Digital Multimedia [Paperback]

Nigel Chapman (Author), Jenny Chapman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470512164 | ISBN-13: 978-0470512166 | Publication Date: April 14, 2009 | Edition: 3rd

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!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is a core text for undergraduate and masters courses in multimedia." (Digital Arts, October 2007) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

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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Product Details

• Paperback: 732 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 3rd edition (April 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470512164
• ISBN-13: 978-0470512166
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.3 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #472,341 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My students like this book, April 3, 2004

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Barbara Nostrand "Barbara Nostrand" (Syracuse, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Multimedia (Paperback)

I used this book for Foundations of Multimedia in Fall of 2003. I am teaching this course again this coming Fall. While I was considering textbooks for the coming year, my students urged me to include this book in the booklist for the course. This book provides an excellent overview of multimedia applications which is appropriate for a college level course.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Current and thorough, October 18, 2000

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sertsa "sertsa" (Clinton, IA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Digital Multimedia (Worldwide Series in Computer Science) (Paperback)

This is an excellent book for instructional use (once you get past the proper British English spellings of everything :-p). After receiving and reading my copy I quickly decided to use it for instruction in one of the classes I teach. Compared to many other books on the market this one is thorough and current, and offers information fit for both beginning and advanced students of multimedia. The one criticism I have of the book is it would have been nice to include a CD with images and samples and / or an online / searchable pdf file of the text. It is, afterall, a "multimedia" textbook. There is a website which goes with the book, but it's a little light on content. All in all though, it's an excellent resource!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Digital Multimedia, April 4, 2007

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Gregory R. Taylor "gregs best" (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Multimedia (Paperback)

Very good book. Well written with good examples and real world applications.