| Course Description : | This course is mainly designed to further introduce the theoretical concepts of digital media including images, audio, animation and video. Different types of digital media are outlined and their digital storage process is explained in detail such as the GIF standard and file organization. The digital media encoding and decoding concepts and dithering techniques are explained. In addition, different types of digital media compression techniques are introduced. This includes lossless and lossy techniques such as JPEG, MPEG and H.26x video compression standards. The main algorithm used in these compressors are outlined. In addition, performance issues such as hardware, software, Internet-based broadcast, and analog vs digital concerns are also discussed.
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