Computer Graphics and Multimedia. Applications, Problems and Solutions

DiMarco J.1-59140-123-2

As the disciplines of art, technology, and information science collide, computer graphics and multimedia are presenting a myriad of applications and problems to professionals and scholars in Computer Science, Information Science, Digital Art, Multimedia, Educational Technology, and Media Arts. Today’s digital scholar can use Computer Graphics and Multimedia: Applications, Problems and Solutions as a tool to explore the vast parameters of the applications, problems, and solutions related to digital disciplines. Contributing authors include computer scientists, multimedia researchers, computer artists, graphic designers, and digital media specialists. The book has an extensive range of topics for the digital scholar who wants to discover and research other areas within the computer graphics and multimedia disciplines beyond their own.

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Table of Contents……Page 4
Preface……Page 7
Section I: Digital Design……Page 15
I Teaching Computer Graphics and Multimedia: A Practical Overview……Page 16
II Digital Prepress: Issues and Solutions for the Preparation of Print Media……Page 39
III Screenspace……Page 55
IV How to Use Photoshop to Improve the Gestalt of an Image……Page 69
Section II: Computer Science……Page 86
V Adaptive Narrative Virtual Environments……Page 87
VI Isoluminance Contours: A Fast, Simple Model for 4D Animated Visualization……Page 101
VII Content-Based Video Indexing and Retrieval……Page 125
VIII Evaluating Graph Drawing Aesthetics: Defining and Exploring a New Empirical Research Area……Page 160
Section III: Multimedia and New Media……Page 194
IX Client and Server Side Programming Concepts Incorporating Macromedia Flash……Page 195
X Everything That Can Communicate Will: Aspects of Digital Asset Alignment and Management……Page 210
XI Analysis of Musical Content in Digital Audio……Page 229
XII Certain Aspects of Machine Vision in the Arts……Page 251
About the Authors……Page 272
Index……Page 277