For one-semester, advanced undergraduate/graduate-level Multimedia courses in departments of Computer Science, Engineering, CIS, and IT.
　　This text fills a gap in the rapidly growing field of multimedia by introducing advanced programming students to the basic concepts of multimedia. Written by experienced teachers, this text evolved from materials used in class and forms the basis for all of the important topics that should be covered in a multimedia course. The material emphasizes concepts over applications and exposes students to real issues that they will encounter in the workplace.

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Preface.
I. MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING AND DATA REPRESENTATIONS.
1. Introduction to Multimedia.
2. Multimedia Authoring and Tools.
3. Graphics and Image Data Representations.
4. Color in Image and Video.
5. Fundamental Concepts in Video.
6. Basics of Digital Audio.
II. MULTIMEDIA DATA COMPRESSION.
7. Lossless Compression Algorithms.
8. Lossy Compression Algorithms.
9. Image Compression Standards.
10. Basic Video Compression Techniques.
11. MPEG Video Coding I—MPEG-1 and 2.
12. MPEG Video Coding II—MPEG-4, 7 and Beyond.
13. Basic Audio Compression Techniques.
14. MPEG Audio Compression.
III. MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION AND RETRIEVAL.
15. Computer and Multimedia Networks.
16. Multimedia Network Communications and Applications.
17. Wireless Networks.
18. Content-Based Retrieval in Digital Libraries.