Course detail

Multimedia I

FSI-YMUAcad. year: 2014/2015

The course contains lectures about two basic types of software used for processing multimedia content in visual communication - standard video (in Adobe Premiere) and interactive presentations (Flash) for Internet or as stand alone application.

The course has been created 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

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. arch. Vladimír Haltof, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Ability to create short multimedia video presentation (advertising, video, etc.) and interactive Flash application based on 2D and 3D (still images, animation, vector graphics) and audio (music, sounds) sources.

Prerequisites

Ability to work with raster and vector computer graphics and knowledge of digital imaging processing (range course "Computer Graphics - CorelDraw / Adobe"). Basic knowledge of 3D graphic (course "Computer Modelling - Rhinoceros 3D")

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.
All tasks and final task will be submitted electronically in the source files, including. structural history and output files.
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.
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.
If some of the projects are awarded less than half of the maximum pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed".

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Mastering work with multimedia content in taught applications.

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

Participation in the exercises is obligatory and is controlled by the teacher. Absences can be compensated in exceptional cases and for serious reasons by mutual consent with course supervisor. Maximum of two excused absence without compensation are allowed.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Adobe Creative Team: Adobe Flash CS-CS5. - 2010
Adobe Creative Team: Adobe Premiere Pro CS-CS5. - 2010
Sochor, J. - Žára, J. - Beneš, B.: Algoritmy počítačové grafiky.

Recommended reading

Golding, Mordy: Adobe Creative Suite 2: průvodce grafika. - 2006
Moock, Colin: Essential ActionScript 3.0. - 2007
Yeung, Rosanna: Macromedia Flash MX. - 2004

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N3901-2 Master's

    branch M-PDS , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective (voluntary)
    branch M-PDS , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective (voluntary)

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

39 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Vladimír Haltof, Ph.D.
Ing. Róbert Machálek

Syllabus

1 Introduction to Adobe Premiere, the graphical user interface, basic terms, parameters of the project
2 Adobe Premiere - import data, timeline, tracks and their properties, channels, realtime preview
3 Adobe Premiere - working with video tracks - fade effects generators and filters, masks, vector graphics, text
4 Adobe Premiere - work with audio tracks - fade effects generators and filters, audio effects
5 Adobe Premiere - export standards for animation formats, types of containers and compression formats
6 Tools for processing animations (VirtualDub, codecs, ffmpeg), basic authoring (DVD, BluRay)
7 Introduction to Adobe Flash, the graphical user interface, basic terms, scene parameters
8 Adobe Flash - creation of vector graphics, work with text, object properties, transformation
9 Adobe Flash - working with layers, effects
10 Adobe Flash - instances and symbols library elements
11 Adobe Flash - animation, working with the timeline, the types of transition animations
12 Adobe Flash - ActionScript and buttons, functions for working with the timeline, functions for working with the properties of objects, variables
13 Adobe Flash - export and use of Flash in HTML