The document is an equipment audit checklist for Adobe Photoshop software. It summarizes how the user will use Photoshop for character designs, beast designs, and setting designs, and then showcase the work or put it into Microsoft Word. It lists common tools used like the color selector, magic wand tool, and pencil tool. It describes common problems like exporting with blurred details or small details needing more work. The user rates their confidence level as a 4 after the audit discussion, compared to a 3 before. It notes the need to learn better drawing techniques in Photoshop as current designs are not very good looking compared to other people's work.

1. UAL L3 Ext DipCreative MediaProduction&Technologies
EquipmentAuditChecklist/Good Practice –SOFTWARE
Software package title Adobe Photoshop
What are youusingit for?
e.g.videoediting,audio
editing,etc
I am goingto be usingit forsome character designs,some beast
designandsome settingsanddependingonhow Iwant to show
themoff I will be usingPhotoshopto showcase myworkaswell
But whenitcomesdownto puttingitintoa formal versionIwill be
puttingitintoMicrosoftWord
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
There isthe colourselectorandpalate where youcanselectwhich
evercolouryouwishto use whichI will be usingalotto colour inmy
designs,thenthere isthe magicwandtool if I am planningonusing
some sort of backgroundimage to helpmydesignsIwill use the
magic wandtool to selectthe backgroundof the image anddelete it.
Thenthe other tool I will use isgoingtobe the pencil tool,whichI
will be usingthistool todraw mydesignsandgive the some formof
detail. These are the onesthatI use the most butthere are many
otherssuch as Gaussianblurforlightingeffects.The shape tool to
create shapes,the pentool formore control overstraightlines,the
paintbuckettool for fillinginlarge areaswithcertaincolours.There
are manyotheronesbut the onlyotherone that I have usedbeyond
the oneslistedisthe clone tool whichisuseful if youare doingwork
picturesyouhave alreadytakenespeciallyif youwanttoeditouta
certainarea of the image.
Explaincommonproblems
youencounterandwhat
youmightdo to avoid
them/manage them
The main problemthatI have iswhenIexportmy workisthat I
forgetto choose one of the optionsduringexportingall of the details
will become blurred,thenmyotherissue iswithsome small details
whenitcomesdownto some of my designsIfeel asif that some of
the smallerdetailsneedtobe fleshedouta bit,the otherissuesI
have isjust ingeneral Ineedtofindout betterwaysof drawingmy
designswithinPhotoshopasnone of themseemtobe verygood
lookingatotherpeopleswork.
Rate yourconfidence level
afterauditand discussion 4
Rate yourconfidence level
BEFORE auditand
discussion
3

2. UAL L3 Ext DipCreative MediaProduction&Technologies
EquipmentAuditChecklist/Good Practice –SOFTWARE
Include anyspecificpoints
you/yourclassmateshave
experiencedduringyour
usage of thisprogramme
Theyhave taught me lightingtechniqueswithGaussianblurbut
beyondthatI have justtaught myself whichiswhyprettymuchall of
my designsare verysmall butbeyondthisinmylastFMP I exported
whatI workedon inthe wrongway withthe wrongsettingsI
exportedthe animationwithoutmakingone of the optionsturnto
closestneighbour.