Course Catalog 2007-2008

AML-2106 STILL MEDIA, 3 cr
Still Media

Courses persons responsible
Ilkka Alavalkama

Lecturers
Ilkka Alavalkama

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture 2 h/week 2 h/week - - - -
Exercise 4 h/week 4 h/week - - - -
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
Basics of digital imaging and post-processing. Imaging as a tool for planning processes and presentation, image as an artistic presentation, theoretical principles of imaging processes. Lectures and demonstrations in english.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The basics of digital cameras and image processing workflows.  Image processing tool add-ons.  Digital file recovery.
Restoration of image material. 
2. Workflows in picture taking, in darkrooms and in digital image processing.  Optical aberration corrections. Panorama- and fish-eye photography.
Remote camera control. 		 Traditional silver-based photography. 
3. Imaging equipment, lenses, filters, lights, accessories, image storage materials, programs,  Light sources, studio lights.  Special photography:
close-up photography, digiscoping, endoscopy. 
4. Image post processing, printing and archives. Scanning.
Image metadata (exif, IPTC). 		 Archival life of image materials.
Archival space recommendations. 		   
5. Image presentation equipment and basics of public image presentation.  Design of image presentation spaces.    

Requirements for completing the course
Personal portfolio created with personal tutoring and containing all asked process parts: 2 photographic tasks, processed materials, technical and artistic image processing.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Step-by-step personal projects consisting of technical and artistic imaging tasks (personal tutoring after each step). Finished project folder containing all project parts: credits based on artistic and tehnical aspects.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Summary of lectures   Ilkka Alavalkama   http://www.tut.fi/units/arc/amltech/aml2100/2106e.htm   No   

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    AML-1100 AML-1100 Architectural Media Basics 5 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Additional information about prerequisites
    Basic skills of Photoshop or an other image processing program are needed, but not teached. Basic skills for creating a presentation (flash, html, pdf, or ppt) are needed (teached on AML-1100).

    Remarks

    Lecture materials and summaries in ppt and pdf format on web page: http://www.tut.fi/units/arc/amltech/aml2100/2106e.htm

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
    - In compiling exercise, group or laboratory work
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - In the visualization of objects and phenomena, e.g. animations, demonstrations, simulations, video clips
    - In exams or assessment of knowledge and skill/learning

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 80 %
    - Distance learning: 5 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 15 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 28
    Exercises 42
    Assignments 7
    Laboratory assignments 2
    Total sum 79

    Correspondence of content
    11020 Still Media

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    Last modified 28.02.2007
    Modified byIlkka Alavalkama