BKSTS Full-day seminar

Hosted at Computer Film Company
19-23 Wells Street, London W1P
London, England, September 22, 1998, 09:00-17:00

Digital Video Technology

This 1-day seminar introduces studio digital video technology, with a special emphasis on its relationship to film and computer graphics. We will detail image sampling and quantization, nonlinear coding, luminance and luma, component video, NTSC and PAL composite video, and digital videotape recording (D-1, D-5, etc.). We will explain interlace, and detail its treatment in film recording and computer graphics. We introduce Motion-JPEG compression, and explain how it is used in the emerging DVC standard and its derivatives DVCAM, DVCPRO, and Digital-S. We outline MPEG-2 video compression, and introduce ATV, DTV, and HDTV.

Poynton's book A Technical Introduction to Digital Video will be used as the text for the course. Each attendee will receive a copy of the book, in addition to course notes.

You can access the syllabus.

Who should attend: Though the course is quite technical, it is suitable for experienced users of digital video systems, particularly people who are involved with the transfer of images between digital video and film, or digital video and computer generated imagery (CGI). It is also suitable for technical directors, system designers, programmers, and engineers.

Prerequisite: The course assumes you are familiar with image data represented in R'G'B' components. If you wish to understand the details of color reproduction in television, you may wish to attend the companion course the day before, Understanding Color in Film, Video, and CGI.

Fee: BKSTS member (UKP 90 + vat) UKP 105.75
nonmember (UKP 110 + vat) UKP 129.25
Student member (UKP 50 + vat) UKP 58.75

Registration information is available at the Training Department of the BKSTS:

Tel: +44 171 242 8400
Fax: +44 171 405 3560
Email: movimage@bksts.demon.co.uk

BKSTS
63-71 Victoria House,
Vernon Place,
London WC1B 4DA,
England

Charles Poynton - Courses & seminars
1998-08-21