Media Composer Fundamentals II Exam Questions and Complete Solutions.

AVID MC 110 - Lesson 4-5 Exam Questions and Complete Solutions If editing a group of clips to the sequence from the bin in Text view, what controls the order in which the clips will appear in the sequence? - Ans: You can control the order in which the clips appear in the stringout sequence by sorting them in the bin. You can sort the bin by the column that you want to use to determine the order of the clips, this is by name, scene/take, quality rating, start timecode, etc If editing a group of clips to the sequence from the bin in Frame view, what controls the order the clips will appear in the sequence? - Ans: The bin (?) How do you clear all marks from a clip or a group of clips? - Ans: Select all the clips, and then click the Clear Marks button or the G key Which type of edit is most similar to Top or Tail? - Ans: Extract How is Extend similar to Trim? Most specifically, what type of trim? - Ans: using Extend is identical to using a dual-roller trim, you add content of the shot rather than moving the content earlier or later in the sequence Name three uses of markers. - Ans: 1. Marking a location of good sound bytes 2. Providing correct spelling of titles 3. Identifying shots to be added later 4. including notes from the producer, colorist, audio mixer, graphic artist, etc. 5. identifying remaining tasks What tool enables you to remap command buttons? - Ans: the Command Palette Which two windows must be open to change the keyboard settings? - Ans: Command Palette and Keyboard Settings. ALT(OPT)-Top (Keyboard shortcut) - Ans: Creates a subsequence by dragging the image from the Record monitor to the bin Alt(Opt)-Tail (Keyboard shortcut) - Ans: Finds the bin for the segment under the position indicator on the uppermost active track G (Keyboard shortcut) - Ans: Deletes marks. How many edit points are required to define an edit when adding a shot to a sequence? - Ans: 3 True or False: Media Composer will not allow you to make an edit with no marks? - Ans: False How can filler help maintain sync? - Ans: Leaves space in the sequence so audio and video stay lined up True or False: To load a sequence into the Source monitor, you should double click the icon in the bin. - Ans: False. You must drag the sequence icon from the bin to the source monitor What is a sub-sequence? What can it be used for? - Ans: A portion of a sequence. You can store parts of the sequence in the bin to use later, frequently used sequences (title sequences for a show, etc) Which function loads the source clips for a segment in the sequence into the Source monitor? - Ans: Match Frame What does Find Bin do? - Ans: Locates bins where clips are stored What is the difference between Find, Find Bin, and Match Frame? - Ans: Match Frame locates the frame currently displayed in the record monitor, by loading its source clip into the source monitor Find Bin is used to find the bin in which a clip is stored The Find tool is used to search in ANY bin, the difference between this tool is it searches across all metadata in the project, regardless of which bin, clip, or sequence contains the info What is the difference between using Find and the Search field in the bin? - Ans: Search field is used to filter clips within a bin, Find searches across all bins What value would you type to advance the position indicator 2 seconds? - Ans: + 2 0 0 What do you type to jump the position indicator to a specific time code? - Ans: Which timecode display option shows the duration of a marked region? - Ans: In/Out (IO) Alt(Opt)+Drag - Ans: Creates a sub sequence by dragging the image from the record monitor to the bin Alt(Opt)+Find Bin - Ans: Finds the bin for the segment under the position indicator Cmd+F - Ans: Opens the Find window When editing a group of clips to the sequence from a bin in text view, what controls the order in which they will be placed in the sequence? - Ans: The Bin Sort Order When using "Extend", does Media Composer enter "Trim" Mode? - Ans: No Is it possible to make an edit in Media Composer with no marks at all? - Ans: No, because Media Composer will fill in the three marks using the position indicators and the duration of the source clip What are the methods for accessing your timeline settings? - Ans: Click "Ctrl/Cmd" + "Shift" + "=" then choose "User Tab" > "Timeline" Click "Ctrl/Cmd" + "=" when the Timeline is active Select "File" > "Settings" > "User Tab" > "Timeline" Select "File" > "Settings" > "User Tab" > "Timeline" True or False: The "Clear Marks" command can be used on an entire group of clips at once. - Ans: True Are "Top" and "Tail" track dependent? - Ans: Yes What is the keystroke that automatically adds double zeroes when entering a timecode location? - Ans: Period If there is only an "In" marked in the sequence, and only an "In" marked in the source, what will Media Composer choose as the third edit point? - Ans: The end of the source clip To disable the "Marker Dialogue Box" I need to do what? - Ans: Open the Markers Tool and click the fast menu, then choose an option for disabling the dialogue