Design 2: Digital Design Tools (E)
Niveau
Bachelor's program
Learning outcomes of the courses/module
The participants:
• can design various visualization forms of digital media
• can apply fundamental editing and design steps in suitable programs (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, or XD)
• can apply wireframing techniques and technologies
• can design mockups using appropriate programs
• can design icons and pictograms to meet specific requirements
• can design various visualization forms of digital media
• can apply fundamental editing and design steps in suitable programs (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, or XD)
• can apply wireframing techniques and technologies
• can design mockups using appropriate programs
• can design icons and pictograms to meet specific requirements
Prerequisites for the course
none
Course content
Editing and design fundamentals in Adobe, for example:
- General program functions and workspaces
- Drawing tools
- Layer techniques
- Selection functions
- Cropping tools
- Colors and formatting
- Objects
- Image editing
- Compositing
- Texture/patterns/artboards
- Distortion effects
- Backgrounds
- Text editing
- Template creation
- Rulers, guides, grids
- Import/export/vectorization
- Wireframing and working with wireframing technologies
- Mockup design and implementation using Photoshop, Illustrator, or XD
- Icon and pictogram design: dos and don'ts
- General program functions and workspaces
- Drawing tools
- Layer techniques
- Selection functions
- Cropping tools
- Colors and formatting
- Objects
- Image editing
- Compositing
- Texture/patterns/artboards
- Distortion effects
- Backgrounds
- Text editing
- Template creation
- Rulers, guides, grids
- Import/export/vectorization
- Wireframing and working with wireframing technologies
- Mockup design and implementation using Photoshop, Illustrator, or XD
- Icon and pictogram design: dos and don'ts
Recommended specialist literature
- MediaFarbe - analog und digital: Farbe In Der Medienproduktion, ISBN: 978-3642622618
- Screen Design und visuelle Kommunikation: Gestaltung interaktiver Oberflächen, ISBN: 978-3778527375
- Wahrnehmungspsychologie: Der Grundkurs, ISBN: 978-3642550737
- Die Macht der Farben: Bedeutung & Symbolik, ISBN: 9783854364337
- Adobe Photoshop: Das umfassende Standardwerk zur Bildbearbeitung, ISBN:383628619X
- Adobe Illustrator: Das umfassende Handbuch: Ihr Standardwerk zum Lernen und Nachschlagen, ISBN:383627292X
- Design Your first Website in Adobe Xd: How To Use Adobe's Design and Protyping Tool, ISBN:979-8448382741
- Wireframing Essentials , ISBN: 1849698546
- Screen Design und visuelle Kommunikation: Gestaltung interaktiver Oberflächen, ISBN: 978-3778527375
- Wahrnehmungspsychologie: Der Grundkurs, ISBN: 978-3642550737
- Die Macht der Farben: Bedeutung & Symbolik, ISBN: 9783854364337
- Adobe Photoshop: Das umfassende Standardwerk zur Bildbearbeitung, ISBN:383628619X
- Adobe Illustrator: Das umfassende Handbuch: Ihr Standardwerk zum Lernen und Nachschlagen, ISBN:383627292X
- Design Your first Website in Adobe Xd: How To Use Adobe's Design and Protyping Tool, ISBN:979-8448382741
- Wireframing Essentials , ISBN: 1849698546
Assessment methods and criteria
Portfolio
Language
English
Number of ECTS credits awarded
6
Semester hours per week
Planned teaching and learning method
Presentations, group work, presentation and discussion
Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered
2