I.T.2510: Music, Photo and Movie Processing (Spring, 2009-2010)
Course Quick Facts |
Instructor |
Dr. Hu Haibo |
E-mail |
haibo@comp.hkbu.edu.hk |
Phone |
3411-2421 |
Office |
RRS726 (Ho Sin Hang Campus) |
Teaching Assistant |
Ms. Xie Xiaohui @RRS735 (xhxie@comp.hkbu.edu.hk)
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Lecture Session |
Wed 13:30 - 15:20 @ LT2 |
Lab Session |
S1: Fri 12:30 - 14:20
S2: Thu 13:30 - 15:20
@ OEW802 |
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Annoucement |
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| Course Objective |
1. To learn the basic concept and principle for music, photo and movie processing in daily life applications;
2. To master software skills for music, photo and movie processing such as music file compression/conversion, photo enhancement and movie editing. |
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Course Outcomes |
- Learn basic concept and operations about
- digital music processing
- digital photo processing
- digital video processing
- Describe different digital media standards and technologies
- Design and process music, photo and movie data using software tools
- Develop multimedia projects for various purposes
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| Text & Recommended Readings |
No particular textbook is required, but the following book is recommended for major reference.
- Nigel Chapman and Jenny Chapman, Digital Multimedia (3rd edition), Wiley, 2009.
Some other reference books:
- Z.N. Li and M.S. Drew, Fundamentals of Multimedia, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.
- T. M. Savage and K.E. Vogel, An Introduction to Digital Multimedia, Jones & Bartlett, 2008.
- Tay Vaughan, Multimedia: Making it Work (7th edition), McGraw-Hill, 2006.
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| Useful Resources |
- Adobe Design Center: http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/
- Adobe Video Workshop: http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/
- 3rd Party Tutorials for Photography and Photoshop: http://www.tutorial9.net/
- 3rd Party Video Tutorials for Adobe Softwares: http://tutvid.com
- Some More Video Tutorials: http://www.tutcast.com/
- Some More Photoshop Tutorials: http://revision3.com/pixelperfect
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| Lecture Notes (tentative) |
They are usually available 3 days before the lectures, shown by  . You can download them from
BUMoodle.
| Lecture 1: Introduction to Digital Multimedia |
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We introduce the concepts of media, multimedia and digital multimedia. We also learn some common aspects of different digital media and their processing.
| Lecture 2: Vector and Bitmapped Images |
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We will learn the details about image resolution, scaling and resampling methods, compression methods. In addition, we will introduce the common image data types.
| Lecture 3: Photo Manipulation I |
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This lecture will introduce layers, selection tools, masks and alpha channels.
| Lecture 4: Photo Manipulation II |
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This lecture introduces pixel point and pixel group processing, including levels, curves, shadows/highlights, blur and sharpen.
In this lecture, we will learn RGB/CMYK/HSL/HSB color models. We will also learn color adjustment tools and color consistence issue.
| Lecture 6: Advanced Photo Manipulation |
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We will see some videos and demos of several interesting and not-yet-mentioned tools. We will also see two demos of comprehensive works.
| Lecture 7: Movie Standards and Compression |
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In this lecture, we introduce the industrial standards of video formats and compression techniques.
| Lecture 8: Movie Editing and Post-Production |
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In this lecture, we will learn several video effects as well as basic editing techniques.
| Lecture 9: Introduction to Animation |
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In this lecture, we will introduce some basic concepts of animation, including frames, keyframes, timeline. We will also learn how to create simple Flash animations.
| Lecture 10: Building Flash Animation and Video |
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In this lecture, we will further learn some fundamentals of Flash, including drawing tools, symbols, and importing video to Flash.
| Lecture 11: Music and Sound |
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To be announced.
| Lecture 12: Processing Music |
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To be announced.
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| Lab Sheets |
| They are usually available 3 days before the lab sessions. Please download them through BUMoodle. |
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| Course Grades |
- Attendance: 15%
- Lab Assignments: 20%
- Project: 15%
- Final Exam (written): 50%
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| Course Regulations |
- Attendance:
- Attendance will be taken at **ALL** lectures and labs.
- You may have 5 absences (approved or unapproved) from class without affecting your grade.
- The 6th, 7th and 8th absences will cost you 5% of your grade each (total 15%), unless I receive a written approval from the Academic Register.
- The 9th absence and on forth will cost you F grade for this course.
- Late for class:
- A 15 minutes late (lecture or lab) will be counted as an absence.
- Lab assignments and project:
- All lab assignments are due at the end of the lab session. If you have not completed the assignment, turn your partially completed work at the deadline. No **LATE** assignments will be accepted.
- If you cannot attend the lab, send me your work before the assignment deadline. However, you will still have an absence record for this lab.
- Your submitted work must be **ORIGINAL**. There wil be a serious penalty if I find your work is copied completely or largely from elsewhere.
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