Avid Media Composer 101 Certification Exam Study Cards Questions and Complete Solutions

Avid Media Composer 101 Certification Exam Study Cards Questions and Complete Solutions What is the name of the function used to create pan-and-zoom effects in the MC110 lesson 8? - Ans: FrameFlex How do you access the Source Settings dialog box? - Ans: 1. Right click on clip from the Source Monitor > Source Settings 2. Select clip(s) in bin > Right click > Source Settings Which of the following are Source Settings? - Ans: Color Encoding FrameFlex Playback Rates Audio Match the Avid Timeline Adapter names with their functions. T (Temporal Adapter) S (Spacial Adapter) C (Color Adapter) - Ans: T (Temporal Adapter) adapts the speed / rate of playback of a clip S (Spacial Adapter) scales the size of the image(frameflex) C (Color Adapter) adapts the colors of the image Using FrameFlex is a one-time option. Once you apply the reframing, a file is created, and you can no longer reframe the native high-resolution clip. - Ans: False You can tell that a Source Setting is acting on a segment in the Timeline because of the small green square and ... - Ans: Green dot and icon(s) which identify which adapter(s) are being used. Spline and Bezier keyframes allow you to create an ease-in / ease-out animation around the keyframes. - Ans: True FrameFlex is a real-time effect, and does not need to be rendered. - Ans: True How can a FrameFlex adapter be modified to create a pan and zoom style effect (aka Ken Burns effect)? - Ans: Using the Effect Editor What function is used to create pan and zoom effects for still and moving images? - Ans: FrameFlex Name two source settings. - Ans: Color Encoding Tab Playback Rate What is the difference between modifying FrameFlex as a source setting and modifying it in the Timeline using the Effect Editor? - Ans: While you can adjust the framing in the source setting you must use the effects editor to animate a pan and zoom If you reframe a shot using FrameFlex on a clip in a bin and place it in the sequence, how do you update the segment in the Timeline to show the change? - Ans: Refresh the Sequence True or false: Using FrameFlex is a one-time option. After you apply the reframing, a file is created, and you can no longer reframe the native high-resolution clip. - Ans: False What is the name of the animation mode (keyframe interpolation) that creates an ease-in/ease-out behavior around the keyframes? - Ans: Spline and Bezier Where does Media composer store the project files for private projects? - Ans: OS Documents folder Which button in the Select Project Dialogue Box is used to navigate to the location of an external project? - Ans: The Folder Browse Button Name the 3 principle windows of the AVID interface - Ans: Composer Window, Bin Container, Timeline Window Name the 3 views of a bin - Ans: Text, Frame, Script Explain AMA linking - Ans: AMA means the media is linked to an external location. How can you save the entire project? - Ans: Click on the bin container - then CTRL + S Short cut key for jumping to the first frame in the timeline - Ans: Home Key Name the modifier for dragging AMA footage into the bin - Ans: Alt + drag What are ways to create a sequence? - Ans: Right click in the timeline >New>Sequence Timeline>Sequence What type of edit does Splice-in perform - Ans: Insert. All segments move downstream To snap to the head of a segment - Ans: CTRL + left click the mouse To turn on the waveforms - Ans: Open Track Control Panel>click on the waveform icon How do you solo an audio track? What is the result? - Ans: Click the small S icon next to the audio track. All other audio tracks are muted. What is Digital Audio scrub? How is it enabled? - Ans: Realtime audio playback on the timeline while scrubbing. Shift key Purpose of the Add Edit - Ans: Cuts the segment What is Match Frame - Ans: An edit point created by the Add Edit function Purpose of the Sync Lock - Ans: Locks the sync on any track for audio & video recorded separately Shortcut for Undo - Ans: Ctrl Z How can you reduce/increase the size of the waveforms? - Ans: ALT + CTRL + K or L What two items make up the project's format? - Ans: Raster & Frame Rate A blue dot on an effect - Ans: The effect isn't real time and must be rendered To create an effect template - Ans: Open the Effect Editor>drag the effect icon to a bin To change the Interface - Ans: 1. File>Settings>User>Interface 2. Windows>settings Short cut for trim mode - Ans: U Shortcut for Splice-in - Ans: V Shortcut for Overwrite - Ans: B Shortcut for Extract - Ans: X Shortcut for Lift - Ans: Z Shortcut for Quick Transition - Ans: (back slash) Which function allows you to move segments on the timeline without overwriting any segment - Ans: Segment: Splice/Extract (yellow arrow) Which function allows you to move segments on the timeline but can delete segments - Ans: Segment: Overwrite/lift (red arrow) How do you lock down a segment using the stabilize effect - Ans: Disable the SteadyGlide button To retrieve a saved bin or sequence - Ans: Avid Attic Does a bin hold the media files - Ans: No. It's just a container.. It's just Metadata & points to the folder (MXF) that has the media files. Name the 3 letters of the database files - Ans: MSM What is the best export method for Youtube - Ans: MP4 in the UME export mode What is the best render method for Interlaced footage when creating a Freeze Frame or Motion effect - Ans: Interpolated Name the 3 types of motion effects? - Ans: Freeze Fame, Motion Effect & Timewarp What is the Fade Effect - Ans: It embeds a dissolve in titles What does insufficient source mean - Ans: There isn't enough handle to add the transition What is a keyframe - Ans: Allows for movement in effects & titles The best way to delete media associated with a project - Ans: Media Tool What is Metadata - Ans: Information about the media One step to troubleshoot media offline - Ans: Delete the 2 databases How many marks (in & out) does it take for Fit To Fill - Ans: 4 (in & out for the source clip. in & out for the timeline) What must be activated to adjust a transition on the timeline - Ans: Transition Manipulation To increase/decrease the size of the tracks - Ans: CTRL + K or L 2 ways to view a nest - Ans: Simple nest & expanded nest The disadvantage of the simple nest - Ans: You only see 1 track at a time & you can't hear the audio. How can you reorder effects - Ans: Open the Effects Editor & drag the icon of the effect that you want to move When using the resize effect, to maintain aspect of the segment - Ans: 1. Select the "Fixed Aspect" checkbox 2. Drag the upper right corner box To view a stabilized effect before the effect has been added - Ans: Disable the "Scaling" Parameter button What is the difference between lift & Extract - Ans: Lift leaves a hole & Extract fills in the hole and all segments downstream shift to the left. Which tool allows you to change the color of a Dip to Color transition - Ans: Effect Editor Which 2 motion effects are created in the Source Monitor? - Ans: Freeze Frame & Motion Effects What are the shortcuts to change A side, B side or middle of a trim - Ans: p [ ] Name one way to duplicate a sequence - Ans: 1. Drag and drop the sequence from the bin to the timeline. 2. Right click the icon in the bin>duplicate What function can be used to find the media for a clip - Ans: Reveal File How can you combine bins in the same window - Ans: Drag the grey area of the bin and drop into the grey area of another bin. What mode is best for editing audio - Ans: Segment: Overwrite/lift Default keys to trim by 1 frames & 8/10 frames - Ans: M , . / What does Avid call blank space on a timeline - Ans: Filler How many minutes does MC automatically save the project - Ans: 15 minutes Shortcuts to mark an "in" edit point? - Ans: E & I Shortcuts to mark an "out" edit point? - Ans: R & O The default when dragging a clip from the bin - Ans: Overwrite What are 3 ways to save during the Auto Save? - Ans: Auto save, Inactivity, Forced-Save What modifer is used to snap to the tail of a segment? - Ans: CTRL + ALT + left click the mouse To remove Match Frame (add-edit) points on the timeline? - Ans: Set In/Out points> Timeline>Remove Match Frame edits What color is ripple trim? Does it change the length on the timeline? - Ans: Yellow. Yes. Everything shifts Name 3 ways to select multiple segments. - Ans: 1. Lasso from left to right 2. Hold shift + click each segment 3. Use Select right or Select left buttons How many In/Out points are possible in source priority editing? - Ans: Only 3. You can have In point in the Source Monitor & Timeline but you can only have 1 Out point; either in the Source Monitor or the Timeline. To drag clips from an external source, what modifer is needed? - Ans: ALT To enable all the waveforms at the same time - Ans: Hold ALT + click on the waveform. To adjust the audio in 1db increments using clip gain - Ans: Hold the ALT key + use the Up/Down arrow keys. The purpose of Fluid Morph - Ans: To hide a jumpcut in an interview The best render method for progressive video - Ans: Both Fields To add dissolves to multiple segments - Ans: Mark In/Out points on track>quick transition>Apply to all What is the automatic color correct order for using Curves - Ans: Balance then Contrast How can you adjust audio right on the timeline - Ans: Turn on Clip Gain What is a good digital audio level - Ans: -8db to -20db What should you do if you have a popping sound at the end of an audio segment - Ans: Add 1 to 4 frame dissolve transition Which stabilization effect is automatic - Ans: Stabilize Where can you get additional AMA plug-ins - Ans: 1. The camera website 2. The market place drop down 3. Volume mounting tab of the link settings window What can you do in the Source Browser? - Ans: 1. Import media 2. Link media 3. View Media How an you modify an existing title in the timeline? - Ans: 1. Click on the Effect Editor 2. Click on the Effects Workspace 3. Click on the Avid Titler+ To create a Text box, edit or create text - Ans: Use the "T" The advantage of using the J-K-L keys - Ans: To shuttle forward or backward at varying speeds on the timeline. Transcode or consolidate changes the codec to the MXF codec - Ans: Transcode To continue to edit while transcoding or consoldiating - Ans: Click on "Run in the Background" The purpose of a Rough Cut - Ans: To build the story structure. What is the function of FF & RW? - Ans: Jumps through the timeline by segments. The purpose of the Toggle/Source Record button - Ans: You conly see the Source Monitor clip on the Timeline. What is the result of dragging a clip from one bin to another - Ans: The clip is just moved. It doesn't make a copy. What are the white numbers on the timeline - Ans: How many frames the audio is out of sync. To save your workspace - Ans: 1. Windows 2. Workspace 3. Save current Which trim function changes both A side & B side equally - Ans: Dual Roller In the trim mode, what function is associated with the space bar by default - Ans: Play loop The trim tool that leaves a gap but doesn't change length - Ans: Overwrite What is the name of the yellow trim & what does it do? - Ans: Ripple and it changes either the A or the B side. It doesn't leave a hole but changes the length of the timeline. To keep images from distorting when "importing" - Ans: Select Resize to Fit Format Raster in the Settings Where does the actual media reside in Avid - Ans: MXF Folder What modifer is needed when dragging an effect ontop of another effect - Ans: ALT Which keys change the size of the thumbnail when in the frame view - Ans: 1 & 2 What is the central hub of your project - Ans: Bin Container Window What does linking media files in their native format mean - Ans: It means that the media files have not been transcoded/consolidated are still the camera's codec What two items determine the project format - Ans: 1. Raster 2. Frame size Where are the 2 places to change User Profile - Ans: 1. Select Project Window 2. File>Settings>User In the audio mixer, if the master audio fader is adjusted - Ans: All audio tracks are adjusted If you see the 4 frame display what style of editing are you doing - Ans: Drag and Drop editing & it puts you in segment mode Which button locks audio & video shot together - Ans: Link Selection Toggle How do you lock the segment for vertical movement only - Ans: CTRL + Shift + drag segment vertically Button to remove an effect - Ans: Remove Effect button What does the transition corner display show (shows 6 frames) - Ans: Transition corner display shows first, middle, last frames of A-side, B-side transition To move a keyframe - Ans: ALT + drag keyframe To apply an effect to multiple segments - Ans: Highlight the segments, double click segment effect What is the purpose of the Enlarge & Reduce buttons in the Effect Preview Monitor - Ans: Allows you to see outside the boundaries of the visible frame Advantage of expanded nesting view - Ans: You can see all the tracks & audio Where you can change export compression setting - Ans: Movie Settings dialogue box Name one step if media is offline - Ans: Relink The best option when editing for the Video Quality Menu - Ans: Draft (half green/half yellow) The shortcut to clear all marks - Ans: "G" If you trim a rendered freeze frame effect, you need to render it again - Ans: Yes. You need to rerender. Using the resize effect, to scale a clip in the effect preview monitor and maintain the Aspect Ratio - Ans: Drag the top right handle What do track selectors do? - Ans: 1. Identify tracks in a source clip 2. Patch source to record tracks 3. Enable & disable tracks Where can you change autosave? - Ans: Bin settings How can you enlarge the frames in the bin? - Ans: CTRL + L Which menu contains options for arranging media composers interface? - Ans: Windows Which tool do you use to add an effect to multiple segments? - Ans: 1. Segment - Lift/Overwrite 2. Segment - Splic-in Which button in Source Browser allows you to view folders as media volumes, reducing the need to search through folders? - Ans: Enable to view folders as media volumes How do you modify the font in a title? - Ans: 1. Avid Title+ dialogue box 2. Font parameter in the Effect Editor What types of media should not use auto color correct? - Ans: 1. Too bright 2. Too dark 3. Really poor white balance What is the best mode for the Video Quality Menu when editing? - Ans: Draft. (Half yellow & Half green) How do you move a key frame? - Ans: 1. Highlight the keyframe 2. Alt + drag the keyfram How can you tell if you have a stereo audio track? - Ans: There are 2 speakers on the track selector Can you add a mono audio clip to a stereo track & vice versa? - Ans: No. Only stereo clip to stereo track and vice versa. To adjust the audio in 1 db increments? - Ans: Shift + up and down arrow keys Shortcut to clear all marks - Ans: G To lock video and audio on a track that come from different media sources? - Ans: Use the sync lock buttons Where does the actual media reside? - Ans: In the MXF folder What do the symbols look like for indicate you are at the 1st & last frame? - Ans: They both look like an L and in the bottom corner of the screen How many audio tracks can you have in a project? - Ans: 64 Audio tracks 24 Video tracks