AVID MEDIA COMPOSER CERTIFICATION - MC210
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED
A composite created with SpectraMatte shows hard edges between the
foreground elements and the background. How can the key be adjusted
to improve the result? Correct Answers Blur the alpha matte
An editor applies a Paint Effect to a segment to blur a person's face. She
then opens the Effect Editor to manipulate the effect. What is the first
step the editor should take to create the effect? Correct Answers Create a
shape using a Brush or Shape tool
An editor is adding a slate with several takes during script-based editing.
What is a reason to add the takes individually rather than all at once?
Correct Answers Each take applies to a slightly different script range.
Avid's Background Services can only be used with Dynamic Media
Folders. Correct Answers False
Define the two ways of lassoing clips in the Timeline and how you
would switch between them? Correct Answers Shift + Alt-drag IWn) or
Shift + Option-drag (Mac) from right to left and you'll enter Slide Trim
mode. Alt-dragging (Win) or Option-dragging (Mac) lets you drag from
anywhere inside the Timeline rather than starting outside the tracks.
,Describe one way you can add multiple takes to a slate. Correct Answers
1) Select the clip 3-4 in the bin and drag it from the bin to the existing
slate. The extra take will now appear in the slate. If you have added a
take by mistake, you can easily delete it.
Describe what would happen if you press the L key now? Correct
Answers The edit would play forwards as a dual-roller trim and you
would monitor the outgoing audio.
For a commercial shoot, the talent is shot in front of a green screen. she
is wearing a yellow shirt. Which parameter in SpectraMatte will help
ensure that her yellow shirt is not partially keyed out? Correct Answers
Tolerance
How can a User Setting be deleted? Correct Answers Switch to another
user, locate the user inside the Avid Users > [system log on user]
How can editor resize a masked shot without affecting the mask?
Correct Answers Step into the Mask effect, apply a resize effect to the
clip and adjust the resize parameters.
How can you clear all the metadata in a custom bin column? Correct
Answers Highlight all the clips you want to clear, right-click on the
column you want to clear and choose "Set {column name} column for
selected clips." Now just delete whatever text is in the Set {column
name} box and press OK twice. Your column is now cleared.
,How can you copy data from one column to another? Correct Answers
1) First make sure that you have a bin display that shows the column you
are copying from and the one you want to copy to.
2) Select the top of the Source File column. The entire column is
highlighted
3) Press CTRL + D (Win) or Command + D (Mac) (for Duplicate) A
window will pop up asking you to select a column to copy to. In this
case, Labroll is selected.
4) Press OK. The data in the Source File column is now copied to the
Labroll column.
How can you disable the Auto Stabilize feature in order to perform a
manual Stabilize? Correct Answers Hold down the option key or alt
How can you move an existing mark in the script? Correct Answers Ctrl
+ drag (Win) or CMD + drag (Mac) the mark.
How can you play through all the takes of a line of dialogue, one after
the other? Correct Answers 1) Select the lines in the script window,
dragging through all intersecting takes (and through one or more script
marks.) 2) Click the play button in the Script window or press the space
bar to screen the takes for those lines. The takes load and play back one
after another. If you select a single line with a script mark it will play
from that mark to the next. If you select a region of the script, it will
play the region.
How can you re-use tracking information in a different effect? Correct
Answers 1) Right-click in the gray area underneath the track and select
, copy selected tracks. 2) Now go back to the effect, open the tracking
section and click one of the buttons to open the Tracking Window. 3) In
the gray area below the default track( as yet undefined), right-click to
choose paste tracks. You have now made use of the same tracking
information. 4) Delete the undefined tracker and switch the display to
effect results. 5) Finally enable the tracker by selecting your shape and
using the tracker fast menu.
How can you record marks to a script while you are playing a take?
Correct Answers You can combine the screening process with the
marking process. This is a more efficient approach to both reviewing
your footage and creating your script marks. The Script window contains
a Record Marks During Playback button that you can use here. When
you click the Record Marks During Playback button, Media Composer
plays a take; your job is to click on the corresponding line of dialog
when you hear it. Each time you hear a line in the clip, click in the
script.
How do you add a transformation to clips in the bin? Correct Answers 1)
Select all the clips and open the Source Settings.
2) Select the color encoding tab
3) Because you have selected multiple clips, you can make changes and
apply them to all of the clips in one go.
How do you apply a RED grade to RED clips? Correct Answers Media
composer will do it automatically for you when it detects RED footage
based on the metadata from the camera used.
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED
A composite created with SpectraMatte shows hard edges between the
foreground elements and the background. How can the key be adjusted
to improve the result? Correct Answers Blur the alpha matte
An editor applies a Paint Effect to a segment to blur a person's face. She
then opens the Effect Editor to manipulate the effect. What is the first
step the editor should take to create the effect? Correct Answers Create a
shape using a Brush or Shape tool
An editor is adding a slate with several takes during script-based editing.
What is a reason to add the takes individually rather than all at once?
Correct Answers Each take applies to a slightly different script range.
Avid's Background Services can only be used with Dynamic Media
Folders. Correct Answers False
Define the two ways of lassoing clips in the Timeline and how you
would switch between them? Correct Answers Shift + Alt-drag IWn) or
Shift + Option-drag (Mac) from right to left and you'll enter Slide Trim
mode. Alt-dragging (Win) or Option-dragging (Mac) lets you drag from
anywhere inside the Timeline rather than starting outside the tracks.
,Describe one way you can add multiple takes to a slate. Correct Answers
1) Select the clip 3-4 in the bin and drag it from the bin to the existing
slate. The extra take will now appear in the slate. If you have added a
take by mistake, you can easily delete it.
Describe what would happen if you press the L key now? Correct
Answers The edit would play forwards as a dual-roller trim and you
would monitor the outgoing audio.
For a commercial shoot, the talent is shot in front of a green screen. she
is wearing a yellow shirt. Which parameter in SpectraMatte will help
ensure that her yellow shirt is not partially keyed out? Correct Answers
Tolerance
How can a User Setting be deleted? Correct Answers Switch to another
user, locate the user inside the Avid Users > [system log on user]
How can editor resize a masked shot without affecting the mask?
Correct Answers Step into the Mask effect, apply a resize effect to the
clip and adjust the resize parameters.
How can you clear all the metadata in a custom bin column? Correct
Answers Highlight all the clips you want to clear, right-click on the
column you want to clear and choose "Set {column name} column for
selected clips." Now just delete whatever text is in the Set {column
name} box and press OK twice. Your column is now cleared.
,How can you copy data from one column to another? Correct Answers
1) First make sure that you have a bin display that shows the column you
are copying from and the one you want to copy to.
2) Select the top of the Source File column. The entire column is
highlighted
3) Press CTRL + D (Win) or Command + D (Mac) (for Duplicate) A
window will pop up asking you to select a column to copy to. In this
case, Labroll is selected.
4) Press OK. The data in the Source File column is now copied to the
Labroll column.
How can you disable the Auto Stabilize feature in order to perform a
manual Stabilize? Correct Answers Hold down the option key or alt
How can you move an existing mark in the script? Correct Answers Ctrl
+ drag (Win) or CMD + drag (Mac) the mark.
How can you play through all the takes of a line of dialogue, one after
the other? Correct Answers 1) Select the lines in the script window,
dragging through all intersecting takes (and through one or more script
marks.) 2) Click the play button in the Script window or press the space
bar to screen the takes for those lines. The takes load and play back one
after another. If you select a single line with a script mark it will play
from that mark to the next. If you select a region of the script, it will
play the region.
How can you re-use tracking information in a different effect? Correct
Answers 1) Right-click in the gray area underneath the track and select
, copy selected tracks. 2) Now go back to the effect, open the tracking
section and click one of the buttons to open the Tracking Window. 3) In
the gray area below the default track( as yet undefined), right-click to
choose paste tracks. You have now made use of the same tracking
information. 4) Delete the undefined tracker and switch the display to
effect results. 5) Finally enable the tracker by selecting your shape and
using the tracker fast menu.
How can you record marks to a script while you are playing a take?
Correct Answers You can combine the screening process with the
marking process. This is a more efficient approach to both reviewing
your footage and creating your script marks. The Script window contains
a Record Marks During Playback button that you can use here. When
you click the Record Marks During Playback button, Media Composer
plays a take; your job is to click on the corresponding line of dialog
when you hear it. Each time you hear a line in the clip, click in the
script.
How do you add a transformation to clips in the bin? Correct Answers 1)
Select all the clips and open the Source Settings.
2) Select the color encoding tab
3) Because you have selected multiple clips, you can make changes and
apply them to all of the clips in one go.
How do you apply a RED grade to RED clips? Correct Answers Media
composer will do it automatically for you when it detects RED footage
based on the metadata from the camera used.
