AS Media Production: Final Skills Audit Print Production
Name: Charlotte Copeland Tutor group: 1.32 Date: 27/4/14
Photographic Skills
Which of the following photographic
features/equipment have you used on a camera before:
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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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X
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I learned all of this when doing any
photography, especially right at the start when we learned about the T stance
and how to use the rings on the camera lens to focus in on a subject.
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Shutter Speed
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X
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We used shutter speed on blog
entries 20th and 20nd of October 2013 by experimenting
with shutter speed and lighting, and shutter speed I general.
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Aperture
control
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X
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We learned about aperture control
and experimented with different settings and took different photos to show
the difference. This can be seen on blog entry 8th of February
2014.
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ISO Control
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X
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We learned about ISO control and
experimented with different levels of ISO, by taking different photos to show
the difference. This can be seen on blog entry 8th of February
2014.
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A tripod
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X
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External
flash
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X
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I used external flash in my
photoshoot which was then used for my magazine final production piece. You
can see this on my photo portfolio – blog entry 18th of March
2014.
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Self timer
facility
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X
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I had my basic knowledge; however it
has been expanded and developed further since.
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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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Using the different grid rules which
can align the subject of the photo in the right position. (Composition
techniques, blog entry 6th of October 2013).
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Photoshop Skills
Which of the following features of
Photoshop have you used before:
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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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Text
control
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X
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Filters
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X
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I had my own basic knowledge, as
well as the new knowledge I learned via photoshop tutorials.
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Brushes
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X
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When creating my Christmas card I
used festive brushes which I had to download (blog entry 20th of
December 2013). And I learned how to use the heal brush tool (19th
of December 2013).
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Layers
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X
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I used the effect of layers in my
final piece, when I put together my entire magazine front cover. (Blog entry
6th of April 2014).
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Opacity
control
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X
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Shape
creation
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X
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I created different shapes for my
front cover, it can be seen on my blog entry 6th of April 2014,
where my final front cover is, or even the process pieces which were posted
on March 18th 2014.
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Brightness
and contrast control
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X
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I had my own basic knowledge,
however it has since been expanded through the use of editing photoshop
images for my magazine production piece. (Blog entry 6th of April
2014).
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Gradients
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X
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Load
selection features
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X
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I have used this in all of my
photoshop work.
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Feathering
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X
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I learned this skill when doing the
vignette effect, it can be found on blog entry 2nd of January.
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Colour
curves adjustment
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X
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I learned about this when doing
cross processing (blog entry 22nd of October 2013).
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Resolution
setting control
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X
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I learned about this when doing
cross processing (blog entry 22nd of October 2013).
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Magnetic
lasso, polygon lasso tool
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X
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I used these tools when creating my
different front covers for my magazine, as I experimented with putting my
models head in front of the masthead, via cutting her out and copying it as
another layer and bringing the layer in front of the text layer. (Blog entry
18th of March 2014).
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Cropping
tool
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X
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I already had this skill.
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Clone tool
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X
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I learned how to use the clone tool
stamp when I needed to stretch out my background for my DPS, but needing the
same background, so I cloned it (can be seen in final product – blog entry 6th
of April 2014).
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Retouch
tool
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X
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Other
skills
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In Design Skills
Which of the following features of In
Design have you used before:
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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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Margin and
column guide creation
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X
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I learned how to do this when I
first set up an In Design page (blog entry 12th of November 2013)
and developed it when creating my final piece (blog entry 6th of
April 2014).
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Inserting
an image ID
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X
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I learned how to do this when I
first set up an In Design page (blog entry 12th of November 2013).
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Resizing
images in ID
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X
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I learned how to do this when I
first set up an In Design page (blog entry 12th of November 2013).
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Text
manipulation – resizing, rotation
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X
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I developed this skill when creating
my final piece (blog entry 6th of April 2014).
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Text
manipulation – controlling kerning and leading
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X
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I learned how to do this when I
first set up an In Design page (blog entry 12th of November 2013).
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Text flow
creation
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X
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I developed this skill when creating
my final piece (blog entry 6th of April 2014).
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Using
transparent imagery in ID
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X
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I used this in my final piece, as I
made my photo strip a transparent backgrounded image which I exported as a
…?… file and placed in In Design.
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Shape/line
creation In design
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X
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I developed this skill when creating
my final piece (blog entry 6th of April 2014).
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Exporting
to PDF from In-design
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X
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I developed this skill when creating
my final piece (blog entry 6th of April 2014).
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Text Wrap
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X
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I developed this skill when creating
my final piece (blog entry 6th of April 2014).
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Other
Skills
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Number
of new skills achieved: 27
(compare
with your initial skills assessment)
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