Course: Graphic Editors

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Course title Graphic Editors
Course code KGI/BGE
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Vrobel Petr, Mgr.
Course content
1.-13. Initial lesson, task assignments. Photoshop - possibilities of using selections, a mask, basic principles of work with colour and layers. Photoshop - advanced techniques of using colour, blending modes. Photoshop - advanced techniques of using layers, masks, cutting group. Photoshop - retouching photographs. Illustrator - basics for creating objects (strokes and fills). Illustrator - basics for transforming objects. Students will work independently. Illustrator - work with colour. Illustrator - work with layers. Combining programmes Photoshop and Illustrator. Creative work with the programmes. Creative work with the programmes.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lecture with practical applications, Collaborative instruction, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Seminar, Practicum
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to compare and analyze different artistic expressions in digital media by criteria of esthetics, semiotics and technique on basic level, to specify basic knowledge of supporting arts disciplines and their techniques and technologies, about historical and contemporary style canons, to recall basic knowledge of several common graphical editors with their specifics and usages,
Skills
to work independently and flexibly react to evaluating commentary of the teacher, draw up a drawing sketch of your own compositional designs best in drawing programs or in graphic editors, to show own creativity on generally assigned task, to show the will to find different artistic solutions, alter them and constructivelly evaluate, to plan a simple project from design to realization,
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
of basic differences between bitmap and vector technology including its advantages and diadvantages, of options of use of bitmap and vector graphic programs and their outcomes, of basic technical and technological rules of pre-print preparations and preparations of print itself,
Skills
using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator for advanced creativity (selections, mask, basic and advanced color techniques, layers, blending modes, clipping groups, photo retouching, creating and transforming objects, working with color and layers) proposes surface stylization of visually processed topics and their integration into a graphically effective composition, it can apply learned practices in combination with available technologies to create a static image for later use with multimedia applications, basic procedures of suitable pre-press preparation and print preparation for the realization and presentation of the final product
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills demonstration
Individual study
Skills
Interactive lecture
Competences
One-to-One tutorial
assessment methods
Knowledge
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Skills
Seminar work
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Adobe Illustrator 10. oficiální výukový kurz. Softpress Praha (1. vyd.), 2003. ISBN 808649.
  • Frost, Lee. Kreativní fotografie od A do Z : více než 70 detailně popsaných fotografických technik. Vyd. 1. Brno : Computer Press, 2003. ISBN 80-251-0086-3.
  • Willmore, Ben. Velká kniha k Adobe Photoshop 7.0 : manuál k programu a škola výtvarných technik. 1. vyd. Praha : Computer Press, 2002. ISBN 80-7226-745-0.


Study plans that include the course
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