Course

Unit 1

Introduction: What is Multimedia? Introduction to making Multimedia – Multimedia Skills – Software, Hardware, creativity Macintosh and Windows Platforms Memory and Storage devices – Input devices, Output Hardware or devices, Communication devices – Basic software tools – Text Editing ,Word processing, OCR Software, Painting and Drawing tools – 3-D Modeling and Animation tools, Images and Sound editing – Animation, Video, Digital Movie tools

Unit 2

Making instant Multimedia Multimedia Authoring tools – Card based authoring tools, Time based authoring tools, Cross platform authoring tools – Choosing an Authoring tools

Unit 3

Multimedia Building Blocks: Text – The power of meaning, fonts, and faces, using text in multimedia, Computers and text, Font editing and design tools, Hypermedia, and hypertext – Multimedia Building Blocks: Sound The power of Sound, Multimedia System sounds, preparing audio, Making MIDI audio, MIDI vs. Digital Audio, Audio file formats, Adding sound to your project, Production tips – Multimedia Building Blocks: Images – Making still images, Color, Image File formats, 3D drawing and Rendering, Colors and File format

Unit 4

Multimedia Building Blocks: Animation The power of motion, Principles of Animation, making animation that work – Multimedia Building Blocks: Video – Using video, how video works, Analog Digital Display Standards, Digital video, Recording and format, Shooting and editing video, Video tips

Unit 5

Multimedia and the Internet: The Internet and how it works Internet History – Inter addresses, Connections, Bandwidth – Tools for World Wide Web Designing for the World Wide Web – Role of multimedia, Working of the web Ai and content creation. Ethical concerns

Course Objective: 

This course provides a foundational understanding of multimedia, focusing on how to integrate various multimedia components using current technologies and tools. Students will learn how to effectively utilize text, images, sound, and video to create and deliver meaningful content and messages 

Course Outcomes (COs): 

After completing the course, learners should be able to: 

1. Understand the basic components of multimedia and the necessary hardware and software tools. 
2. Utilize various multimedia authoring tools to create and integrate multimedia content. 3. Apply techniques to effectively use text, sound, and images in multimedia projects. 
3. Develop the importance of animations and videos, understanding the principles and technical aspects of production. 
4. Integrate multimedia elements with web technologies and design for effective web-based delivery. 

CO – PO Mapping: 

Textbook: 

Tay Vaughan – Multimedia (Making it work) – cc 

Reference: 

1. Nigel Chapman – Digital Multimedia – Wiley – ISBN – 81-265-0489-7 2. John F. Koegel Buford – Multimedia Systems – PEARSON – ISBN – 81-78-08-162-8 
2. “Multimedia: An Introduction” by John Villamil-Casanova and Louis Molina. Introduces the fundamental concepts and tools used in multimedia development.ISBN: 978- 0131507317 
3. Fundamentals of Multimedia” by Ze-Nian Li and Mark S. Drew Provides an in-depth introduction to the principles and practices of multimedia. ISBN: 978-3319052908