Java™ Media APIs: Cross-Platform Imaging, Media, and Visualization

Processing Media

The great advantage of possessing media in a digital format is that it opens endless possibilities. No longer is media simply captured and then stored or transmitted prior to presentation. After it has been captured (or generated), it becomes digital data that might be processed in any number of ways including filtering, adding effects, being compressed or decompressed, as well as being combined with other media. Figure 7.9 shows the traditional analogue approach to media capture, editing, and transmission. Figure 7.10 shows the digital approach and the additional opportunities it affords.

Figure 7.9. Traditional analogue approach to media capture, editing, and transmission.

Figure 7.10. Digital approach to media capture, processing, ...