Friday 25 October 2013

Skills Analysis For Instant Print/ Digital Skills

Skill:
Replacing the color on an image on Photoshop.

Why did you develop this skill?
It is an important part of editing images to make them look better or fit what you're creating better.

How has developing this skill contributed to your personal practice?
It has helped me understand how to make my own photos a lot better than they originally were.

How has developing this skill contributed to your professional development and employability?
It has helped me understand what to look for in professional work etc and therefore I can identify how to make my own work up to that standard.

How can you further develop this skill?
By practicing on my own images.

On a scale 1 - 10 how confident are you on this skill?
9

Skill: 
Changing the exposure over an image on photoshop so that it looks over exposed.

Why did you develop this skill?
In certain situations this skill will help your images look brighter and stand out more, to fit what you're creating more.

How has developing this skill contributed to your personal practice?
It has helped me understand how to make my own photos a lot better than they originally were.

How has developing this skill contributed to your professional development and employability?
It has helped me understand what to look for in professional work etc and therefore I can identify how to make my own work up to that standard.

How can you further develop this skill?
By practicing on my own images.

On a scale 1 - 10 how confident are you on this skill?
9

Skill: 
Applying a gradient overlay to an image.

Why did you develop this skill?
It can help make photos look better towards a background on a poster or a postcard or flyer etc. 

How has developing this skill contributed to your personal practice?
It has helped me understand how to make my own photos a lot better than they originally were.

How has developing this skill contributed to your professional development and employability?
It has helped me understand better what to look for in professional work, so that I can apply the skills to my own work.

How can you further develop this skill?
By practicing on my own images.

On a scale 1 - 10 how confident are you on this skill?
9

Skill:
Changing the tone of an image (tonality)

Why did you develop this skill?
It can make an image look more realistic, or more unrealistic, depending on how you edit the image through its levels, hue and saturation, brightness, color of the teeth etc.

How has developing this skill contributed to your personal practice?
It has helped me understand how to make my own photos a lot better than they originally were.

How has developing this skill contributed to your professional development and employability?
It has helped me understand better what to look for in professional work, so that I can apply the skills to my own work.

How can you further develop this skill?
By practicing on my own images.

On a scale 1 - 10 how confident are you on this skill?
9

Skill:
How to create a scatter brush on photoshop.

Why did you develop this skill?
It gives a poster etc more to look at and I can also develop it for future poster designs. 

How has developing this skill contributed to your personal practice?
It has expanded my skill set, in which I can now apply this to future projects.

How has developing this skill contributed to your professional development and employability?
I can now use this skill when on modules and freelance work, I have enhanced my skill set in which helps my employability.

How can you further develop this skill?
By practicing designing posters which would need them.

On a scale 1 - 10 how confident are you on this skill?
8

Skill:
Using blending modes and clipping masks correctly.

Why did you develop this skill?
So I have knowledge of what techniques and processes are possible when compiling imagery together in a professional manor.

How has developing this skill contributed to your personal practice?
So I can apply this to my own work to make it look better.

How has developing this skill contributed to your professional development and employability?
I can now use this skill when on modules and freelance work, I have enhanced my skill set in which helps my employability.

How can you further develop this skill?
By practicing compiling imagery in exciting and creative ways.

On a scale 1 - 10 how confident are you on this skill?
9

Skill:
How to use an adjustment layer correctly and what it is.

Why did you develop this skill?
It allows me to change the color of a final poster without having to change the color of every layer etc.

How has developing this skill contributed to your personal practice?
So I can save time on having to change the colors.

How has developing this skill contributed to your professional development and employability?
I can now use this skill when on modules and freelance work, I have enhanced my skill set in which helps my employability.

How can you further develop this skill?
By practicing changing colors of things on posters.

On a scale 1 - 10 how confident are you on this skill?
10

Skill:
How to use a layer mask correctly.

Why did you develop this skill?
It allows me to get rid of unwanted things or add extra bits where needed.

How has developing this skill contributed to your personal practice?
So that I can erase things on type etc or make things look crungey, but it still only applies it to that layer.

How has developing this skill contributed to your professional development and employability?
I can now use this skill when on modules and freelance work, I have enhanced my skill set in which helps my employability.

How can you further develop this skill?
By practicing with type and shapes and getting rid of things or adding. 

On a scale 1 - 10 how confident are you on this skill?
9

Skill:
How to use a gradient map efficiently.

Why did you develop this skill?
It allows me to change a single image from color to black and white, without changing the rest of what you're working on black and white.

How has developing this skill contributed to your personal practice?
I can easily change a color image into black and white.

How has developing this skill contributed to your professional development and employability?
I can now use this skill when on modules and freelance work, I have enhanced my skill set in which helps my employability.

How can you further develop this skill?
By practicing on an image that is on a poster etc to see whether I am doing it right.

On a scale 1 - 10 how confident are you on this skill?
9

Skill:
How to use the extrude and bevel tool in illustrator 

Why did you develop this skill?
It allows you to make type 3D and change the perspective on it/ how you see it.

How has developing this skill contributed to your personal practice?
I can now apply this knowledge to my future work and also allow me to make things 3D when I put them in a situation. 

How has developing this skill contributed to your professional development and employability?
I can now use this skill when on modules and freelance work, I have enhanced my skill set in which helps my employability.

How can you further develop this skill?
By practicing the effect on type and shapes to expand my knowledge.

On a scale 1 - 10 how confident are you on this skill?
7

Skill:
How to use the pathfinder to make better looking shapes.

Why did you develop this skill?
To achieve different shapes, instead of just using generic shapes that you see everyday.

How has developing this skill contributed to your personal practice?
I can now apply this knowledge to my future work.

How has developing this skill contributed to your professional development and employability?
I can now use this skill when on modules and freelance work, I have enhanced my skill set in which helps my employability.

How can you further develop this skill?
By practicing with the pathfinder, as it can do more than just make bigger shapes.

On a scale 1 - 10 how confident are you on this skill?
9

Skill:
How to use tabs and paragraph styles correctly in InDesign.

Why did you develop this skill?
To understand better how to layout a menu to a professional standard.

How has developing this skill contributed to your personal practice?
I can now apply this knowledge to my future work.

How has developing this skill contributed to your professional development and employability?
I can now use this skill when on modules and freelance work, I have enhanced my skill set in which helps my employability.

How can you further develop this skill?
By practicing making my own menus, and applying these skills to that menu.

On a scale 1 - 10 how confident are you on this skill?
7

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