Syllabus- Fundamentals of Multimedia

Unit I –

• Introduction of Multimedia, definition, concept, need, area of use
• Development Platforms, Multimedia elements,
• Plain & formatted Text, RTF & HTML texts, OLE , Fonts

Unit II-

• Sounds, importance, attributes, tone , intensity, frequency, wavelength, pitch etc.
• Mono/Stero sound, sound channels, Analog /Digital sound
• Sound file format – wav, mp3, midi
• Software for editing and mixing sound

Unit III-

• Graphics in multimedia, importance, Vector and Raster Graphics
• Image Capturing Methods Scanner, Digital Camera etc.
• Various Attributes of images – Size, Color , Bit depth, Resolution etc.
• Image File Format- BMP, DIB, EPS, PIC and TIF format. Their Features and limitations,

Unit IV-

• Video and animation in multimedia , Its Impact,
• Analog and Digital Video
• Various video standards PAL, NTSC, Different file formats and their use in multimedia MPEG, AVI, MJPG
• Video editing software, Basics and types of animation and their use , Software for creating animation.

Unit V-

• Application of Multimedia and its future, Application of Multimedia in different industries- Education, Journalism etc. Career in multimedia production
• Virtual reality VR, Introduction to HMD , Boom cave,
• Introduction to various type of Authoring Tools

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