Tuesday, 29 April 2014

Final Skill Gained


AS Media Production: Final Skills Audit Print Production

 

Name: Emma Elliott            Tutor group:      1.18

 

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 used this as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course.
 
Shutter Speed
Y
 
I have used this as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course.
 
Aperture control
Y
 
I have used this as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course.
 
ISO Control
 
N
 
 
 
A tripod
Y
 
I have used a tripod when taking images for my final piece in the studio.
 
External flash
Y
 
I have used these in the studio when taking images for my final piece.
 
Self timer facility
Y
 
I have used this on my own camera at home at a basic level.
 
Light meter
 
N
 
 
 
Composition grids
Y
 
I have used this as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course.
 

 


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 have previously used this at GCSE and have now used it again as part of my AS Photography.
 
Filters
Y
 
I have used this as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course.
 
 
Brushes
Y
 
I have used this as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course.
 
 
Layers
Y
 
I have previously used this at GCSE and have now used it again as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course.
 
 
Opacity control
Y
 
I have previously used this at GCSE and have now used it again as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course.
 
Shape creation
Y
 
I have used this as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course.
 
Brightness and contrast control
Y
 
I have previously used this at GCSE and have now used it again as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course.
 
Gradients
 
N
 
 
 
Load selection features
 
N
 
 
 
Feathering
Y
 
I have previously used this at GCSE and have now used it again as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course and AS Media.
 
Colour curves adjustment
Y
 
I have previously used this at GCSE and have now used it again as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course and AS Media.
 
Resolution setting control
 
N
 
 
 
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool
Y
 
I have previously used this at GCSE and have now used it again as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course.
 
Cropping tool
Y
 
I have used this as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course.
 
Clone tool
Y
 
I have previously used this at GCSE and have now used it again as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course.
 
Retouch tool
 
N
 
 
 
Other skills
Un-sharp mask
Dodge and Burn
Shadows and Highlights
Duplicate Layer
 
 
Y
Y
Y
Y
 
I have previously used this at GCSE and have now used it again as part of my AS Photography and have developed this further over the year on this course and AS Media.


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?
 
N
 
 
 
Margin and column guide creation
Y
 
I haven’t used this before starting AS Media, now I have used this when creating my unit 3 DPS
 
Inserting an image ID
Y
 
I haven’t used this before starting AS Media, now I have used this when creating my unit 3 DPS and importing my front cover from Photoshop.
 
Resizing images in ID
Y
 
I haven’t used this before starting AS Media, now I have used this when creating my unit 3 DPS
 
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation
Y
 
I haven’t used this before starting AS Media, now I have used this when creating my unit 3 DPS
 
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading
Y
 
I haven’t used this before starting AS Media, now I have used this when creating my unit 3 DPS
 
Text flow creation
Y
 
I haven’t used this before starting AS Media, now I have used this when creating my unit 3 DPS
 
Using transparent imagery in ID
 
N
 
 
Shape/line creation In design
Y
 
I haven’t used this before starting AS Media, now I have used this when creating my unit 3 DPS
 
Exporting to PDF from In-design
Y
 
I haven’t used this before starting AS Media, now I have used this when uploading my unit 3 project to Moodle to be marked.
 
Text Wrap
 
 
Y
 
I haven’t used this before starting AS Media, now I have used this when creating my unit 3 DPS
Other Skills
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Number of new skills achieved: 22

(compare with your initial skills assessment)

 
 This is a lot more skills than I started with, and even with the skills I previously had, I had not used them or known how to use them to the extent I do now. I am now a lot more knowledgeable when navigating Photoshop, and I now know how to use inDesign and a camera in more than just point and shoot mode.