AS Media
Production: Final
Skills Audit Print Production
Name:
James Henderson Tutor
group: 1.17 Date: 22 April 2014
Photographic
Skills
Which of the following
photographic features/equipment have you used on a camera before:
|
Feature
|
Yes
|
No
|
Comments if yes – where
have you completed this skills and to what level
|
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Manual
Focus features
|
Y
|
|
Used
to develop manual camera control skills in changing depth of field
|
|
Shutter
Speed
|
Y
|
|
Used
to capture motion outside and used for drawing with light
|
|
Aperture
control
|
Y
|
|
Used
to develop manual camera control skills in changing depth of field
|
|
ISO
Control
|
Y
|
|
Used
to develop manual camera control skills in changing depth of field
|
|
A
tripod
|
Y
|
|
No
changes in this area since the initial skills audit
|
|
External
flash
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the studio photoshoot to control lighting
|
|
Self
timer facility
|
Y
|
|
No
changes in this area since the initial skills audit
|
|
Light
meter
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the studio photoshoot to measure and alter light brightness
|
|
Composition
grids
|
Y
|
|
No
changes in this area since the initial skills audit
|
Photoshop
Skills
Which of the following
features of Photoshop have you used before:
|
Feature
|
Yes
|
No
|
Comments if yes – where
have you completed this skills and to what level
|
|
Text
control
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine front cover
|
|
Filters
|
Y
|
|
Used
when experimenting with new features
|
|
Brushes
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my Christmas CD album cover
|
|
Layers
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine front cover
|
|
Opacity
control
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine front cover
|
|
Shape
creation
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine front cover
|
|
Brightness
and contrast control
|
Y
|
|
No
changes in this area since the initial skills audit
|
|
Gradients
|
|
N
|
|
|
Load
selection features
|
|
N
|
|
|
Feathering
|
|
N
|
|
|
Colour
curves adjustment
|
Y
|
|
This
was used when I was cross processing
|
|
Resolution
setting control
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine front cover
|
|
Magnetic
lasso, polygon lasso tool
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine front cover to lighten the vest top that my
model was wearing.
|
|
Cropping
tool
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine front cover
|
|
Clone
tool
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my Christmas CD album cover
|
|
Retouch
tool
|
|
N
|
|
In Design
Skills
Which of the following
features of In Design have you used before:
|
Feature
|
Yes
|
No
|
Comments if yes – where
have you completed this skills and to what level
|
|
Margin
and column guide creation
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine article
|
|
Inserting
an image ID
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine article (photo lead page)
|
|
Resizing
images in ID
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine article (photo lead page)
|
|
Text
manipulation – resizing, rotation
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine article (sub-header sticker text)
|
|
Text
manipulation – controlling kerning and leading
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine article
|
|
Text
flow creation
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine article (first three columns)
|
|
Using
transparent imagery in ID
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine article (bus on photo-lead sub-header
sticker)
|
|
Shape/line
creation In design
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine article (breakout box and sticker
sub-header)
|
|
Exporting
to PDF from In-design
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the exporting process of my magazine article
|
|
Text
Wrap
|
Y
|
|
Used
in the production of my magazine article (text wrap around the quote insert)
|
|
Other
Skills
|
|
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Number of new skills achieved: 28
