
Digital Multimedia
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 30. March 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 568 pages
978-0-471-98386-6 (ISBN)
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Description
A major new textbook "Digital Multimedia" by Nigel and Jenny Chapman provides a fresh contemporary definition of the emergent discipline of multimedia. It is designed to support instructors by providing a rigorous introduction to the technical scope of this subject. With a coherent approach to its multifarious nature, the book covers all of the essential technical ground, with full awareness of the design, cultural and usability aspects of multimedia. This book will inspire students to develop the potential of multimedia for new forms of expression that are enabled by computers and networks. Concepts Covered: Descriptions of the characteristics of individual media provide the essential starting points for understanding how to combine them. Graphics, text and time-based media are introduced in the context of their digital representation and manipulation. The combination of media within the different frameworks of hypermedia and time-based authoring is described. Interactivity through scripting, and the communications technology that supports distributed multimedia are expolored in detail.
Hardware, software and networking capabilities are thoroughly detailed with the backup of motivating and illuminating examples. All this and still the excitement of creating multimedia is conveyed, making this as rich and rewarding a book as the subject itself. Support for Practice through Principles and Theory: "Digital Multimedia" makes reference to the common tools and applications used for production and manipulation of media, but a companion text in development, "Digital Media Tools", due in Spring 2001, addresses the effective use of these packages in more detail.
Hardware, software and networking capabilities are thoroughly detailed with the backup of motivating and illuminating examples. All this and still the excitement of creating multimedia is conveyed, making this as rich and rewarding a book as the subject itself. Support for Practice through Principles and Theory: "Digital Multimedia" makes reference to the common tools and applications used for production and manipulation of media, but a companion text in development, "Digital Media Tools", due in Spring 2001, addresses the effective use of these packages in more detail.
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Series
Edition
Annotated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Annotated edition
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 19 cm
Weight
1065 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-98386-6 (9780471983866)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions

Nigel Chapman | Jenny Chapman
Digital Multimedia
Book
02/2004
2nd Edition
Wiley
€37.90
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Content
Enabling Technologies. Introduction to Computer Graphics. Vector Graphics. Bitmapped Images. Colour. Characters and Fonts. Layout. Hypertext. Video. Animation. Sound. Combining Media. Events, Scripts and Interactivity. Multimedia and Networks. Afterword by Brent MacGregor. Annotated Bibliography. Index.