AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production
Name: John Dinsdale Tutor group: 1.30 Date: 20 September 2012
Photographic Skills
Which of the following photographic features/equipment have you used on a camera before:
Feature
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Yes
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No
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Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
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Manual Focus features
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1/2
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Have sort of used it during GCSE graphics but cannot fully remember how to use it.
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Shutter Speed
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½
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Again used it during GCSE graphic to take moving light images (a.ka lines in light) but cannot remember the setup for it.
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Aperture control
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X
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A tripod
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Y
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Have used it throughout GCSE graphics to steady the camera and eliminate any shakiness.
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External flash
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X
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Self timer facility
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X
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Light meter
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X
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Composition grids
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X
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Photoshop Skills
Which of the following features of Photoshop have you used before:
Feature
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Yes
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No
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Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
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Have you ever used Photoshop ever before?
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Y
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Throughout GCSE graphics and recreational use at home.
( All following answers relate to graphics GCSE)
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Text control
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Y
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Used it to change shape and stature of text before. E.g. from horizontal to vertical.
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Filters
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X
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Brushes
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Y
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I have used a range of different brushes to add details to photographs.
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Layers
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Y
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I have rearranged layers before and duplicated layers to change images.
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Opacity control
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Y
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I have used opacity control to fade layers into each other to create better images and add details to default images.
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Shape creation
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X
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Brightness and contrast control
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Y
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I have used this to create really bright/grainy images in the past. For example to create film posters.
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Dodge/Burn
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X
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Clone stamp tool
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X
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Colour curves adjustment
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X
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Resolution setting control
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X
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Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool
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X
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Cropping tool
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Y
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I have used the crop tool to select specific parts of one image to add to another or to just get rid of unnecessary backgrounds.
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Retouch tool
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X
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In Design Skills
Which of the following features of In Design have you used before:
Feature
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Yes
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No
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Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
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Have you ever used In design ever before?
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X
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Margin and column guide creation
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X
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Inserting text in ID
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X
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Inserting images in ID
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X
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Resizing images in ID
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X
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Text manipulation – resizing, rotation
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X
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Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading
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X
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Text flow creation
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X
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Text effects – drop shadow
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X
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Drop cap insert
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X
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Using transparent imagery in ID
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X
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Shape creation In design
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X
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Text wrapping
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X
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Exporting to PDF from In-design
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X
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