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19/ 2004
Bonn, 03.06.2004
Learning what colour is - With the help of BIBB's multimedia learning programme!
Colour is everything for designers of digital and print media! Whether it be at an advertising or multimedia agency, at a company that produces online or offline media, in printing works, publishing houses or repro companies -"colour" rules the work process from start to finish. When customers award contracts they expect technical competence and advice on designing the colours of their products - and the technical process, from preparing and processing data all the way to realizing the particular media product, requires a comprehensive knowledge of everything that involves seeing, evaluating and producing colours. The Farbenlehre (Chromatics) learning programme developed by Germany's Federal Institute for Vocational Training ("BIBB") offers multimedia-based access to the knowledge needed for this. The Farbenlehre programme also incorporates subject matter covered by vocational schools. Using the Farbenlehre CD-ROM, trainees in the graphics, print and design field can learn everything worth knowing about the subject of colour and, in the process, supplement their own training.
With a total of 31 modules, this interactive learning programme offers users the means to familiarize themselves with the subject of colour on a step-by-step basis in structured learning sequences and to check their progress using tests of their knowledge.
Step 1: Physiology
This segment explains:
- Light, how it occurs and what colour is (Light and Colour),
- How the eye perceives colour (Seeing Colour),
- Colour's effects (Colour Perception) and
- How colours appear to change, depending upon the light conditions (Lighting and Surroundings).
Step 2: Colour models
General laws and the subjective perception of colours are explained using the
- Physical and technical model (Colour Mixing) and the
- Perception-oriented model (Subjective Impressions of Colour).
Step 3: Chromatometry
This segment introduces the individual to the objective measurement of colour.
Step 4: Media production
This last segment focuses on practical questions as illustrated by a concrete customer order. Step 4 deals with the topics:
- Advising customers
- Desktop publishing
- Lithography and layout
- Printing process
Information regarding the occupation of "designer of digital and print media" and a technical glossary that explains terms such as "automatism" and "achromatic point" round out the Farbenlehre learning programme.
Examples
A number of modules from the programme have been made available on the Internet to offer potential users an impression of the Farbenlehre learning programme. These modules can be accessed by clicking on the link Lerncenter (Learning Center) at www.mediengestalter2000plus.de. Visitors can access this platform after registering with the Lerncenter.
How to order: The complete programme is available as a PC or Mac version and can be ordered for €29.80 from Christiani, Technisches Institut für Aus- und Weiterbildung, Hermann-Hesse-Weg 2, 78464 Konstanz, Germany; Tel. + 49 7531 - 580 126, Fax: + 49 7531 - 580 185, Internet: www.christiani.de.
