Initial Skills Assessment

AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

Name:       Lowri Blackwell                  Tutor group:     1.17  Date:18/9/2013

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 Creative writing classes	x		I have vaguely used this on one occasion when zooming into an individual model shot.
Shutter Speed		x
Aperture control		x
A tripod		x
External flash		x
Self timer facility	x		Used when using my own camera at home
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
Filters		x
Brushes		x
Layers		x
Opacity control		x
Shape creation		x
Brightness and contrast control	x		When downloading pictures onto my own computer I changed the brightness, sanitation and contrasts of some pictures.
Dodge/Burn		x
Clone stamp tool		x
Colour curves adjustment		x
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool		x
Cropping tool	x		I regularly use the cropping tool on a social networking site and my own phone to change the sizes of certain pictures. I also use it on my computer.
Retouch tool		x

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
Margin and column guide creation		x
Inserting text in ID		x
Inserting images in ID		x
Resizing images in ID		x
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation		x
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading		x
Text flow creation		x
Text effects – drop shadow		x
Drop cap insert		x
Using transparent imagery in ID		x
Shape creation In design		x
Text wrapping		x
Exporting to PDF from In-design		x