Image and Animation Production (12227.1)

Please note these are the 2026 details for this unit
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Image and Animation Production
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
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 Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Arts And Design
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
School Of Arts And Communications Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905)
This unit explores the forms, techniques and technologies that are used in the creative media industries to create digital images. It looks at the uses of image editing software like photoshop to create photo-based images, the creation of art in a purely digital workspace, and the ways images can be applied in still, moving, 2D and 3D contexts. This unit is designed to be valuable both to the digital media novice as well as students with previous experience. Through practical application of a selection of technologies, the unit provides students with an in-depth understanding of how modern media works, how we can use modern digital tools to express ideas, and how practitioners stay on top of an industry that always seems to be doing something new.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Identify and apply the technical principles of digital images;
2. Historicise key developments and trajectories of digital image technologies;
3. Identify key technologies and develop strategies for self-directed training and skills development; and
4. Analyse the (role or) impact of digital images within cultural and disciplinary contexts.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development


Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

11836 Digital Media Art 2: Image Production

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2026 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 10 August 2026 On-campus Ms Prue Robson
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