An Introduction to Multimedia Coding

An Introduction to Multimedia Coding provides an excellent, comprehensive guide to this area. The practical support material will provide a full multimedia experience for the reader with its inclusion of PaintShop Pro on the accompanying CD. Focuses on multimedia coding; explaining important data compression fundamentals and in particular how internet images, video and audio are encoded. Includes worked examples and sample problems for students. Supported by a CD/website (www multimediacoding.com.) containing electronic versions of the worked examples, sample images and educational resources -- e.g. lecture slides and laboratory exercises together with answers to problems.