Course detail

Computer Graphics - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

FSI-YPGAcad. year: 2015/2016

Students will become familiar with the program package Adobe - Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign. They learn to work with basic operations (basic strokes and working with layers, retouching, transformations, masks). The subject will lead to the creation of 2D graphics, multi-page documents and publications.

The course has been upgraded with the support of the OPVK project. "The Studio digital sculpture and new media project", reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0278, is co-financed by the European Social Fund and the state budget of the Czech Republic.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. akad. soch. Miroslav Zvonek, ArtD.

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will acquire basic knowledge of Adobe, whereupon they will be able to create high-quality graphical outputs of their projects (technical reports, presentation images, visualization) in future.

Prerequisites

Students are expected to work with basic PC, Windows and the ability of creative thinking.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through exercises which are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Graded course-unit credit requirements: attendance in lessons, meeting assigned projects deadlines, practical test verifying the knowledge of work with the software and creative work ability.
Resulting evaluation consists of evaluations on projects, tasks and a test. In total it will be possible to aquire 100 points. Resulting classification will be defined by the ECTS scale.
If some of the projects and test are awarded less than half of the maximum pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed".
According to the article No. 13 of Study and Examination Rules of Brno University of Technology ECTS evaluation degree scale is used. . If some of the projects are awarded less than 50 pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed". The course is evaluated with the following grades: ECTS EVALUATION DEGREES / PTS. RATING / NUMERIC RATING: A / 100 - 90 / 1 / Excellent; B /89 - 80 / 1,5 / Very good; C / 79 - 70 / 2 / Good; D / 69 - 60 / Satisfactory; E / 59 - 50 / Sufficient; F / 49 - 0 / 4 / Failed.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course "Computer Graphics - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign," is to acquaint students with basic tasks in programs Illustator, Photoshop, Indesign. Work in these programs will lead to the creation of 2D graphics design for the printed, electronic and multimedia graphics.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The attendance at seminars is controlled. Students have to be present in scheduled hours in the computer laboratory, work on given projects and wait for consultation, unless a lecturer gives other individual plan. The excuse of absence is possible only due serious reasons such as illness. Unexcused absence may jeopardise awarding the graded course-unit credit.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

FAULKNER, Andreu a Conrad CHAVEZ. Adobe Photoshop CC. Indianapollis: Computer Press, 2016. ISBN 978-80-251-4741-2.
Uživatelská příručka k aplikaci Photoshop. Uživatelská příručka k aplikaci Photoshop [online]. Adobe Systems Software Ireland, 2017. Dostupné z: https://helpx.adobe.com/cz/photoshop/user-guide.html

Recommended reading

Adobe Creative Team: Adobe Photoshop CS5, ISBN: 9788025132258
SIMMONS, Jason. Kompletní příručka pro designéry: virtual product design. V Praze: Slovart, 2009. ISBN 978-807-3911-515.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B3A-P Bachelor's

    branch B-PDS , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Computer-assisted exercise

52 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Vladimír Haltof, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1st Adobe Illustrator 2 - Summary of knowledge - basics of Adobe Illustrator, starting a new project, format, creation of objects, properties and transformations
2nd Adobe Illustrator 2 - vector panel, tracing bitmaps, effects
3rd Adobe Illustrator 2 - the definition of custom color options, brushes, symbols, fill, spray, clipping mask, the mask transparency
4th Adobe Illustrator 2 - advanced transformation tools, transformation with envelopes, using transformation network perspective, smooth transitions between objects
5th Adobe Illustrator 2 - Export, prepress, the concepts of "fallout", "Overlay" "spot color", "Flattener", "Font Embedding", "color profile" using Adobe Acrobat
6th Adobe Photoshop 2 - Summary of knowledge - basics of Adobe Photoshop, starting a new project, working with layers, selections, drawing and basic retouching techniques
7th Adobe Photoshop 2 - raster and vector masks, vector objects, paths, advanced features of Brush tool
8th Adobe Photoshop 2 - layer styles, special types of layers and Adjustment Layers, Channels
9th Adobe Photoshop 2 - export tools, preparing graphics for the web, 3D tools, animation
10th Adobe InDesign - familiarity with the environment of Adobe InDesign, philosophy of work, starting a new project, the layout of the main tools, files, prepare multi-page document
11th Adobe InDesign - a tool for creating graphical objects, object properties, transformation, text paragraphs, work with embedded graphic objects, cropping
12th Adobe InDesign - master pages, character and paragraph styles, text, rate, flow, GREP
13th Adobe InDesign - creating a list automatically generated text in the anchor text, document preparation for print, export, printing brochures