Computer Work and Digital Imaging

Tutor:

Jiří PETERA

Synopsis:

The course focuses on understanding and practising digital imaging not only as an alternative to classical photography but also as a modern creative tool for advancing creative photography. First-year students will learn the basic principles of photographic picture raster scanning and transforming it into a data file through a computer. Students will get to know the functions of a computer and its peripheries as alternatives to the processing of photography in a dark room. Simultaneously, the first year will serve to balance the computer knowledge of individual students. The course will also explain and determine the organisation of work on a school computer.

Prerequisites:

Evaluation:

The final exam to be ordered requires: elaborated exercise, knowledge of digital image workflow, activity and participation at lessons.

Study Objectives:

Outline and Syllabus:

Name of the lecture: Ing. Jiří Petera

Contact: 603 761 747, peterajiri@seznam.cz

Course Description:

In the theoretical part of the lessons the students will get acquainted with basic definitions that are concerned in digital images. The digital color, description of the colors and the ways of the data compression of the image files and essential image file formats will be explained. The principle of basic computer peripherals that are used for creating and finishing of the digital image will be discussed.

The practical part will include editing of the photography by the AdobePhotoshop. The students will practice it at special exercises (practical lessons) and on their own photos as well (the outputs of Mr. M.Stecker?s lessons).

Attention will be devoted to essential knowledge of color management that will be extended to AdobePhotoshop and will be used by the printing too.

Study materials:

Digitální fotografie, Jan Ponec, Milič Jiráček: Univezita Palackého v Olomouci, 2002;

Color Manegemen Systém, Pavel Kočička: Grafie CZ,s.r.o., Praha 2003;

Správa barev, Bruce Fraser, Chris Murhy, Fred Bunting: Computer Press, Brno 2003;

Manuals - Adobe Photoshop

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri
Thu	místnost TR 304 Učebna KF (Tržiště 20, Praha 1) PETERA J. 14:00–17:15 EVEN WEEK (přednášková par. 1)
Fri

Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Fotografie EN - bakalář (qualification subject)