Basics of digital graphic prepress for printed and electronic media; the basics of printing techniques; digitisation; equipment for the production of digital description; input and output devices; file formats; resolution; interpolation; compression; basics of colour reproduction; rasterisation; RIP; types and properties of PDF documents; workflows.
Graphic printing materials: specification and application; raw materials, production, properties and application of paper; polymer and aluminium foils; composition of printing inks: pigments, binders, solvents, additives; characteristics of printing inks for different printing procedures; composition and properties of varnishes and adhesives. Basic standard methods for testing graphic materials.
Learning about the basic elements of typography, parts of characters, variations in typeface weight and width, fonts and typographic measurement systems; learning about the characteristics of individual type styles; elements of text position; ligatures, initials, leading, length of lines and justification; micro-typography; proofreading and proofreading marks.
Theoretical basics of the origin of colour and human perception of colour; theories of colour vision, colour contrasts, colour constancy and metamerism; CIE standard system of colour specification; basics of colorimetry, colour spaces and colour systems. Instruments for colour measurement; standards regarding colour measurement in graphic technology.
Learning of development trends and fundamentals of lithographic printing; densitometry, steering, regulation and process management; construction of sheet-fed offset presses and web presses; evaluating of print quality and affecting factors; enhancement of prints on a press.
Upgrading general knowledge of English to a higher professional level; reading strategies and discourse of professional texts; determining key words and writing abstracts, articles and reports; description of graphs; business communication; taking part in discussions.
Learning about photography as a visual communication medium; perspective; history of photography; analogue photo cameras; objectives; lighting devices, meters, lenses, colour screens, shooting techniques, photochemistry and reproduction photography; basic artistic parameters and aesthetic principles in photography.
Learning about the basic principles of mathematics, physics and chemistry and understanding and using their observations in specific graphic processes and materials; elementary functions, derivatives and integrals; force; elastic deformation; mechanics of liquids; temperature; currents; oscillation and fluctuation; materials; elements and compounds; reactions; conductibility.
learning about the connection and interdependence of basic artistic elements and procedures; basics of artistic language; artistic elements; sensory and artistic elements of space; depth guidelines; artistic materialisation in various artistic media.
How a computer works; computer code and programmes; hardware; recording and saving data: bits and bytes; software; data tables and databases; computer networks, internet and internet services; computer security and privacy; analogue and digital media: image, sound, video.