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Final Cut Pro Certification Questions and Answers with Complete
Solutions UPDATED!!!
All clips start with which rating assigned? - ANSWER Unrated
At what point in the workflow may a clip be assigned a role? -
ANSWER 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.
Define and compare managed media and external media. -
ANSWER Managed media files gives Final Cut Pro the
responsibility of storing your source media files inside the
library you designate. Storing media externally saddles you with
the responsibility of watching over the source media files. In
either case, you determine where the media files are physically
stored. The difference is who's responsible for tracking that
media: Final Cut Pro or you.
Describe possible organizational criteria for sorting clips and
projects into events. - ANSWER 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
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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.
Describe the difference between Paste and Paste Attributes. -
ANSWER Paste: applies the copied clip and its attributes, similar
to a replace edit.
Paste attributes: allows you to select the desired attributes of
the copied clip - such as a particular effect or a specific
parameter such as speed - to apply to another clip.
Describe the results of using the following commands:
"Duplicate Project as Snapshot" and Duplicate Project. -
ANSWER Duplicate Project: Creates a "live" version that updates
its compound and multicam clips used in other projects.
"Duplicate Project as Snapshot": Produces a complete freeze of
the project at the time of the duplication.
Describe the three post-production workflow phases. - ANSWER
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
Final Cut Pro Certification Questions and Answers with Complete
Solutions UPDATED!!!
All clips start with which rating assigned? - ANSWER Unrated
At what point in the workflow may a clip be assigned a role? -
ANSWER 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.
Define and compare managed media and external media. -
ANSWER Managed media files gives Final Cut Pro the
responsibility of storing your source media files inside the
library you designate. Storing media externally saddles you with
the responsibility of watching over the source media files. In
either case, you determine where the media files are physically
stored. The difference is who's responsible for tracking that
media: Final Cut Pro or you.
Describe possible organizational criteria for sorting clips and
projects into events. - ANSWER 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
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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.
Describe the difference between Paste and Paste Attributes. -
ANSWER Paste: applies the copied clip and its attributes, similar
to a replace edit.
Paste attributes: allows you to select the desired attributes of
the copied clip - such as a particular effect or a specific
parameter such as speed - to apply to another clip.
Describe the results of using the following commands:
"Duplicate Project as Snapshot" and Duplicate Project. -
ANSWER Duplicate Project: Creates a "live" version that updates
its compound and multicam clips used in other projects.
"Duplicate Project as Snapshot": Produces a complete freeze of
the project at the time of the duplication.
Describe the three post-production workflow phases. - ANSWER
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
