Technical Skills Audit Analysis

AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

Name: Louis Hurst                      Tutor group: 174                Date: 12.09.13

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	X		A fairly basic understanding – took different pictures for my graphics project at Greenfield
Shutter Speed	X		Used a camera for my graphics project
Aperture control		X
A tripod	x		Used a tripod many times in order to get a steadier picture and video
External flash		X
Self timer facility		X
Light meter	X		Used it briefly for my graphics project.
Composition grids		x

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	x		Used it often to modify pictures for my graphics project
Filters	x		Used it often to modify pictures for my graphics project
Brushes	x		Used it often to modify pictures for my graphics project
Layers	X		Used to create book cover and modify images for my graphics project.
Opacity control	X		Used it often to modify pictures for my graphics project
Shape creation		X
Brightness and contrast control	X		Used it often to modify pictures for my graphics project
Dodge/Burn		X
Clone stamp tool	X		Used it often to modify pictures for my graphics project
Colour curves adjustment	x		Used it often to modify pictures for my graphics project
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool	X		Used it often to modify pictures for my graphics project
Cropping tool	x		Used it often to modify pictures for my graphics project
Retouch tool		x

 

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		X
Inserting text in ID		X
Inserting images in ID		X
Resizing images in ID		X
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation		X
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading		X
Text flow creation		X
Text effects – drop shadow		X
Drop cap insert		X
Using transparent imagery in ID		X
Shape creation In design		X
Text wrapping		X
Exporting to PDF from In-design		X