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Digital Display
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:55
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_175 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences | Target Audience: | Information and Communication Science; Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Alnis Stakle | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not necessary. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Within the scope of the course students get an insight into basics and professional use of digital photography. The knowledge obtained during the course will deepen understanding about digital photography in the context of actualities in the field of communication. Within the scope of the course students are familiarised with approaches to acquisition and post-processing of digital images, the most important turns in the development of digital photography, contemporary technological and conceptual actualities in reproduction of photographs in the printed environment and on the screen. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the study course topic. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Possibilities and use of digital photo cameras and their optics for professional needs (exposition, ISO, aperture, exposure compensation, camera modes, white balance, RAW, JPG, HDR, colour space, lens optical capacity, auto-focus, depth of field, etc.). | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Adaptation of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom work environment. Selection and use of digital image formats (RAW, JPG, TIFF) for professional goals. RAW file post-processing, colour and contrast compensation, coloured and black-and-white images, their post-processing possibilities. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Post-processing of files for printing: chromogenic printing, offset printing (chalk overlay paper and uncoated paper), lambda, lightjet and C-print. Preparation of files for the internet environment. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the study course topic. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Possibilities and use of digital photo cameras and their optics for professional needs (exposition, ISO, aperture, exposure compensation, camera modes, white balance, RAW, JPG, HDR, colour space, lens optical capacity, auto-focus, depth of field, etc.). | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Adaptation of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom work environment. Selection and use of digital image formats (RAW, JPG, TIFF) for professional goals. RAW file post-processing, colour and contrast compensation, coloured and black-and-white images, their post-processing possibilities. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Post-processing of files for printing: chromogenic printing, offset printing (chalk overlay paper and uncoated paper), lambda, lightjet and C-print. Preparation of files for the internet environment. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | During the semester the student reads recommended readings and internet sources. Students should share existing and obtained knowledge among themselves during lectures, during discussions outside lectures, thus developing their own and joint knowledge about photography media. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Seminar written works – summaries; group works – development and presentations of creative projects; independent studies and activity, exchange of information, insights during classes; examination. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After mastering the course students: • Understand, autonomously analyse and select according to their creative ideas formats of image files (RAW, JPG, TIFF). • Know basics of file resolutions, differences in colour spaces and importance and use of colour profiles in digital display. • Know basics of photography. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After mastering the course students: • Are able to make photos according to the concept of the photo project. • Are able to select a technological solution according to the concept of the photo project. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After mastering the course students: • Are able to make photos and use automated and manual control programmes of a camera. • Independently use basic tools in programmes from the Adobe group for post-processing of images. Understand basics of colour, contract and colour saturation compensation. • Are able to format images for different printing (chromogenic printing, offset, lambda and lightjet) and screen environments. Are able to select and competently lead photograph presentation and exposition processes. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom, Adobe Press, 2018 | ||||||||
| 2 | Adobe InDesign CC Classroom, Adobe Press, 2018 | ||||||||
| 3 | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC, Adobe Press, 2018 | ||||||||
| 4 | David Busch, David Busch’s Sony Alpha a7R II/a7 II Guide to Digital Photography (The David Busch Camera Guide Series), Rocky Nook, 2016 | ||||||||
| 5 | David Busch, Canon EOS 6D Mark II Guide to Digital SLR Photography (The David Busch Camera Guide Series), Rocky Nook, 2017 | ||||||||
