Course detail

DTP - winter

FaVU-DTP-ZAcad. year: 2016/2017

Subject is intent on aquitance of students with basic use of application Adobe InDesign, operates on platforms MacOSX
and PC Win. Application is specify for production and work with layout documents.
Course is concepted on practical level.
Partial parts of course:
- Presentation of application tools for realization proper In Design documents.
-Possibility of application.
-Connectivity with other applications: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLife, Macromedia Flash, Acrobat Professional,
Microsoft Word...
-Realization of produce project - working with text and pictorial material, prepress preparation, creation of tables,
differents ways of layout, character and paragraph styles, export of document into PDF, produce and parameters of
postscript document...
Contribution for students:
-Orientation in application.
-Basic typographic rules for layout.
-Basic prepress preparation.
-Export of documents into other applicatons...

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge of the basic terms (text, vector, bitmap), skills in working with them.

Prerequisites

None.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations..

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit.

Course curriculum

Computer-aided publishing, technologies, computer, printer, scanner, software (QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop).

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Mastering the basic DTP skills.

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

Presence is mandatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

SoftPress: Adobe InDesign - oficiální výukový kurz
Pavel Kočička a Filip Blažek: Praktická typografie
časopis Typo
Chuck Green, Desktop Publisher´s Idea Book, 1997

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch ZST , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch AGD1 , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

27 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Seminar

54 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer