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Design 2: Digital Design Tools (E)

Niveau

Bachelor

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

The students can
- create various forms of visualization of digital media themselves.
- implement basic editing and design steps in Adobe programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, or XD)
- apply wireframing technologies and technologies
- design mockups with the help of Adobe programs
- design icons and pictograms according to specific requirements

Prerequisites for the course

none

Course content

Editing and design basics in Adobe, such as
- General program functions and work interfaces
- Drawing tools
- Layer technique
- Selection functions
- Crop tools
- Colors and formatting
- objects
- Image editing
- Composing
- Texture/ Patterns/ Artboards
- Alienation
- Backgrounds
- Text editing
- Template creation
- Rulers, guides, grids
- Import / export / vectorization
- Wireframing, handling 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

Assessment methods and criteria

Portfolio review

Language

English

Number of ECTS credits awarded

6

Share of e-learning in %

20

Semester hours per week

3.0

Planned teaching and learning method

Presentations, group work, presentation and discussion of task

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

2

Name of lecturer

STGL

Academic year

Key figure of the course/module

DES2

Type of course/module

integrated lecture

Type of course

Compulsory

Internship(s)

-