Final Skill Audit

AS Media Production: Final Skills Audit Print Production

Name: James Dent                       Tutor group:2.43                 Date: 24/04/14

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		Experimented with it at AS level media
Shutter Speed	X		Experimented with it at AS level media
Aperture control		X	Didn’t use at all in my course
ISO Control		X	Didn’t use at all in my course
A tripod	X		Experimented with it at AS level media
External flash	X		Experimented with it at AS level media in my photoshoot (soft boxes)
Self timer facility	X		Experimented with it at AS level media
Light meter	X		Used when experimenting at AS level media
Composition grids	X		Used when experimenting at AS level media

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		I used this when making my final product
Filters	X		I used this when making my final product
Brushes	X		I used this when making my final product
Layers	X		I used this when making my final product to organise everything
Opacity control	X		I used this when making my final product
Shape creation	X		I used this when making my front cover
Brightness and contrast control	X		Used when experimenting on photo editing
Gradients	X		Used when experimenting on photo editing
Load selection features		X	Didn’t use at all in my course
Feathering		X	Didn’t use at all in my course
Colour curves adjustment	X		Used when experimenting on photo editing
Resolution setting control	X		Experimented with it at AS level media
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool	X		Used when making my final product
Cropping tool	X		Used when making my final product
Clone tool	X		Used when making my final product
Retouch tool	X		Experimented with it at AS level media
Other skills	X		Burn and dodge tool and can be seen on my blog

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	Until this course I hadn’t used it before
Margin and column guide creation	X		Experimented with it at AS level media
Inserting an image ID	X		Used in final product
Resizing images in ID	X		Used in final product
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation	X		Used in final product
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading	X		Used in final product
Text flow creation	X		Experimented with it at AS level media
Using transparent imagery in ID		X	Didn’t use at all in my course
Shape/line creation In design	X		Experimented with it at AS level media
Exporting to PDF from In-design	X		Used when I finally exported the product
Text Wrap	X		Used in my final project
Other Skills	X		Inserting drop caps when putting in my article

Number of new skills achieved: 31

(compare with your initial skills assessment)