Final skills audit

AS Media Production: Final Skills Audit Print Production

Name: Megan Howard                         Tutor group: 1.03               Date: 22^nd April

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	Y		I have completed this skill when I took my composition photos. (see composition skills development on blog)
Shutter Speed	Y		I learned about shutter speed when I took photos of people running, walking and jumping and I had to adjust the shutter speed to ensure the image didn’t go blurry.
Aperture control	Y		I learned this alongside learning about shutter speed.
ISO Control		N
A tripod		N
External flash	Y		I learned how to use this in my photoshoot for my project.
Self timer facility		N	This was a skill I had previously learned before the course, and I didn’t use it at any point through the course
Light meter		N
Composition grids	Y		I used this in the composition skills development (see blog)

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		I thought I already had some knowledge on text control but I have learned how to change the leading and kerning of text. On my induction magazine project it is clear that I haven’t changed the leading and kerning but in my final product I have shown these skills.
Filters	Y		I have used these in my cross processing. (see blog)
Brushes	Y		I have learned how to download fonts from sites such as brusheezy.com and load them into photoshop. (see Christmas card/CD on blog and final DPS).
Layers		N
Opacity control		N
Shape creation	Y		Although I knew how to make shapes already, I learned how to use them within magazines for example for button sells in my final product.
Brightness and contrast control	Y		I have learned new skills here for example when a photos brightness and contrast needs to be changed, I had to do this with my photo shoot photos.
Gradients		N
Load selection features		N
Feathering	Y		I have used this when I made vignette pictures (see blog)
Colour curves adjustment	Y		I used this in my cross processing photo.
Resolution setting control	Y		I changed the resolution on a few of my photos throughout the course.
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool		N
Cropping tool		N
Clone tool	Y		This tool was used alongside the heal brush tool when I was making clear skin. (see heal brush tool)
Retouch tool		N
Other skills

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?
Margin and column guide creation	Y		I learned how to do this when setting up a page in InDesign. I used three columns in everything I did.
Inserting an image ID	Y		I completed this skill in my first InDesign page and in my final product.
Resizing images in ID	Y		I completed this skill in my first InDesign page and in my final product.
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation	Y		I completed this skill in my first InDesign page and in my final product.
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading	Y		I completed this skill in my first InDesign page and in my final product.
Text flow creation	Y		I completed this skill in my first InDesign page and in my final product.
Using transparent imagery in ID		N
Shape/line creation In design	Y		I completed this skill in my final product.
Exporting to PDF from In-design	Y		I did this at the end of the project
Text Wrap	Y		I used this skill in my final product
Other Skills	Y		I learned how to add effects to shapes and text eg. Stroke and drop shadow.

Number of new skills achieved: 24

(compare with your initial skills assessment)