Digital Multimedia

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!

ISBN 0470512164   Pages 732 ISBN13 9780470512166 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Weight (grammes) 1670 Imprint John Wiley & Sons Ltd   Published in Chichester Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780471983866 Publication date 20 Feb 2009   Height (mm) 239 Library of Congress QA76.575   Width (mm) 193 DEWEY 006.7   Spine width (mm) 35 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1		Introduction		1
2		Fundamentals		17
3		Vector Graphics		59
4		Bitmapped Images		101
5		Colour		155
6		Video		197
7		Animation		247
8		Sound		287
9		Text and Typography		325
10		Hypermedia		367
11		Visual Design		423
12		Interactivity		459
13		Accessibility		495
14		Scripting		529
15		XML and Multimedia		585
16		Multimedia and Networks		625
Appendix		Standards and Multimedia		673
		Glossary		677
		Index		711

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