AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

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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
Manual Focus features Creative writing classes		N
Shutter Speed		N
Aperture control		N
A tripod		N
External flash		N
Self timer facility		N
Light meter		N
Composition grids		N

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		N
Filters		N
Brushes		N
Layers	Y		I’ve used layers before on Photoshop during my art lessons, we took a series of photographs then experimented layering them and using the different techniques of fading the images together. Although I do have a very minimal understanding on how to use this properly because I haven’t used it in a while.
Opacity control		N
Shape creation		N
Brightness and contrast control	Y		I understand how to adjust the brightness and contrast controls as I have experienced experimentations with the controls during art lessons whilst I have been trying to change my photos.
Dodge/Burn		N
Clone stamp tool		N
Colour curves adjustment		N
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool		N
Cropping tool	Y		I’ve used the cropping tool may of times to alter photos for projects for my art and textiles lessons, I feel I have a strong understanding on how to do this.
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		N
Inserting text in ID		N
Inserting images in ID		N
Resizing images in ID		N
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation		N
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading		N
Text flow creation		N
Text effects – drop shadow		N
Drop cap insert		N
Using transparent imagery in ID		N
Shape creation In design		N
Text wrapping		N
Exporting to PDF from In-design		N