SGI Vancouver

Vancouver, B.C., October 9, 1998 (Friday)

Digital Video Technology

This 1-day course 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.

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.

You can access the syllabus.

Prerequisite: We suggest that you attend "Understanding Color in Film, Video, and CGI," or be familiar with the concepts presented in that course.

Fee: TBD, approx. CAD 500

Registration: contact Kerri Brock at SGI in Toronto.

Charles Poynton - Courses & seminars
1998-08-21