Video Technology for Computer Graphics

course level: intermediate / full
day offered: Tuesday 

Chair:  Dean Winkler - Post Perfect, Inc.


Lecturer===  
Dean Winkler
Post Perfect, Inc.

==Course Description===
This course is designed to give computer graphics professionals a thorough 
understanding of the theory and practical application of video technology.  It
will be broken down into four parts as follows: 

Part I: Video Theory.  This will start with scanning theory, describe the 
monochrome video signal, the NTSC color video signal, color encoding 
techniques, signal measurement, and review all current video formats including
D-1 and D-2 digital video and HDTV.  

Part II: Electronic Image Processing and Special Effects.  This will present a
general model of video image compositing, which is applicable to hardware or 
software based compositing.

Part III:  Contemporary Video Production and Post-Production Techniques.  This
will include video special effects hardware, combining CGI and video special 
effects, video compositing/layering, combining CGI with live action and other 
related topics.

Part IV:  Will present examples of video art and commercial production from 
around the world.

==Who Should Attend=== 
This course is designed for computer graphics professionals who anticipate 
having to use video technology, or who have been using video and wish to have 
a stronger technical background and better understanding of current techniques
and work in the field.

==Recommended Background (Prerequisites)=== 
The course material is of moderate difficulty due to the level of detail that 
will be covered.  Some familiarity with computer animation techniques is 
assumed.

==Course Objectives=== 
This course has the following objectives:
1) To give attendees a rigorous technical overview of video theory, so that 
they can grasp the underlying principles of why video works the way it does; 

2) to give attendees a complete overview of video production and 
post-production techniques so that they can make use of these in their own 
computer animation; and 3) to expose attendees to video art and commercial 
production so that they will be inspired and see how the techniques discussed 
in the other parts of the course apply.

==Chair Biography=== 
Dean Winkler is vice president and director of creative services at Post 
Perfect Inc., an electronic special effects facility in New York.  Winkler is 
an internationally recognized computer/video artist.  He holds a U.S. patent 
and has received numerous awards in the television industry.  He lectures 
frequently both nationally and internationally.