Course detail

Multimedia and Technology

FSI-YMTAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course is focused on mastering applications and workflows for the creation and processing of multimedia content - animated 2D and 3D graphics with sound for production use.
Emphasis is placed on the connection of the technical side with the requirement to express the intention in the context of the processed assignment.
The course contributes to improving the technical level of students' works and increases the professional competencies of students in the labor market.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. arch. Jan Rajlich

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Entry knowledge

Advanced computer literacy is required - working with files, a basic overview of commonly used file types, the ability to edit text files, orientation in the basic configuration of the Windows operating system.
Furthermore, knowledge of working with 2D raster and vector graphics (eg. in Adobe or Corel) and 3D graphics (modeling and visualization), orientation in the process of digital graphics processing and a basic overview of digital data formats and standards used in computer graphics are required.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The course is conducted in the form of blocks of lectures, followed by exercises in which students directly apply the lectured material on the basis of partial practical tasks. The course ends with a final project in which students demonstrate mastery of the content.
All practical tasks and the final project will be submitted electronically in source files and output formats according to specified requirements.
The resulting classification is determined according to the ECTS scale.
Lectures: participation is recommended.
Exercises: participation is mandatory and controlled by the teacher, a maximum of two absences are allowed, which do not release from knowledge of the subject matter and submission of assigned tasks. In case of long-term absence, compensation for missed classes is in the competence of the subject guarantor.

Aims

Graduates will be able to orient themselves in the field of multimedia creation, to create animations for the purpose of product presentation with an overlap into advertising and publishing on the web.

The student acquires:
- orientation in current technologies used for publishing multimedia content,
- ability to prepare and process a complex 3D animation of the product,
- ability to create an animated composition from different types of graphic materials,
- ability to edit video and work with sound,
- basic knowledge in the field of publishing multimedia content on the web.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

KERLOW, Isaac Victor. Mistrovství 3D animace: [ovládněte techniky profesionálních filmových tvůrců!]. Brno: Computer Press, 2011. Mistrovství. ISBN 978-80-251-2717-9. (CS)
MICHÁLEK, Martin. Vzhůru do (responzivního) webdesignu. Verze 1.1. Praha: vlastním nákladem autora, 2017. ISBN 978-80-88253-00-6. (CS)
SOCHOR, Jiří, Jiří ŽÁRA a Bedřich BENEŠ. Algoritmy počítačové grafiky. Dot. 1. vyd. Praha: České vysoké učení technické, 1998. ISBN 80-01-01406-1. (CS)

Recommended reading

LAURENČÍK, Marek. Tvorba www stránek v HTML a CSS. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2019. Průvodce (Grada). ISBN 978-80-271-2241-7. (CS)
MEYER, Trish a Chris MEYER. Adobe After Effects: výukový průvodce tvorbou videoefektů a animací. Brno: Computer Press, 2009. ISBN 978-80-251-2500-7. (CS)
WELLING, Luke a Laura THOMSON. Mistrovství PHP a MySQL. Přeložil Ondřej BAŠE. Brno: Computer Press, 2017. ISBN 978-80-251-4892-1. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-PDS-P Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. arch. Jan Rajlich

Syllabus

- Introduction to multimedia applications, file formats, standards, types of encoding algorithms, data streams, overview of players, drivers, output devices.
- Audio recording, used file formats and their parameters.
- Sound processing, tracks, effects, export.
- Image recording, used file formats, containers, codecs and their parameters.
- Preparation of animations using 3D applications, preparation of outputs for compositions.
- Editing - working with the timeline, working with tracks.
- Editing - working with masks, working with effects, working with text.
- Composition - work with the timeline, work with tracks.
- Composition - working with masks, working with effects, working with text.
- Composition - animation of elements.
- Composition - connection with 2D and 3D applications, advanced functions for keying and tracking content.
- Video rendering.

Computer-assisted exercise

39 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. arch. Jan Rajlich

Syllabus

- Preparation of a 3D product model for an animated presentation.
- Sound record.
- Sound processing, tracks, effects, export.
- Image recording.
- Preparation of animations using a 3D application, preparation of outputs for compositions.
- Editing - working with the timeline, working with tracks.
- Editing - working with masks, working with effects, working with text.
- Composition - working with the timeline, working with tracks.
- Composition - working with masks, working with effects, working with text.
- Composition - animation of elements.
- Composition - connection with 2D and 3D applications, advanced functions for keying and tracking content.
- Video rendering.