ICT101: Introduction to 3D Graphics and Animation

This unit introduces the fundamentals of computer graphics, animation, audio and video, which is essential for multimedia and digital content development. Tools and techniques used for the creation, manipulation and transformation of visual and audio information are introduced. Topics include: understanding of bitmap and vector graphics; processing graphics; 2-D and 3-D geometry; nature of 3-D graphics; use of vectors and matrices in graphics; geometric manipulation of 3-D graphics; shading; animation; audio; video.

Points	3
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Lectures/tutorials/workshops: up to 5 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Exclusions	Students who have successfully completed ICT217 Digital Images, Graphics and Audio may not enrol in this unit for credit.
School	School of Information Technology
Unit Coordinator	Dr Kevin Wong Position: Associate Professor E-mail: K.Wong@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 3.050 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6100
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Kevin Wong Associate Professor (K.Wong@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6100 Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 3.050 MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)