FINAL CUT PRO X CERTIFICATION REVIEW
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Describe the three post-production workflow phases in Final Cut Pro. - ans-
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Import: The ingest process of storing your story's source media files and organizing the clip
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s that represent those source files. Edit: The creative process of assembling, trimming, and
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effecting clips to tell a story. Share: The export process of distributing your completed story
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to various platforms.
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What options are available when Final Cut Pro asks to update your projects and events to Fi
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nal Cut Pro X 10.1 or later? - ans-
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The available options are to upgrade all projects and events into one library per volume, to s
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electively upgrade now, or to return to the upgrade process at a later time.
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Should you update any post-production software during an editing job in progress? - ans-
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A common practice in the post-
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production industry is to not update software, and in some cases hardware, while working o
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n an editing job.
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Which of these three is the largest container? - ans-
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The library is the largest of the media containers.
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Describe possible organizational criteria for sorting clips and projects into events. - ans-
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The criteria are whatever you choose: a scene of a film, a segment of a news-
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magazine show, a webisode, stock footage, raw media from an SD card, all versions of the
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projects, and so on. An event is a flexible storage container that can be as all-
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encompassing or as granularly compartmentalized as your raw media and projects. xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
Name and describe the built-in command for sorting clips and projects into events. - ans-
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The Create Archive command creates a clone of your source media device, preserving the
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folder structure and metadata along with the source media files.
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Where should you store camera archives? - ans-
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You may store camera archives anywhere; however, to reduce the chance of a single-
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point failure taking down an entire editing job, store your camera archives on a volume phys
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ically separate from the media storage volume you use for editing.
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What two views are available in the Media Import window, and when are the two views avail
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able? - ans- xz xzxz
Filmstrip and list view. The two views are available when importing from a recognized came
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ra card file structure; otherwise, only the list view is available in the Browser of the Media Im
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port window. xz
, What setting on the Zoom slider in filmstrip view allows you to see each clip as a single thum
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bnail? - ans- xz xzxz
All. The setting defines the time length represented by each thumbnail of the clip.
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What keyboard shortcuts or modified- xz xz xz xz
skimming keys let you mark multiple range selections within a clip? - ans- xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xzxz
The keyboard shortcuts are Command-Shift-I and Command-Shift-
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O. Holding down Command while skimming a clip also marks additional ranges.
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In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two sections set media files as managed
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or external?xz
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In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two sections set media files as managed
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or external?xz
In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two sections set media files as managed
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or external?xz
A. - ans- xz xzxz
Fill in the blank: With the "Create optimized media" option selected, Final Cut Pro X transco
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des imported media to the _____ codec. - ans-Apple ProRes 422
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When dragging files from the Finder to an event, where do you set the option to copy (or not
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copy) the files into the library? - ans- xz xz xz xz xz xz xzxz
Final Cut Pro > Preferences and select the Import pane.
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You are about to import source media files grouped into various folders. Which media Impo
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rt option must be selected to replicate the folder structure within an event? - ans-
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When applying keywords to a clip, may keywords be overlapped? - ans-Yes
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Which inspector lets you add notes to a clip? - ans-The Info inspector
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All clips start with which rating assigned? - ans-Unrated
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What default filter setting prevents Rejected clip ranges from appearing in the Browser? -
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ans-Hide Rejected
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You are trying to locate a clip you imported into the library. How can you locate it? - ans-
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In the Libraries pane, select the Library. From the Filter pop-
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up menu, choose All Clips. Clear the Browser's search field.
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QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Describe the three post-production workflow phases in Final Cut Pro. - ans-
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Import: The ingest process of storing your story's source media files and organizing the clip
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s that represent those source files. Edit: The creative process of assembling, trimming, and
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effecting clips to tell a story. Share: The export process of distributing your completed story
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to various platforms.
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What options are available when Final Cut Pro asks to update your projects and events to Fi
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nal Cut Pro X 10.1 or later? - ans-
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The available options are to upgrade all projects and events into one library per volume, to s
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electively upgrade now, or to return to the upgrade process at a later time.
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Should you update any post-production software during an editing job in progress? - ans-
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A common practice in the post-
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production industry is to not update software, and in some cases hardware, while working o
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n an editing job.
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Which of these three is the largest container? - ans-
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The library is the largest of the media containers.
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Describe possible organizational criteria for sorting clips and projects into events. - ans-
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The criteria are whatever you choose: a scene of a film, a segment of a news-
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magazine show, a webisode, stock footage, raw media from an SD card, all versions of the
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projects, and so on. An event is a flexible storage container that can be as all-
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encompassing or as granularly compartmentalized as your raw media and projects. xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
Name and describe the built-in command for sorting clips and projects into events. - ans-
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The Create Archive command creates a clone of your source media device, preserving the
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folder structure and metadata along with the source media files.
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Where should you store camera archives? - ans-
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You may store camera archives anywhere; however, to reduce the chance of a single-
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point failure taking down an entire editing job, store your camera archives on a volume phys
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ically separate from the media storage volume you use for editing.
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What two views are available in the Media Import window, and when are the two views avail
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able? - ans- xz xzxz
Filmstrip and list view. The two views are available when importing from a recognized came
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ra card file structure; otherwise, only the list view is available in the Browser of the Media Im
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port window. xz
, What setting on the Zoom slider in filmstrip view allows you to see each clip as a single thum
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bnail? - ans- xz xzxz
All. The setting defines the time length represented by each thumbnail of the clip.
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What keyboard shortcuts or modified- xz xz xz xz
skimming keys let you mark multiple range selections within a clip? - ans- xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xzxz
The keyboard shortcuts are Command-Shift-I and Command-Shift-
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O. Holding down Command while skimming a clip also marks additional ranges.
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In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two sections set media files as managed
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or external?xz
---- - ans- xz xzxz
In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two sections set media files as managed
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or external?xz
In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two sections set media files as managed
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or external?xz
A. - ans- xz xzxz
Fill in the blank: With the "Create optimized media" option selected, Final Cut Pro X transco
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des imported media to the _____ codec. - ans-Apple ProRes 422
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When dragging files from the Finder to an event, where do you set the option to copy (or not
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copy) the files into the library? - ans- xz xz xz xz xz xz xzxz
Final Cut Pro > Preferences and select the Import pane.
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You are about to import source media files grouped into various folders. Which media Impo
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rt option must be selected to replicate the folder structure within an event? - ans-
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From folders xz
When applying keywords to a clip, may keywords be overlapped? - ans-Yes
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Which inspector lets you add notes to a clip? - ans-The Info inspector
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All clips start with which rating assigned? - ans-Unrated
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What default filter setting prevents Rejected clip ranges from appearing in the Browser? -
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ans-Hide Rejected
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You are trying to locate a clip you imported into the library. How can you locate it? - ans-
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In the Libraries pane, select the Library. From the Filter pop-
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up menu, choose All Clips. Clear the Browser's search field.
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