Digital Imaging 1

Tutor:

Jiří PETERA

Synopsis:

The course focuses on enhancing students' knowledge and practice in digital photography to the level of pre-print preparation, emphasising the creative side of printing design. The course is closely connected with the course „Typography and Graphic Design“, which includes working with the program Adobe InDesign. Lessons are aimed at the perfect mastering of digital print so that students are able to present their photographs - prints in exhibition quality. Finance permitting, piezography - carbon print will be presented to show a perfect scale in a monochrome print.

Prerequisites:

Evaluation:

The final exam to be ordered requires: elaborated practical exercise, theoretical knowledge, activity and participation at lessons.

List of topics for the final exam:

1. Color Management (CIE 1931, CIE Lab, architecture of Color Management , ICC profiles, gamut mapping).

2. Calibration and ICC profile making of the monitor, scanner and printer.

3. Using Color Management in AdobePhotoshop.

4. Characteristics of PostScript a PDF files, export in PDF.

5. Characteristics of basic printing workflow terms.

Study Objectives:

Outline and Syllabus:

Course Description:

The students will practice advanced editing of photography. They will work in Adobe Photoshop, and in AdobeLightroom (RAW images). A special attention will be paid to Color Management. The student will create by themselves: ICC profiles for monitor, scanner and printer. They will use them for soft proof and hard proof in practice. To be able to cooperate better with a graphic studio the essential roles of image export into PDF image format will be explained and the basic pre-press and press terms as well.

Study materials:

List of Recommended Literature:

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;

PDF pro tisk, Petr Lozan, Jan Smékal, Kamil Třešňák; Grafie CZ,s.r.o, Praha 2007

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. 09:50–11:25 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)