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Undergraduate Course: The Digital Studio (LLLA07041)

Course Outline
SchoolCentre for Open Learning CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryTHIS IS A FOR-CREDIT COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED.

This course is aimed at students who wish to apply skills creatively, using Photoshop as a tool to simulate and extend traditional studio processes as well as developing techniques unique to the software. Teaching is conducted on an individual basis, tailoring projects to promote an understanding of the software relevant to your particular experience and artistic vision. This approach aims to create a personal working practice that will complement current digital or studio practice and create new avenues of continued investigation.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:

RESEARCH
Demonstrate an extended awareness of the potential of Photoshop as a tool for processing and editing visual information;

PRACTICE
Consider how the technical skills can offer exciting possibilities when applied to other art and design practices;

PRESENT
Develop an individual mode of working, allowing students' own ideas to evolve.
Reading List
Essential
BAUER, P., 2008. Photoshop for Dummies CS4 , Hoboken NJ: Hoboke
DEJEN, J., 1983, Computer Images ; The State of the Art, London: Thames and Hudson
BIRD, T., 2001, New masters of Photoshop, New York: Friends of ED
Crawford, M., 2007, 500 Photoshop Hints and Tips, Hove: RotoVision

Recommended
LIVINGSTONE, M., 1990, Pop art: A continuing history, London: Thames and Hudson
HOCKNEY, D., 2012, David Hockney: A Bigger Picture, London: Thames and Hudson
Deutsche Guggenheim, 2001, Jeff Koons, Easyfun Ethereal, Berlin: Deutsche Guggenheim
COOKE, L., 1994, Julian Opie, London: Thames and Hudson
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills using digital media effectively as a creative medium
using Adobe Photoshop
knowledge and understanding of composition and design
ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context digital drawing within visual culture
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr Robbie Bushe
Tel:
Email: r.bushe@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr David Lonergan
Tel: (0131 6)51 4832
Email: David.Lonergan@ed.ac.uk
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