A Technical Introduction to Digital Video

By Charles A. Poynton

Not a programming or a recipe book, this is a complete reference that presents the fundamental concepts and processes development of digital video projects. This book is designed for technical people not already video experts who need to design, build and program--hardware and software--systems that include video.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047112253X
• ISBN13: 9780471122531
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 1.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

This should be THE digital video textbook

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 digital editing. However, because the information is so technical it is not a good book for a beginner who is still learning how to operate his or her camera.

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 folks who didn't know much about digital video (that was me) but needed a detailed understanding & explanation. I also think it's great for intermediate-advanced because they can always use this book as a reference. A co-worker of mine who is a video expert looked through it and was impressed. He wished there was a book like this back when he was learning.It would have been nice if there was a section on digital video compression though.

If you deal with computer graphics or video, this book is strongly recommended.

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 "Media Programming" columns.