Multimedia Technologies

Code	11563
Year	2
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	PL(30H)/T(30H)
Scientific area	Informatics
Entry requirements	no requirement
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face
Work placements	Not applicable
Learning outcomes	This UC intends that the students learn the fundamentals of multimedia; digitalization; compression; color and color codification; digital image; compression of digital images; digital sound; digital video. After this Curricular Unit, the student should be able to understand and explain the fundamentals of the processes involved in the digital representation (in computers and computer networks) of elements like texts, images, sound, and video.
Syllabus	1 - Multimedia - Definition 2 - Digital representation of data 3 - Data compression techniques 4 - Color and color representation 5 - Representation of digital images 6 - Compression of digital images 7 - Digital video - File formats and compression 8 - Digital sound - File formats and compression
Main Bibliography	Main bibliography: Tecnologias Multimedia - Available course support text, Manuela Pereira, 2005. Secondary: Multimédia e Tecnologias Interactivas, Nuno Ribeiro, FCA -Editora de Informática, Lda. Tecnologias de Compressão Multimédia, Nuno Ribeiro e José Torres, FCA -Editora de Informática, 2009. Multimédia: Les Fondamentaux, Ion Roxin, Daniel Mercier, Vuibert. Compression D'Image, Algorithmes et standards, Éric Incerti, Vuibert. Multimedia: Computing, Communications & Applications, R. Steinmet, and K. Nahrstedt, Prentice Hall, 1995. (ISBN: 0-13-324435-0) Multimedia Fundamentals: Volume 1, Media Coding and Content Processing, 2nd Edition , R. Steinmetz, K. Nahrstedt, Prentice Hall, 2002. (ISBN: 0-13-031399-8)
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.