Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN HİT4103 4. Semester 2 + 1 3.0 5.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Associate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Lect. Turgay YAVAŞ
Instructor(s) Turgay YAVAŞ
Assistants
Goals To gain the competencies of creating visual designs.
Course Content A. IMAGE EDITING PROGRAM WORKING AREA • Starting a Pixel Based Program and opening a file • Using tools • Using tool operations with keyboard combinations • Making changes to a selected area • Magnifying and scrolling the image with the navigation palette • Using the tool options bar and other palettes • Undo operations in Pixel-Based Program • Toolbox overview • Actions Applications B. BASIC PHOTO RETARDING PROCEDURES • Retouching strategy • Straightening and cropping an image • Making automatic adjustments • Changing colors in an image • Adjusting brightness with the dodge tool • Adjusting saturation with the Sponge tool apply a reduction filter • Repair specific areas with the cloning stamp tool • Use the spot correction brush tool • Use the correction brush and patch tools • Use snapshots and ge • Use the history brush tool to selectively reorganize C. COLOR • Image Modes o Grayscale o CMYK o RGB o Lab Clour o Indexted clour • Image Editing o Bright / Contrast o Curves o Levels o Hue Saturation o Clour Blance o Tone o Invert o Treshold o Desaturate o PSD Record o TIFF, JPEG and GIF Record
Learning Outcomes - . Processing Pictures / Images on a Computer
- 2. Creating Banners
- 3) Creating Calendar
- 4. Create Label
- 5. Creating Book Cover
- 6. Creating a Journal
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Computer Picture Processing
2. Week Computer Picture Processing
3. Week Creating Banners
4. Week Creating Banners
5. Week Creating Banners
6. Week Creating a Calendar
7. Week Computer Picture Processing
8. Week Midterm
9. Week Creating Labels
10. Week Creating Labels
11. Week Creating Book Cover
12. Week Creating Book Cover
13. Week Magazine design
14. Week Magazine design
15. Week Magazine design
16. Week Final
Recommended Sources
Prof. Dr. Ayten ÖZTÜRK Serkan PERKMEN “Multimedia and Visual Design“, Emre BECER “Communication and Graphic Design”
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 DK6 Measurement Method
PY13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm 1 1 4 4
Homework 1 10 5 50
Homework 2 6 4 24
Final 1 4 4
Classroom Activities 14 3 42
Total Workload 124
ECTS Credit of the Course 5.0