Course: Graphic Editors for Fine Arts 2

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Course title Graphic Editors for Fine Arts 2
Course code KGI/GE2
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
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. Opening lesson, task assignment. 2. Photoshop - the possibility of working with selections, mask, basics of working with color and layers. 3. Photoshop - advanced techniques for working with color, blending modes. 4. Photoshop - advanced techniques for working with layers, masks, clipping groups. 5. Photoshop - retouching photographs. 6. Illustrator - basics of creating objects (strokes, fills). 7. Illustrator - Basics transformation of objects and work with color. 8. Illustrator - working with layers. 9. The combination of Photoshop and Illustrator programs. 10. - 13. Prepress and printing. This subject more deeply and comprehensively discusses and practices the basics of graphic material object editors for artistic creation, and expands the area of ??prepress preparation and printing. Acquired knowledge and skills to further extend the practical tasks of teaching studio.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture with practical applications, Multimedia supported teaching, One-to-One tutorial, Skills demonstration, Individual study, Lecture with visual aids, Practicum
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Previous knowledge of the fundamentals of graphic editors.
to compare and analyze different artistic expressions 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, make drawing sketches of their own compositional designs by hands free in basic graphic editors develop research on the topic, 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
of using visual means and tools of basic graphic editors (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator) for creative expresion, proposes surface stylization of visually processed topics and their integration into a graphically effective composition, of basic procedures of suitable pre-print and print preparations for realization of 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
  • 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.
  • Kadavý, Dušan. Adobe Illustrator 10 : oficiální výukový kurz.
  • Lea, Derek. Kreativní grafika : ilustrace, umělecké techniky a 3D kresby kombinující Photoshop s aplikacemi Illustrator, Poser, Painter, Cinema 4D a ZBrush. Vyd. 1. Brno : Computer Press, 2011. ISBN 978-80-251-3469-6.
  • Vlach, Martin; Švéda, Petr. Adobe InDesign 2 : uživatelská příručka. Vyd. 1. Praha : Computer Press, 2002. ISBN 80-7226-750-7.
  • 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.


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