Digital Media

Program: BFA: DES 283 Electronic Imaging I: Digital Imaging

Presents the skills necessary to construct complex and detailed drawings, illustrations, montages, and collages using the digital medium. Students experiment with color correcting and retouching of digitized images and are introduced to the range of effects associated with electronic imaging.

Concept/Method

1. Visual literacy
2. Metaphor
3. Design process
4. Montage, collage, compositing
5. Juxtaposition
6. Storyboarding
7. Sequence, narrative
8. Integration of type and imagery
9. Problem solving
10. Sign & symbol development

Media/Technology

1. Photoshop
2. Illustrator
3. Printers
4. Scanners
5. Digital camera
6. Understanding resolution
7. Color systems
8. File formats

Social & Ethical Issues

1. Connotation of imagery
2. Copyright law
3. Appropriation
4. Oral presentation skills