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Date
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Topic
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Reading,
Chapman and Chapman
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Reading,
Wong/Burg
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Worksheets
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Interactive
Tutorials
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W
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01-14
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(Wong & Burg)
overview of course
discussion of term project
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Part
I: Background
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F
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01-16
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(Burg)
digitization
sampling and quantization
Nyquist theorem
file sizes and transfer rates
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Chapter
1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Enabling Technologies
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M
|
01-19
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Martin
Luther King Jr. Day
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Part
II: Graphics & Image Processing
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W
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01-21
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(Burg)
sampling and quantization in digital images
resolution and bit depth in digital images
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F
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01-23
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(Burg)
masks and convolutions
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M
|
01-26
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Snow day
(Burg)
compression
run-length encoding
Huffman encoding
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Chapter
2 CS -
Digital Imaging
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|
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W
|
01-28
|
(Burg)
LZW compression
JPEG compression
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|
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|
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F
|
01-30
|
(Burg)
instructions for installing software
tour of digital media lab
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Readings
on Photoshop Help (the first four chapters/sections)
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M
|
02-02
|
(Burg)
color models
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Chapter
6 - Color
PPT: Color
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|
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W
|
02-04
|
(Burg)
color models
dithering
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Chapter
7 - Characters & Fonts
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F
|
02-06
|
(Burg)
discrete cosine transform
JPEG compression
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|
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|
|
M
|
02-09
|
(Wong)
capturing digital images: digital photography and scanning
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W
|
02-11
|
(Wong)
digital imaging application and tools
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|
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|
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F
|
02-13
|
scanning
and digital imaging techniques & examples |
PPT: Scanning & Creating Abstract Images |
|
Channel
Mixing (read only) |
- Understanding
and Applying Histograms
- Tonal
Range Adjustment in Scanning
- Understanding
and Applying Curves
|
M
|
02-16
|
(Burg)
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Part
III: Multimedia Programming
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|
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W
|
02-18
|
Exam
I
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|
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F
|
02-20
|
(Wong)
vector graphics applications
|
Chapter
4 - Vector Graphics
|
|
Short
Practice Exercise: Create
an animated game piece in Flash (get
it ready by Feb 27; it will be turned in with the Director chess
game assignment) |
|
M
|
02-23
|
(Wong)
intro to multimedia authoring using Macromedia Director -- Animation |
|
Chapter
8 Primer - Multimedia Authoring |
|
|
W
|
02-25
|
(Wong) Director
-- Overview of Lingo |
|
|
Understanding
Events due Feb 27 (Fri) |
Understanding
Events (with the worksheet) |
F
|
02-27
|
Snow
day
|
M
|
03-01
|
(Wong)
Director -- More Lingo and Examples |
|
|
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Assignment:
Director Lingo hands-on -- Creating a simple chess game (instructions,
start files,
completed
file in Shockwave) |
W
|
03-03
|
(Wong)
Director -- OOP in Lingo |
PPT:
OOP in Lingo (see
the Material page to download examples)
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|
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F
|
03-05
|
(Wong)
Director -- 3D Lingo |
PPT:
3D Lingo (see
the Material page to download examples)
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M
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03-08
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Spring
Break
|
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|
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W
|
03-10
|
F
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03-12
|
M
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03-15
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(Wong)
Director -- multi-user app.
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W
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03-17
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Part
IV: Sound Processing
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F
|
03-19
|
(Burg)
sound waves
sound sampling and quantization
sound dithering
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Chapter
12 - Sound
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|
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M
|
03-22
|
(Burg)
sound file formats
sound compressions
non-linear companding
|
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Chapter
4 CS - Digital Audio
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|
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W
|
03-24
|
(Burg)
Fourier transform
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|
|
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F
|
03-26
|
(Burg)
MIDI sound files
cancelled for lab on 03-30
|
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M
|
03-29
|
(Burg)
guest speaker
|
|
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W
|
03-31
|
(Wong)
music creation with Acid Pro
|
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Part
V: Digital Video
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F
|
04-02
|
(Burg)
Digital TV
|
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|
|
M
|
04-05
|
(Burg)
MPEG encoding
|
Chapter
10 - Video
|
|
|
|
W
|
04-07
|
(Wong)
digital video
|
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|
|
F
|
04-09
|
Good Friday |
M
|
04-12
|
(Wong)
digitizing
videos and capturing digital videos,
Digital video editing application and tools, DVD production |
|
Chapter
7 Primer - Digital Video Production |
Worksheet - bit budgeting for DVD
projects |
Non-linear Video Editing Techniques
(interactive) |
W
|
04-14
|
F
|
04-16
|
(Burg)
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Chapter
15: Multimedia Network
|
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|
M
|
04-19
|
W
|
04-21
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Exam
II
|
|
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|
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F
|
04-23
|
(Wong & Burg)
Share projects, tie up loose ends
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M
|
04-26
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W
|
04-28
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