Digital Circuit - Workflow in der Praxis

Jorit Aust
Institute of Fine Arts and Media Art, Photography
2025W, Lecture with Practical Exercises (VU), 2.0 ECTS, 2.0 semester hours, course number S02284

Description

Digital Circuit: a brief introduction to digital workflow.

Focal points are:

Process optimization strategies with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop;

System profiling from capture to output;

Exposure metering as the bas^is of an optimal digital negative;

Raw development; the basic understanding of working with digital negatives;

Exposure corrections, general color corrections and selective color adjustments, perspective and subject corrections with raw converters;

Interpolation techniques and final output-oriented sharpening routines;

Image archive, file management and data backup.

Students' own digital work as a starting point is required.

Photoshop time is life time! Therefore: As little as possible, as much as necessary!

Teaching language is german.

Examination Modalities

Active participation and ongoing review of learning progress - grading is therefore only possible if 4/5 of the dates are attended. There is ongoing evaluation of comprehension and knowledge during class.

 

Comments

 

The following order of precedence always applies to the allocation of numerically limited course places:

1. regular students of applied sciences who require a "Pflichtfach"certificate.

2. other regular students of applied sciences

3. extraordinary students of applied sciences

4. co-enrolled students from other universities

Applications will be ranked within the categories in the order in which they are received.

 

Key Words

Lightroom, Photoshop, Raw-Entwicklung, Digitale Bildbearbeitung, Printaufbereitung, Scan-Techniken, Archiv-Aufbau

Dates

Fri, 10 October 2025, 10:30–11:30 Computer Room, Photography Department , "Only those who are present at the preliminary meeting can be considered for participation in the course." (preliminary discussion)
Fri, 17 October 2025, 10:30–12:30 Computer Room, Photography Department
Fri, 24 October 2025, 10:30–12:00 Computer Room, Photography Department
Fri, 31 October 2025, 10:30–12:00 Computer Room, Photography Department
Fri, 07 November 2025, 10:30–12:00 Computer Room, Photography Department
Fri, 14 November 2025, 10:30–12:00 Computer Room, Photography Department
Fri, 21 November 2025, 10:30–12:00 Computer Room, Photography Department
Fri, 28 November 2025, 10:30–12:00 Computer Room, Photography Department
Fri, 05 December 2025, 10:30–12:00 Computer Room, Photography Department
Fri, 12 December 2025, 10:30–12:00 Computer Room, Photography Department
Fri, 19 December 2025, 10:30–12:00 Computer Room, Photography Department
Fri, 09 January 2026, 10:30–12:00 Computer Room, Photography Department
Fri, 16 January 2026, 10:30–12:00 Computer Room, Photography Department

Course Enrolment

From 01 October 2025, 00:01 to 10 October 2025, 00:02
Via online registration

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Stage Design (1. Section): Medientechnik: Fotografie 542/106.07

Stage Design (2. Section): Medientechnik: Fotografie 542/206.07

Design: Specialisation in Design and Narrative Media (1. Section): Technological Fundamentals: Moving Image, Photography, Animation, Sound 576/104.06

Design: Specialisation in Design and Narrative Media (2. Section): Technological Fundamentals: Moving Image, Photography, Animation, Sound 576/204.06

Design: Specialisation in Communication Design (1. Section): Technical Basics: Photography, Film, Video 577/104.06

Design: Specialisation in Communication Design (2. Section): Technical Basics: Photography, Image Editing 577/204.06

Design: Specialisation in Fashion Design (2. Section): Fashion Techniques: Free Elective Pool Photo / Film / Video / Digital Applications 584/206.01

Fine Arts (2. Section): Artistic Practice in Technical Context: Subject-specific Techniques 605/203.01

Fine Arts (2. Section): Artistic Practice in Technical Context: Free Electives out of Artistic Practice in Technical Context 605/203.80

Co-registration: not possible

Attending individual courses: not possible