Course Title: Create, manipulate and incorporate 2D graphics

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5235

Course Title: Create, manipulate and incorporate 2D graphics

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 25.0

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Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

COSC5232C

City Campus

TAFE

320T Design (TAFE)

Face-to-Face


Course Contact: Tim McCarthy

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4211

Course Contact Email: timothy.mccarthy@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to create, edit and incorporate 2D graphics into multimedia products for use within the cultural industries.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CUFMEM14A Create, manipulate and incorporate 2D graphics

Elements:

1.  Work with digital imaging

2.  Use 2D multimedia graphics software

3.  Create 2D multimedia graphic designs


Learning Outcomes

• understand the creative elements of a production
• application of different graphic design methods
• graphic design conventions
• graphic and stylistic language and conventions
• collecting and interpreting creative information, scripts (text) and images
• visualisation and interpreting creative information, scripts (text) and images
• visualisation and interpretation of creative concepts
• information management
• copyright laws, regulations and clearance procedures
• the principles of digital imaging
• file formats, file management and transfer systems
• principles of 2D multimedia graphic design
• presentation techniques


Overview of Assessment

• produce two different multimedia sequences incorporating 2D graphics according the job specifications and the listed performance criteria
• knowledge and application of a range of 2D graphic production methods and equipment