43221 Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College

Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Industries, Texts and Audiences

AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

Name: Ben Edkins  Tutor group: 1.19   Date: Tuesday 18th September

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

y



Shutter Speed

y



Aperture control

y



A tripod
y


A 3 legged stand for a camera.

External flash
y


An external flash when the photo is taken.

Self timer facility
y


You can set a self timer for the camera to take the picture after a certain amount of time.

Light meter

y



Composition grids
y

A set of grids, you take your photo with these in consideration.





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


A poor level for OCR Media Studies. I used Photoshop to create a small newspaper in groups.

Text control

y



Filters
y

Macro filters etc. Can change the outlook, and colours of photos.


Brushes
y


Can give the photo a different colour. Can use brushes to change many things including brightness.

Layers
y


Different layers allow a more complex photo. I used this on Media Studies at Hummersknott.

Opacity control

y



Shape creation

y



Brightness and contrast control
y


To allow less or more light into the photo. Can influence the contrast too.

Dodge/Burn

y



Clone stamp tool

y



Colour curves adjustment

y



Resolution setting control

y



Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool

y



Cropping tool
y

Can take away parts of the photo you do not like.


Retouch tool

y






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





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