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Multimedia Systems

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Course Unit Code548-0042/07
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KAC072doc. Ing. Michal Kačmařík, Ph.D.
Summary
Course offer students basic knowledge and skill necessary for multimedia presentations creation. Students learn how to shoot and process digital photography, video and audio, create raster and vector computer graphics or get a basic skills in typography.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
After the course, students understand basic steps in multimedia system development and are able to independently create a simple own multimedia system using various forms of information communication.
Course Contents
1. What are multimedia systems? Introduction to multimedia systems.
2. Phase of multimedia systems creation and testing. Multimedia distribution.
3. Colour representation in digital devices.
4. Colours and their meaning. Colour selection, colour sets.
5. Computer 2d graphics.
6. Computer 3d graphics.
7. Digital photography shooting.
8. Digital photography processing, storing and printing.
9. Introduction to typography, work wit text.
10. Animation.
11. Digital video shooting.
12. Digital video processing and storing. Video compression.
13. Audio shooting, procesing and storing. Audion compression.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BHATNAGER, G., MEHTA, S., MITRA, S. Introduction to multimedia systems. Academic Press, 2020, ISBN: 0-12-500452-4, 207 s.
STEINMETZ, S., NAHRSTEDT, K. Multimedia Systems, 4. vydání. Springer, 2013, 482 s.
MUKAI, N. Computer Graphics. InTech, 2012, ISBN-13: 978-953-51-0455-1, 256 s.
KELBY, S. The Digital Photography Book: Part , 2. vydání. Peachpit Press, 2013, ISBN-10: 9780321934949, 256 s.
RŮŽIČKA, J. Multimediální systémy, Distanční text, VŠB-TUO, 2006.
BENEŠ, B., SOCHOR, J., FELKEL, P., ŽÁRA, J. Moderní počítačová grafika, 2. vydání. Computer Press, 2005, 624 s.
DANHNHOFEROVÁ, J. Velká kniha barev. Computer Press, Brno, 2012, ISBN: 978-80-251-3785-7, 352 s.
BHATNAGER, G., MEHTA, S., MITRA, S. Introduction to multimedia systems. Academic Press, 2020, ISBN: 0-12-500452-4, 207 s.
Recommended Reading:
SAVAGE, T.M., VOGEL, K.E. An Introduction to Digital Multimedia, 2. vydání. Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2013, ISBN-10: 144968839X, 336 s.
HAVALDAR, P., MEDIONI, G. Multimedia Systems Algorithms Standards and Industry Practices. Course Technology Ptr, 2009.
JOSHI, M., RAVAL, M., DANDAWATE, Y. a kol. Image and Video Compression: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications. Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2013, ISBN-10: 148222822X, 236 s.
KOONTZ, W. Introduction to Audio Signal Processing. RIT Press, 2016, ISBN-10: 1939125413, 184 s.
HOLSINGER, E. Jak pracují multimédia. UNIS Publishing, 1995.
MARTÍNEK, Z. Počítačová typografie srozumitelně … s Wordem. Nakladatelství Kopp, České Budějovice, 1996.
PIHAN, R. Mistrovství práce s DSLR. Institut digitální fotografie, 2006, ISBN: 978-80-903210-8-3, 288 s.
KELBY, S. The Digital Photography Book: Part , 2. vydání. Peachpit Press, 2013, ISBN-10: 9780321934949, 256 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 (67)26
                Písemná zkouškaWritten examination50 26
                Ústní zkouškaOral examination17 0