TSEA60	Graphic Arts and Image processing, 2,3 ECTS-points /Grafisk bildteknik/ Advancement level: D
	Aim: To teach the use of information technology in the Graphic Arts. Production of graphics material for electronic and other media. Prerequisites: TSEA 20 Computer Hardware and Architecture, TSEA 19 or TSEA 10. Basic knowledge in programming. Course organization: The course will be given as lectures accompanied by laboratory work. Course content: The history of Graphic Arts and application areas. Colour Science: human colour vision, colour models and standards. Colour image capture. The sampling theorem. Colour gamut, grey balance, colour correction and gamut compression. Image enhancement and restoration. Conventional halftoning: threshold halftoning, closed and dispresed dots, random dots and halftone structures. Printing methods: offsedt, lithography, gravure and flexo. The Printing process: interaction between paper and ink, optical and physical dot gain. Document structure and page description languages. Electronic publishing: Image data bases, networks and communication. Course literature: References will be given at the start of the course.
TEN1	Written examination, 1 p.
LAB1	Labratory work, ,5 p.

Course language is swedish.