Week 12: Skills Profile Review

Over the past 12 weeks I have learnt many new skills and some of these skills include:

• Using Photoshop in an advanced manner: I have learnt how to use Photoshop correctly and in more depth, as on my first Skills Profile on this blog I stated that I had used Photoshop in the past but I wanted to learn more skills within Photoshop. As before I was never shown correctly how to use Photoshop and being able to use this programme and being shown the tools and techniques which can be used within Photoshop to edit a photo has really helped, as I have been able to use these skills on different parts of the DVD Menu Project.
• I also believe I have created a film poster within Photoshop which presents the features which should be within a Film Poster and from my original Skills Profile Post I commented that I wished to create a film poster using the different skills within Photoshop to create a film poster with all the features, so I therefore believe I have done that.
• Another skill which I have learnt is from my research into digital graphics I have learnt how to gain secondary research and how to reference this correctly, also through the digital graphics research I learnt a lot about graphics, including the difference between Raster and Vector Images, how the quality of a camera affects the resolution of the image and the difference between CMYK and RGB (as I have used these two different colour formats throughout my project).
• I now also have knowledge into different DVD Formats, DVD Regions and which regions are used within other countries. I have also researched and have knowledge in the way in which DVD Menus are presented, as by comparing different DVD Menus I have been able to analyse these which helped me in creating my DVD Menu.
• Another skill which I have learnt is how to set up a canvas correctly within Photoshop ( International Paper, A4, Resolution 100/150) and I also learnt how to set up the film and video canvas within Photoshop to create my DVD Menu Pages.
• The next skill which I have learnt is how to use file types correctly, as there are many different file types which can be used and through carrying out my own research I researched into different file types for the digital graphics investigation exercise and some of these files included PSD's, which are Photoshop file and keep the layers within the file so the file can be edited. Another well known file is JPEG, this is the main image file type and is easy to use as they are small file types and can be used in places such as websites and blogs, as they are easy to work with.
• A new main skill which I have learnt is how to use Adobe Encore, I had never used this programme before and I found that the booklets which we were given to help us by carrying out the exercises within them in Encore helped as the exercises showed the basics for us to create our DVD Menu. I am happy with the new skill which I have learnt within Encore and the tutorials which we were given about the programme also helped in learning how to use the programme.

Overall, I am happy with the new skills which I have learnt and I hope to keep developing these skills, but from the first 12 weeks I believe I have learnt many new skills.