UFMA4 Thinking by image - Photoshop in reality

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Petrásek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martin Petrásek, Ph.D.
Centrum interdisciplinárních studií – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Seminars are the necessary introduction to work with images, which are taken as the information carrier. It stands on the edge of creative and technical subject. Students will become familiar with the theory of image and its interpretation in art, advertising and technical fields. The course aims to uncover the procedures in the production of audio-visual works, to explain and put in context the composition and creative techniques. It is expected that the courses graduate will be able to manage basic techniques of composition and to manipulate with images and information that they contain. He/she will be able to produce audio-visual works without the basic compositional errors, disturbing or confusing elements. He/she acquires the necessary knowledge for the subsequent work with the image in both the pre-processing and post-processing. These skills can be used in photography, filmmaking, videography or graphic design.
Syllabus
  • History of composition, image composition (content, story, colour), golden section, the Fibonacci sequence, the size of shots and their aspects, composing the static and dynamic images, errors in photography and video, technical limits, interpretation of the technical and information image quality.
    Photo processing, post-processing, adjustments. Methods of software modification, influence of compression on image quality, metadata analysis and extracting the different data-layers form image. Photo editing, tools for information changing, tools for manipulation with information in an image, retouch, change in reality perception, (tilt-shift, clamping, instagramming, toning and more).
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Grey, Tim. Adobe Photoshop CS2 v praxi praktický průvodce nejen pro digitální fotografy. Grada, 2006. info
  • Ben Willmore. Velká kniha k Adobe Photoshop 7 - Manuál k programu a škola výtvarných technik. DTP & grafika, 2002. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* 75% attendance in seminars, active participation
* All tasks submited and approved
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016.
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