Course: Introduction to Graphic Editors for Fine Arts

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Course title Introduction to Graphic Editors for Fine Arts
Course code KGI/ZGE
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech, German
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vrobel Petr, Mgr.
Course content
Weeks 1 - 13 Introduction, assignment of tasks. Photoshop - possibility of working with selections; mask, basics of work with colors and layers. Photoshop - advanced techniques of working with color, blending modes. Photoshop - advanced technology of work with layers, masks, trimming groups. Photoshop - retouching. Illustrator - basics of creating objects (strokes, fills). Illustrator - basics of transformations of objects. The seminar will not be held for professional reasons / individual students' work. Illustrator - working with color. Illustrator - working with layers. The combination between Photoshop and Illustrator programs. Creative work with programs. Creative work with programs.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Collaborative instruction, Project-based instruction, Discussion, One-to-One tutorial, Skills demonstration, Individual study, Students' self-study, Lecture with visual aids, Seminar, Field trip
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 10 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
Project-based instruction
Self-study of literature
Seminar classes
Skills
Skills demonstration
One-to-One tutorial
Individual study
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
Multimedia supported teaching
Competences
Multimedia supported teaching
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
Task-based study method
assessment methods
Knowledge
Continuous assessment
Project
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Project
Continuous assessment
Self-evaluation
Seminar work
Competences
Portfolio
Project
Self-evaluation
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.
  • 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.


Study plans that include the course
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