LIBERAL COURSES: COMPUTER GRAPHICS
The liberal courses, organized by L.A.B.A. ONLY FOR EUROPEAN STUDENTS, are offered in three months or yearly (November-May) periods.
The courses are available in flexible hours; morning, afternoon and evening. All of them are conducted by qualified and professional professors.
At the end of each course, will be issued a certificate released by L.A.B.A. (Libera Accademia di Belle Arti legally recognized by ministerial decree ( D.M.) 27.04.2000).
From desktop publishing to vector design, from bitmap images to digital images. The professional graphic realization, using the computer as a n efficient tool for elaboration of graphical, photographical and pictorial images, for printing, multimedia, photography, web and general artistic creation.
phase 1- theoretical and practical basic information
- Generically use of a computer and main soft wares
- Analysis and evaluation of graphical products realized by the computer
- Professional realization- how to create a logo and a web page
- Introduction to offset printing
- Bitmap, Pixel and digital images
- Vector design- basic shapes and be'zier curves
- Principles of elaboration and management of images, photographs, graphical texts, special effects
phase 2- practical realization
- File formats
- Color- RGB, CMYK, HSB
- Exploiting the creativity and creating sophisticated illustrations
- Creative use of letters and fonts
- Images- using the scanner, digital images, effects
- Text pagination
- Typographic aspects
- How to create a web page
phase 3- advanced comprehension
- Preparation for printing
- Import and links of images
- Color consistency
- Organizing the documents for high resolution printing
- Differences and expedients between the composition of a page prepared for print and an interactive multimedia screen
Final project
Creating a logo, web page, a poster and a folder
The following soft wares, in their most recent versions, will be used during the course:
- FreeHand (vector graphic and page layout)
- Photoshop (digital images)
- Software for scanning
