Final skills audit

AS Media Production: Final Skills Audit Print Production

Name: Rebecca Lamb        Tutor group: 1.27                Date: 23/04/2014

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		All of the images that I took throughout my experience of media including photography, I used manual focus mode.
Shutter Speed	X		I completed the shutter speed task again, in the park. This time, I got some of my friends to throw leaves up in the air so I would catch the movement of them going up into the air with the shutter speed on the camera.  I also took an image of a friend running to capture the motion blur as her legs moved. I also took an image of two of my friends jumping off high stairs to capture the motion blur of their legs and arms. I used 1/60th of a second and 1/100th of a second to complete my shutter speed photos.
Aperture control	X		I used aperture control when I took some images in the park using Faye and a clock. I experimented with the aperture setting at F4, F11 and F22 so that each of my images had a different depth of field to then post on my blog.
ISO Control	X		I also used ISO control while doing aperture control, in the park. I mainly used ISO setting 100 as on the day of my images, the park was very light.
A tripod		X
External flash	X		I used an external flash when taking images for my magazine.
Self timer facility	X		I used the self timer facility when I was taking my light photos to make sure that I caught the action while something was moving so therefore I needed a delayed camera speed so that the camera caught the image, in this case while the bright coloured skipping rope was moving.
Light meter		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		I used text control for the majority of my work throughout AS Media on Photoshop as most of the work I created on Photoshop had quite a lot of text. For example, my magazine front cover.
Filters	X		On my magazine front cover I used filters such as drop shadow on my title and button to create a 3D effect.
Brushes	X		I used brushes to create my CD cover to create different patterns.
Layers	X		In Photoshop when designing my magazine front cover,  I had to make sure all of my texts and buttons etc were on a different layer otherwise they would move together if I wanted to move only one of the layers.
Opacity control	X		I used opacity control on my magazine front cover. I did this when creating my button sell as it makes the button less see through.
Shape creation	X		I used shape creation to create rectangular shapes and a button on my front cover of my magazine so that it created a more professional view.
Brightness and contrast control	X		I have completed on my front cover as I made my image that I used as my background brighter as it was slightly too dark. I also used the contrast to make my image have more of a vivid colour.
Gradients	X		I didn't use Gradients on my front cover or on my DPS as there wasn't any need to change the colour of the background or the colour of the image.
Load selection features		X
Feathering	X		Feathering was when I cropped a piece of shape out of a person’s head and put text where the piece has been taken from and then putting the shape of the head that been cut out back in its place so it looks like the text is going behind the persons head.
Colour curves adjustment	X		I used colour curves adjustment to make my images have a cross processing effect when I took my Photographic post production work to create a more deep vivid colour.
Resolution setting control	X		I used resolution setting control when I measured the sides of a magazine and then copied it to my own so that my magazine design would have a professional look.
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool	X		I used the magnetic lasso tool if I needed to select a section of my text such as on my magazine front cover, if I wanted to select a certain letter out of the text.
Cropping tool	X		I used the cropping tool to create my image on my front cover.  As the image I wanted to use of my model for the front cover was slightly too big.
Clone tool	X		I used the clone tool when wanting to create the same colour somewhere else on the page. I simply clicked where the colour was that I wanted and clicked someone else and it appeared the same colour.
Retouch tool	X		I used the retouch tool when covering up spots on a person’s face.
Other skills Elliptical Marquee Tool History	X X X		I developed this skill when drawing my buttons in Photoshop for my magazine front cover. I used this in Photoshop when i had made a mistake. This allowed me to go back on my mistake and restart what i had set out to do.

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
Margin and column guide creation	X		I used margin and column guide creation to make sure I had the right sized DPS as I was comparing the size of my DPS to a Glamour magazine to hopefully produce the outcome of the same sized magazine.
Inserting an image ID	X		I inserted images in InDesign when making my DPS and my first InDesign page. I did this by __________
Resizing images in ID	X		I resized images in InDesign when making my DPS and my first Indesign page. I did this by holding shift down to keep the quality of the image and then using the outside lines of the image to make them smaller.
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation	X		I completed text manipulation on my DPS and on my first InDesign page by making some of my text slightly bigger than others to make the more important aspects of information stand out.
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading	X		I used text manipulation on my magazine front cover and on my DPS to shorten the space between my writing to give it more of a professional look and a more tidier look as my text all flowed together.
Text flow creation	X		I completed text flow creation on my DPS. I inserted a rectangle using the rectangular frame tool to the file, place,  my text into the rectangular boxes. As my article was long, i had to then draw another rectangular box to then carry on my article further. I did this by clicking the red little box at the corner of the rectangular box that tells me my article is too long for just one box so therefore after i clicked on the red box, i then clicked again in the 2nd rectangular box to create text flow.
Using transparent imagery in ID		X
Shape/line creation In design	X		I didn't use the shape creation in InDesign for my DPS but i did use the line creation to separate my paragraphs.
Exporting to PDF from In-design	X		I completed this when i finished my DPS and i needed to export it to a PDF.
Text Wrap	X		I completed text wrap also on my DPS to help me move my text in an easier way so that it fit around my other text around it.
Other Skills		X