Final skills audit print production.

AS Media Production: Final Skills Audit Print Production

Name: Amy Cong                Tutor group: 1.37               Date: 22/04/14

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	x		It was included in the photography skills that were needed to complete my project.
Shutter Speed	x		Went to take photos with different effects in college.
Aperture control		x
ISO Control		x
A tripod		x
External flash	x		It was used when I took the images for my front cover and DPS.
Self timer facility		x
Light meter		x
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		In Photoshop it is used when I write the text and titles.
Filters	x		In Photoshop I used this to edit the image.
Brushes	x		In Photoshop I used to separate to edit the pictures and correct imperfections.
Layers	x		In Photoshop I used it to separate the image and the text so they don’t get mixed up with each other.
Opacity control	x		In Photoshop I used it to control the darkness of the shadows on my DPS image.
Shape creation		x
Brightness and contrast control	x		In Photoshop I used it to control the brightness of the image.
Gradients	x		In Photoshop I used it to control the images gradients.
Load selection features		x
Feathering	x		In Photoshop when I used the magic wand tool.
Colour curves adjustment	x		In Photoshop
Resolution setting control	x		In Photoshop.
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool	x		In Photoshop.
Cropping tool	x		In Photoshop to crop the images.
Clone tool		x
Retouch tool	x		In Photoshop
Other skills Spot heal brush Walk tool Guid lines			To make Zoe’s skin smooth To create the vampire teeth To set everything up

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
Have you ever used In design ever before?	x		In media to create a magazine DPS
Margin and column guide creation	x
Inserting an image ID	x		Some did not fit so I had to resize.
Resizing images in ID	x		I had to edit the size of the pictures.
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation	x		I had to edit the size of the texts.
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading	x		I had to edit the texts.
Text flow creation	x
Using transparent imagery in ID		x
Shape/line creation In design		x
Exporting to PDF from In-design	x		In order to upload the product I had to export it.
Text Wrap		x
Other Skills Drop caps			To images and textboxes