AVID MEDIA COMPOSER 101
CERTIFICATION REVIEW 2026
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ Which button in the Select Project Dialogue Box is used to navigate
to the location of an external project?
Answer: The Folder Browse Button
◉ Name the 3 principle windows of the AVID interface
Answer: Composer Window, Bin Container, Timeline Window
◉ Name the 3 views of a bin
Answer: Text, Frame, Script
◉ Explain AMA linking
Answer: AMA means the media is linked to an external location.
◉ How can you save the entire project?
Answer: Click on the bin container - then CTRL + S
◉ Short cut key for jumping to the first frame in the timeline
Answer: Home Key
,◉ Name the modifier for dragging AMA footage into the bin
Answer: Alt + drag
◉ What are ways to create a sequence?
Answer: Right click in the timeline >New>Sequence
Timeline>Sequence
◉ What type of edit does Splice-in perform
Answer: Insert. All segments move downstream
◉ To snap to the head of a segment
Answer: CTRL + left click the mouse
◉ To turn on the waveforms
Answer: Open Track Control Panel>click on the waveform icon
◉ How do you solo an audio track? What is the result?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Realtime audio playback on the timeline while scrubbing. Shift
key & drag or map to the keyboard
, ◉ Purpose of the Add Edit
Answer: Cuts the segment
◉ What is Match Frame
Answer: An edit point created by the Add Edit function & no change has
been made
◉ Purpose of the Sync Lock
Answer: Locks the sync on any track for audio & video recorded
separately
◉ Shortcut for Undo
Answer: Ctrl Z
◉ How can you reduce/increase the size of the waveforms?
Answer: ALT + CTRL + K or L
◉ What two items make up the project's format?
Answer: Raster & Frame Rate
◉ A blue dot on an effect
Answer: The effect isn't real time and must be rendered
◉ To create an effect template
CERTIFICATION REVIEW 2026
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ Which button in the Select Project Dialogue Box is used to navigate
to the location of an external project?
Answer: The Folder Browse Button
◉ Name the 3 principle windows of the AVID interface
Answer: Composer Window, Bin Container, Timeline Window
◉ Name the 3 views of a bin
Answer: Text, Frame, Script
◉ Explain AMA linking
Answer: AMA means the media is linked to an external location.
◉ How can you save the entire project?
Answer: Click on the bin container - then CTRL + S
◉ Short cut key for jumping to the first frame in the timeline
Answer: Home Key
,◉ Name the modifier for dragging AMA footage into the bin
Answer: Alt + drag
◉ What are ways to create a sequence?
Answer: Right click in the timeline >New>Sequence
Timeline>Sequence
◉ What type of edit does Splice-in perform
Answer: Insert. All segments move downstream
◉ To snap to the head of a segment
Answer: CTRL + left click the mouse
◉ To turn on the waveforms
Answer: Open Track Control Panel>click on the waveform icon
◉ How do you solo an audio track? What is the result?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Realtime audio playback on the timeline while scrubbing. Shift
key & drag or map to the keyboard
, ◉ Purpose of the Add Edit
Answer: Cuts the segment
◉ What is Match Frame
Answer: An edit point created by the Add Edit function & no change has
been made
◉ Purpose of the Sync Lock
Answer: Locks the sync on any track for audio & video recorded
separately
◉ Shortcut for Undo
Answer: Ctrl Z
◉ How can you reduce/increase the size of the waveforms?
Answer: ALT + CTRL + K or L
◉ What two items make up the project's format?
Answer: Raster & Frame Rate
◉ A blue dot on an effect
Answer: The effect isn't real time and must be rendered
◉ To create an effect template
