Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Architecture and Arts :: Design

INTRODUÇÃO ÀS TECNOLOGIAS DIGITAIS - 2023/2024

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 3

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Ana Quintas
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Ana Quintas

Class type and School hours

Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

1. To teach how to use image creation software as means to express feelings and communicate ideas.
2. To teach how to create digital illustrations.

Specific Aims/Objectives

1. To teach how to use Adobe Illustrator main tools.
2. To teach how to use Adobe Photoshop main tools.
3. To teach how to organize elements in a digital space.
4. To teach how to experiment with the expressive capabilities of the digital software with the aim to create a personal aesthetic.

Skills to be acquired

At the end of the semester the students should be able to:

1. Distinguish bitmap images from vector images.
2. Know when to apply and how to work with those two types of images.
3. Edit and manipulate images with Photoshop.
4. Work with the following elements: color, line, space, texture, tonality, figure/background relations.
5. Draw using Illustrator.
6. Express emotions and atmospheres through digital illustrations.

Teaching Procedures

The teaching will have a theoretical part where it will be used the expositive and the interrogative methods, and a practical part, where it will be used the demonstrative and the active methods.

Programme

1. Introduction to Adobe Photoshop.
1.1 Bitmap images: characteristics. Working with pixels. Image resolution.
1.2 Editing and manipulating bitmap images. Cutting tools. Contrast and tonality tools (ex: curves, levels). Color manipulation tools (ex: hue-saturation). Differences between RGB and CMYK color modes. Image editing tools. Working with adjustment layers.
1.3 Creating illustrations in Photoshop. Working with layers. Using masks, blending modes and filters.
1.4 Drawing tools: brushes.

2. Notions of composition. Figure / background relations. Space organization. Working with textures.

3. Introduction to Adobe Illustrator.
3.1 Vector images: characteristics. Creating and editing vector images.
3.2 Drawing techniques. Drawing with Bezier curves. Working with the pen tool. Working and editing paths. Using transparencies and color gradations.
3.3 Working with line and contour. Applying color.
3.4 Text tools.

Evaluation Type

During the semester the students will be assessed by two tests, in accordance with the Assessment Regulation of Universidade Lusíada. Each of these tests will be divided in two components: one written and one practical.

Teaching Resources

Computer. Projector. White board and pens. Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Illustrator. Internet. PDF files.

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Design.
Digital.
Illustration.
Image.
Technology.

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography