even when describing intricacies - "the following description of character code standards is necessarily somewhat dry", we are warned - actually I liked this bit a lot.
The illustrations are excellent, not only when showing techniques for image manipulation and 3D graphics, but also to help clarify other topics like audio compression, colour management, font selection, synchronised multimedia etc. There's also a lot of good advice on aspects of presentation and style, but delivered gently, with a touch of humour. The book itself shows that the authors know what they are talking about.
When necessary, attention is drawn to the constraints that might limit what can be achieved with current hardware, and to the complexities of the numerous sound and video formats. The section on video standards and compression techniques is very informative here.
I was surprised by how much this book could tell me even in areas that I thought I already knew well. It will be valuable as a course text and also as a reference work.
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On recommendation from my lecturers at university, I brought this textbook as general reference to guide me throughout my study. The book has been a worthy companion and I still refer to it from time to time, the authors addresses core principles with regards to communications on a technical level, and the theory and practicalities associated with a range of topics in multimedia, including image/video/media optimisation, compression and graphics rendering. It is broad enough to cover most aspects to do with the Internet, Multimedia and Communications, and therefore I was able to use this textbook throughout the three years of my study. It was also detailed enough to help me with my studies, coursework and exams. Additional to the written chapters, the authors also show coloured illustrations and images which really helps in explaining and demonstrating the theories discussed.
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Not bad, not very good
I found this book to be useful as an introduction to digital multimedia concepts but I think it is somewhat basic. Read more
Published 19 months ago by J.Cardoso
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Covering Really Important Concepts of Multimedia and Interesting to...
I read the 2000 Edition of this book and found it relatively simple to understand (even though I learned quite a lot of new words mentioned in the text). Read more
Published 19 months ago by E SICIMOGULLARI
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Item arrived within a few days of ordering, it was well packed and in perfect condition.
Published on 4 Oct 2010 by T. Curry
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Great Book
This book has really helped me with my studies so far and i have only had it a couple of weeks. It is really detailed, maybe a bit too detailed but i am at uni so this amount of... Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2009 by Mr. S. Tahssein
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Comprehensive and up-to-date
Digital multimedia (third edition) is clear and well-written with excellent illustrations.
The range of topics is impressive, covering vector graphics, video and... Read more
The range of topics is impressive, covering vector graphics, video and... Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2009 by amapac
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Study companion
This book was aquired has a study companion for Internet and Multimedia .
Havent gone through it yet but seems interesting and abranging the various Multimedia questions.
Havent gone through it yet but seems interesting and abranging the various Multimedia questions.
Published on 6 Nov 2009 by LN62
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