Computer Graphics and Multimedia: Applications, Problems and Solutions

Twelve chapters explore different approaches to digital graphic design education and production, and the intersection of computer science and multimedia applications. Topics include using Photoshop to improve the gestalt of an image, the development of adaptive narrative virtual environments, context-based video indexing and retrieval, an assessment of graph drawing aesthetics, and object-oriented programming and server-side scripting in Macromedia Flash.
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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.