Computer Graphics I

Course guarantor:

Dana Matějovská, Kateřina Sýsová

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Stanislav Moravec, Kateřina Sýsová

Supervisor:

Department of Architectural Modelling

Synopsis:

In the Computer Graphics course students will learn to work with Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. The graphic content of the work will be linked to their experience of Prague. The final goal of the work is to make a collaboratively authored book with the students' personal impression of Prague in the form of a comics. Students will learn image processing, typography, editing, and layouts in the various software.

Requirements:

The minimum number of students to open the course is 5. EXCEPTION for self-paying students: if there are less than 5 students, the course will be taught in consultations.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction to the course.

2. Learning goals and outcormes.

3. Overview of used programs.

4. How to build a storyline.

5. Visual communication.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.introduction how to use Apple Mc, program Aldus Freehand.

2.Shape and colour composition, vector drawing - /Aldus Freehand/.

3.Composition „ Point,Line, Area“- /Aldus Freehand/.

4.Headlines lettering. Principles of typography I. - /Aldus Freehand/.

5.Program QuarkXPress.

6.Layout of page. Principles of typography II.

7.Layout of magazine.

8.Program Photoshop.

9.Composition of picture. Photography in use. /Photoshop/.

10.Poster layout.

11.Poster layout.

12.Poster layout.

13.Poster layout.

14.Printing of the poster.

Study Objective:

During several lessons students will be led to become familiar with 3 ADOBE programs, and also with the basics of typography. The result of their term work will be a poster on individual topic. It will be required to hand in the poster in digital form and a version printed on paper. - format B1 .,

Study materials:

Dusong, Jean Luc - Siegwart, Fabienne: Typographie, Larousse Bordas, Paris, 1996., Czech edition Typografie, by Svojtka and Vašut, 1997

Note:

Throughout the course additional information/changes will be communicated.

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

	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	roomT9:S147c Sýsová K. 08:00–09:30 (parallel nr.101) Dejvice
Wed
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

	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	roomT9:S147c Sýsová K. 08:00–09:30 (parallel nr.101) Dejvice
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Architecture and Urbanism, in English (elective course)
• Design, in English (elective course)
• Landscape Architecture, in English (elective course)