Course detail

Computer technology V

FA-VY5Acad. year: 2011/2012

The subject offers information on presenting outputs in a raster format. The aim is to master the procedures in the environment of a raster editor PhotoShop 6.5.. The students get general information on the work with colour, and synoptic information on raster editors. The subject also includes the treatment of digital photographs, scanned photographs and collages. Special attention is paid to the work with a scanner and with a digital camera, and to the subsequent digital print.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. arch. Jan Kratochvíl

Department

Department of Drawing (UZold)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The students get the knowledge needed for work with raster images and for creating animated internet presentation outputs.

Prerequisites

The student has basic knowledge of 2 D computer graphics, basic orientation in the environment of 2D raster and vector editors.

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

Classified credit - going through final test, presentation of assignments in due terms

Course curriculum

1. week Setting, introduction to the problems
2. week Independent work on project
3. week Tuition designed structures
4. week Tuition and realization designed structures
5. week Tuition and realization designed structures
6. week Presentation project – paper – Adobe Photoshop
7. week Presentation project – paper – Adobe Illustrator
8. week Tuition
9. week Presentation project – www - Flash
10. week Presentation project – www - Flash
11. week Presentation project – www - Flash
12. week Tuition
13. week Final presentation and evaluation

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim is to evolve student's invention in the field of free digital creation. The accent is placed on effective presentation of own ideas leading to final design too.

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

80 %attendance at tutorials, active work at seminars, continous work on assignments

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

A+U Special Edition: Cecil Balmond, November 2006 (EN)
Žára, J. &; Beneš, B.; Felkel, P.: Moderní počítačová grafika, 1998 Computer Press, ISBN 80-7226-049-9 (CS)

Recommended reading

A+U Special Edition: Cecil Balmond, November 2006 (EN)
Benjamin Aranda, Chris Lasch, Cecil Balmond: Tooling (časopis Pamphlet Architecture) (EN)
Greg Lynn: Animate Form, 1999 (EN)
Joseph Rosa: Next Generation Architecture: Folds, Blobs, and Boxes, 2003 (EN)
Kostas Terzidis: Algorithmic Architecture, 2006 (EN)
Lars Spuybroek: NOX: Machining Architecture, 2004 (EN)
Lise Anne Couture, Hani Rashid: Asymptote: Flux, 2002 (EN)
Michael Hensel, Achim Menges, Michael Weinstock: Architecture in the digital age: design and manufacturing, 2004 (EN)
Michael Hensel, Achim Menges, Michael Weinstock: Emergence: Morphogenetic Design Strategies (časopis Architectural Design), 2004 (EN)
Michael Hensel, Achim Menges, Michael Weinstock: Techniques and Technologies in Morphogenetic Design (časopis Architectural Design), 2006 (EN)
Mike Silver: Programming Cultures: Architecture, Art and Science in the Age of Software Development (časopis Architectural Design), 2006 (EN)
Peter Zellner: Hybrid Space - New Forms in Digital Architecture, 1999 (EN)
Phylogenesis foa's ark: foreign office architects, 2004 (EN)
Reiser + Umemoto: Atlas of Novel Tectonics, 2006 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Bachelor's

    branch ARCH , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Exercise in computer lab

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Jan Kratochvíl

Syllabus

Rastrová grafika, formáty, editory.Barva.
Globální úpravy obrazu.Definování výběru.Barevné úpravy obrazu.
Vrstvy, koláž.
Vektorové nástroje Photoshopu.
Kreslení a retušování.Filtry a efekty.
Základy práce v Adobe Illustrator.