The document summarizes a student's audit of the Adobe Illustrator software. In three sentences: The student used Adobe Illustrator to create characters and areas for a game concept. They found the tools similar to Photoshop but more difficult to use, and anything requiring canceling required holding the control button. While they had little experience, friends found it awkward and the export screen lacked options, requiring effects be added before exporting. The student rated their confidence level as a 3 after the audit, having started at a 1.

1. UAL L3 Ext DipCreative MediaProduction&Technologies
EquipmentAuditChecklist/GoodPractice –SOFTWARE
Software package title Adobe Illustrator
What are youusingit for?
e.g.videoediting,audio
editing,etc
I wouldhave beenusingittodo some of the creationsformy
characters andareas for mygame concept
Can you(tickwhendone
and understood)
Openthe programme Yes
Setup a new project
(forPremiere Prothisrequiresanew projectfolderto
be made in advance andset up inthe programme)
Yes
Importclips/images/etc yes
Save work yes
Exportto relevantformats Yes
Explainspecialisttools
available.E.g.colour
correction,keying,filters,
effects,etc
Most of the toolsseemtohave similareffectstothe onesthatyou
use inAdobe Photoshopbuttheyare much harder to use and that is
the same for the whole interface butthe specificonesthatIused
was free transformandthe pentool but everythingwasquite
difficulttouse asto quitout of whateveryouwere doingyouhave to
holdcontrol to cancel whateveryouhave selected
Explaincommonproblems
youencounterandwhat
youmightdo to avoid
them/manage them
Evenif I had importedanimage unfortunatelyyoucango overit
withthe pentool and otherdesignobjectssuchasthe shape tool.
Rate yourconfidence level
afterauditand discussion 3
Include anyspecificpoints
you/yourclassmateshave
experiencedduringyour
usage of thisprogramme
Well Ipersonallyhave verylittle experience withthissoftware but
my friendshave alotof experience withit andseemtouse it quite
oftenbutwe have neverreallytalkedaboutitapartfrom one of
themsaidit isone of the mostawkwardbitsof software andI
noticedthatthe exportscreendon’thave a lotof optionswhich
meansyouwill have toadd all of the affectsyouwantbefore
exporting.
Rate yourconfidence level
BEFORE auditand
discussion
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2. UAL L3 Ext DipCreative MediaProduction&Technologies
EquipmentAuditChecklist/GoodPractice –SOFTWARE