AS Media Production: Initial Technical Skills

AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

Name:       Michaela Mullett                  Tutor group: 1.16                Date: 18^th September 2012

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
Shutter Speed			I have used this feature to take a picture of a fast-moving animal.
Aperture control
A tripod
External flash
Self timer facility			I have used this feature when taking a group photo on my own personal camera.
Light meter
Composition grids

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
Have you ever used Photoshop ever before?
Text control
Filters
Brushes
Layers
Opacity control
Shape creation
Brightness and contrast control
Dodge/Burn
Clone stamp tool
Colour curves adjustment
Resolution setting control
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool
Cropping tool
Retouch tool

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