Initial Skills Assessment

AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

Name: Catherine Smith Tutor group: 1.12  Date: 20/09/12

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		x
Shutter Speed		x
Aperture control		x
A tripod		x
External flash		x
Self timer facility		x
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
Have you ever used Photoshop ever before?		x
Text control		x
Filters		x
Brushes		x
Layers		x
Opacity control		x
Shape creation		x
Brightness and contrast control		x
Dodge/Burn		x
Clone stamp tool		x
Colour curves adjustment		x
Resolution setting control		x
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool		x
Cropping tool		x
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
Have you ever used In design ever before?		x
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