CUT PRO CERTIFICATION FINAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Describe the three post-production workflow phases. - Answers - Import: The ingest
process of storing your story's source media files and organizing the clips that represent
those source files. Edit: The creative process of assembling, trimming, and effecting
clips to tell a story. Share: The export process of distributing your completed story to
various platforms.
What options are available when Final Cut Pro asks to update your projects and events
to Final Cut Pro x 10.1 or later? - Answers - The options presented are to upgrade all
projects and events into one library per volume, to allow you to selectively upgrade now,
or to return to the upgrade process later.
Should you update any post-production software during an editing job in process? -
Answers - A common practice in the post-production industry is to not update software,
and in some cases hardware, while working on an editing job.
Which of these three is the largest container: clip, event or library? - Answers - The
library is the largest media container.
Describe possible organizational criteria for sorting clips and projects into events. -
Answers - The criteria are whatever you choose; a scene of a film, a segment of a
news-magazine show, a webisode, stock footage, raw media from an SD card, all
versions of the projects, and so on. An event is a flexible storage container that can be
as all-encompassing or as granularly compartmentalized as your raw media and
projects.
Name and describe the built-in command for backing up camera media files. - Answers
- The Create Archive command creates a clone of your source media device, preserving
the folder structure and metadata along with the source media files.
Where should you store camera archives? - Answers - You may store camera archives
anywhere. However, to reduce the chance of a single-point failure taking down an entire
editing job, store your camera archives on a volume physically separate from the
volume you use for editing.
What two views are available in the Media Import window, and when are the two views
available? - Answers - Filmstrip and list view are available when importing from a
recognized camera card file structure. Otherwise, only the list view is available in the
Browser of the the Media Import window.
, What setting on the Zoom slider in filmstrip view allows you to see each clip as a single
thumbnail? - Answers - All. The setting defines the time length represented by each
thumbnail of the clip.
What keyboard shortcuts or modified skimming keys can you use to mark multiple range
selections within a clip? - Answers - The keyboard shortcuts are Command+Shift+I and
Command-Shift-O. Holding down Command while skimming a clip also marks additional
ranges.
Fill in the blank: With the "Create optimized media" option selected, Final Cut Pro x
transcodes imported media to the _________ codec. - Answers - Apple ProRes 422
When dragging files from the Finder to an event, where do you set the option to copy (or
not copy) the files into the library? - Answers - Final Cut Pro > Preferences > select the
Import pane
you are about to import source media files grouped into various folders. Which Media
Import option must be selected to replicate the folder structure within an event? -
Answers - "From folders"
When applying keywords to a clip, may keywords be overlapped? - Answers - Yes
Which Inspector can you use to add notes to a clip? - Answers - The Info Inspector
All clips start with which rating assigned? - Answers - Unrated
What default filter setting prevents Rejected clip ranges from appearing in the Browser?
- Answers - Hide Rejected
You're trying to find a clip you imported into the library. How can you locate it? -
Answers - In the Libraries pane, select the Library. From the Filter pop-up menu,
choose All Clips. Clear the Browser's search field.
What procedure is necessary to search an event using a combination of keywords? -
Answers - Keyword combinations are searchable only by clicking the magnifying glass
in the search field and using the Keywords criteria rule in the Filter HUD.
How do you edit the criteria rules for an exisiting Smart Collection? - Answers - In the
Libraries pane, double-click the Smart Collection.
At what point in the workflow may a clip be assigned a role? - Answers - Clips may be
assigned a role at any time in the workflow. However, roles assigned to clips shortly
after import are carried with the clip throughout the editing workflow.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Describe the three post-production workflow phases. - Answers - Import: The ingest
process of storing your story's source media files and organizing the clips that represent
those source files. Edit: The creative process of assembling, trimming, and effecting
clips to tell a story. Share: The export process of distributing your completed story to
various platforms.
What options are available when Final Cut Pro asks to update your projects and events
to Final Cut Pro x 10.1 or later? - Answers - The options presented are to upgrade all
projects and events into one library per volume, to allow you to selectively upgrade now,
or to return to the upgrade process later.
Should you update any post-production software during an editing job in process? -
Answers - A common practice in the post-production industry is to not update software,
and in some cases hardware, while working on an editing job.
Which of these three is the largest container: clip, event or library? - Answers - The
library is the largest media container.
Describe possible organizational criteria for sorting clips and projects into events. -
Answers - The criteria are whatever you choose; a scene of a film, a segment of a
news-magazine show, a webisode, stock footage, raw media from an SD card, all
versions of the projects, and so on. An event is a flexible storage container that can be
as all-encompassing or as granularly compartmentalized as your raw media and
projects.
Name and describe the built-in command for backing up camera media files. - Answers
- The Create Archive command creates a clone of your source media device, preserving
the folder structure and metadata along with the source media files.
Where should you store camera archives? - Answers - You may store camera archives
anywhere. However, to reduce the chance of a single-point failure taking down an entire
editing job, store your camera archives on a volume physically separate from the
volume you use for editing.
What two views are available in the Media Import window, and when are the two views
available? - Answers - Filmstrip and list view are available when importing from a
recognized camera card file structure. Otherwise, only the list view is available in the
Browser of the the Media Import window.
, What setting on the Zoom slider in filmstrip view allows you to see each clip as a single
thumbnail? - Answers - All. The setting defines the time length represented by each
thumbnail of the clip.
What keyboard shortcuts or modified skimming keys can you use to mark multiple range
selections within a clip? - Answers - The keyboard shortcuts are Command+Shift+I and
Command-Shift-O. Holding down Command while skimming a clip also marks additional
ranges.
Fill in the blank: With the "Create optimized media" option selected, Final Cut Pro x
transcodes imported media to the _________ codec. - Answers - Apple ProRes 422
When dragging files from the Finder to an event, where do you set the option to copy (or
not copy) the files into the library? - Answers - Final Cut Pro > Preferences > select the
Import pane
you are about to import source media files grouped into various folders. Which Media
Import option must be selected to replicate the folder structure within an event? -
Answers - "From folders"
When applying keywords to a clip, may keywords be overlapped? - Answers - Yes
Which Inspector can you use to add notes to a clip? - Answers - The Info Inspector
All clips start with which rating assigned? - Answers - Unrated
What default filter setting prevents Rejected clip ranges from appearing in the Browser?
- Answers - Hide Rejected
You're trying to find a clip you imported into the library. How can you locate it? -
Answers - In the Libraries pane, select the Library. From the Filter pop-up menu,
choose All Clips. Clear the Browser's search field.
What procedure is necessary to search an event using a combination of keywords? -
Answers - Keyword combinations are searchable only by clicking the magnifying glass
in the search field and using the Keywords criteria rule in the Filter HUD.
How do you edit the criteria rules for an exisiting Smart Collection? - Answers - In the
Libraries pane, double-click the Smart Collection.
At what point in the workflow may a clip be assigned a role? - Answers - Clips may be
assigned a role at any time in the workflow. However, roles assigned to clips shortly
after import are carried with the clip throughout the editing workflow.
