Intial Skils Audit

AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

Name:                           Tutor group:               Date:

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		N
Shutter Speed	Y		I often take pictures as hobby whenever a photo opportunity presents itself and so I have played around with the shutter speed in order to capture a picture of greater aesthetic quality.
Aperture control	Y		When doing photography, I would often choose to have only the subject of my image in focus, and so I have had to play with the aperture.
A tripod	N
External flash		N
Self timer facility	Y		When I wanted to be in a picture and nobody else available to take it, I have had to use the self timer.
Light meter		N
Composition grids		N

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?	Y		I occasionally use Photoshop when editing my images.
Text control	Y
Filters	Y
Brushes		N
Layers	Y
Opacity control	Y
Shape creation		N
Brightness and contrast control	Y
Dodge/Burn		N
Clone stamp tool		N
Colour curves adjustment		N
Resolution setting control		N
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool	Y
Cropping tool	Y
Retouch tool		N

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