A Technical Introduction to Digital Video
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (942 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 047112253X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book is almost perfect! This book does a great job of explaining video concepts. You will love how Poynton starts with the basics, explains them, builds and then gets down to the nitty gritty (even down to the mathematical formulas). This book is complete & consistent.It's perfect for technical folk. This should be THE digital video textbook DeDragon This book is packed with technical information about the digital video format. Extremely detailed and thorough, it is a must-have for anyone with a serious interest in digital video. The chapters on digitized compression and image capture are priceless from the aspect of digi. "If you deal with computer graphics or video, this book is strongly recommended." according to A Customer. An excellent reference book. Covers a variety of computer graphics as well as analog and digital video topics. Includes a very good chapter on filtering and sampling, giving an in depth explanation of aliasing effects. I recommended this book in one of my recent JavaWorld "Me
. From the Publisher Poynton, who has won awards for his work integrating video and computing, has written an interesting and enlightening reference on the basic concepts and processes essential for successful design and development of digital video projects. Featuring 200 line drawings and photographs as well as 12 pages of four-color artwork, this book will prove indispensable for technical people who are not video experts
POYNTON is working to integrate video technology-particularly, high-definition television, digital compression, and accurate color reproduction-into computer workstations. He is well known internationally as a researcher, writer, and teacher. He initiated Sun Microsystems' HDTV workstation project and introduced color management technology to Sun. In 1994, he was awarded the prestigious David Sarnof
If you are a computer system designer, engineer, programmer, or technician, you can use this book to help you learn how to apply digital video to computer systems. A Technical Introduction to Digital Video is an approachable and definitive reference to the principles, algorithms, standards, and techniques of digital video. Using computers and communication systems, it is easy to acquire, process, transmit, and display photographic-quality still color pictures. In this unique book, an internationally recognized expert addresses digital video from the perspective of computing and communications. But the goals of smooth motion and accurate color reproduction are elusive. If you a