FINAL CUT PRO QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, AND
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Define the three post-production workflow phases in Final Cut Pro - ans-
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Import: The process of ingesting and storing your story's source media files, and organising
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the clips that represent those source files.
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Edit: The creative process of assembling, trimming, and effecting clips to tell a story.
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Share: The export process of outputting your completed story for various distribution platfor
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ms and formats xz xz
Describe the device recommendations for storing source media files. - ans- xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xzxz
Media files should be stored on a fast storage device such as a 7200 RPM or GREATER ha
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rd disk or a solid-state disk (SSD)
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Describe the volume formatting and access recommendations for a media storage device.
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A media storage volume should be formatted in a supported format like HFS= and be read a
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nd write accessible.
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Which of these three is the largest container: clip, event, or library? - ans-Library
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Describe possible organisational criteria for sorting clips and projects into events. - ans-
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magazine show, a webisode, stock footage, raw media from an SD card, all versions of the
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projects and so on. xz xz xz xz
An event is flexible storage container that can be as all encompassing or as granularly com
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partmentalised as your raw media and projects. xz xz xz xz xz xz
Name and describe the built-in command for backing up camera media files. - ans-
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Create Archive command creates a clone of your source media device, preserving the fold
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er structure and metadata along with the source media files.
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Where should you store camera archives? - ans- xz xz xz xz xz xz xzxz
Camera archives can be stored anywhere. To reduce the chance of a single-
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point failure taking down an entire editing job, it is best practice to store your camera archive
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s on a volume physically separate from the media storage volume you use for editing.
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What two views are available in Media Import window, and when are the two views availabl
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e? - ans- xz xzxz
,Filmstrip and list view. Both are available when importing from a recognised CAMERA CAR
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D file structure; otherwise, only list view is available in the Browser of the Media Import wind
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ow.
What setting on the Zoom slider in filmstrip view allows you to see each file as a single thum
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bnail? - ans-All xz xzxz
What keyboard shortcuts or modified-
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skimming keys let you mark MULTIPLE range selections within a clip? - ans-
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In the Media Import Option pane, what sets the media files as Managed or External?
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"Lifted" library
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Event Name: ______________
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or
Files
Copy to Library
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Leave files in Place - ans-The option
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files
Copy to Library
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Leave files in place
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With the "Create optimized media" option selected, Final Cut Pro X transcodes imported m
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edia to the ___________ codec. - ans-Apple ProRes 422
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When dragging files from the Finder to an event, where do you set the option to copy (or not
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copy) the files into the library? - ans-In the menu bar at the top
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Final Cut Pro > Preferences
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and then select Import pane
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You are about to import source media files grouped into various folders. Which Media Impo
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rt option must be selected to replicate the folder structure within an event? - ans-
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From folders xz
When applying Keywords to a clip, can keywords be overlapped? - ans-Yes
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Which Inspector lets you add notes to a clip? - ans-Info Inspector
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, All clips start with which rating assigned? - ans-Unrated
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What default filter setting prevents Rejected clip ranges from appearing in the Browser? -
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ans-Hide Rejected
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You are trying to locate a clip you imported into the library. How can you locate it? - ans-
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In the Libraries sidebar, Selected the Library. From the filter pop-
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up menu, choose All clips. Clear Browser's search field.
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What procedure is necessary to search an event using a combination of Keywords? - ans-
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Combination of keywords is searchable by clicking the magnifying glass in the search field
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and using the Keywords criteria rule in the filter HUD.
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How do you edit the criteria rules for an existing Smart Collection? - ans-
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In the Libraries sidebar, double-click the Smart Collection.
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At what point in the workflow can a clip be assigned a role? - ans-
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At any point in the workflow. Though if roles are assigned to clips shortly after import roles a
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re carried with the clip throughout the editing workflow.
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What do Automatic Settings do when creating a new project? - ans-
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Conforms the project's RESOLUTION and FRAME RATE to the FIRST video clip added to t
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he project xz
Where are projects stored? - ans-Projects are stored within a designated event.
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Which edit command adds the selected clip to the END of the primary or selected story-
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line?
**(Picture is shown with a green plus sign near arrow and the selected clip is being dragged
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and added to the end of a story-line)** - ans-Append edit.
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Which edit command puts the selected clip INTO the primary storyline within the marked ra
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nge, or at the skimmer or playhead location.
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**(Picture is shown with a green plus sign near the arrow and the selected clip is being drag
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ged and added between two other clips)** - ans-Insert edit.
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Which toolbar button performs an append edit? - ans-Append edit button.
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**(Depicted as an open square above a shaded square with an arrow pointing down at the e
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nd of the shaded square.)**
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What do green-, blue- and purple- coloured stripes overlaying a browser clip identify? -
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ans-Green- Favorites
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Blue- USER-applied keyword xz xz
Purple- Analysis keyword xz xz
TERMS .
Define the three post-production workflow phases in Final Cut Pro - ans-
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Import: The process of ingesting and storing your story's source media files, and organising
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the clips that represent those source files.
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Edit: The creative process of assembling, trimming, and effecting clips to tell a story.
xz
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Share: The export process of outputting your completed story for various distribution platfor
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ms and formats xz xz
Describe the device recommendations for storing source media files. - ans- xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xzxz
Media files should be stored on a fast storage device such as a 7200 RPM or GREATER ha
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rd disk or a solid-state disk (SSD)
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Describe the volume formatting and access recommendations for a media storage device.
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- ans-
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A media storage volume should be formatted in a supported format like HFS= and be read a
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nd write accessible.
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Which of these three is the largest container: clip, event, or library? - ans-Library
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Describe possible organisational criteria for sorting clips and projects into events. - ans-
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Whatever you choose. IE a scene of a film, a segment of a news- xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
magazine show, a webisode, stock footage, raw media from an SD card, all versions of the
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projects and so on. xz xz xz xz
An event is flexible storage container that can be as all encompassing or as granularly com
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partmentalised as your raw media and projects. xz xz xz xz xz xz
Name and describe the built-in command for backing up camera media files. - ans-
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Create Archive command creates a clone of your source media device, preserving the fold
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er structure and metadata along with the source media files.
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Where should you store camera archives? - ans- xz xz xz xz xz xz xzxz
Camera archives can be stored anywhere. To reduce the chance of a single-
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point failure taking down an entire editing job, it is best practice to store your camera archive
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s on a volume physically separate from the media storage volume you use for editing.
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What two views are available in Media Import window, and when are the two views availabl
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e? - ans- xz xzxz
,Filmstrip and list view. Both are available when importing from a recognised CAMERA CAR
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D file structure; otherwise, only list view is available in the Browser of the Media Import wind
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ow.
What setting on the Zoom slider in filmstrip view allows you to see each file as a single thum
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bnail? - ans-All xz xzxz
What keyboard shortcuts or modified-
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skimming keys let you mark MULTIPLE range selections within a clip? - ans-
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Command + Shift + I and Command + Shift + O xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
In the Media Import Option pane, what sets the media files as Managed or External?
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The option xz
Create new event in: xz xz xz
"Lifted" library
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Event Name: ______________
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or
Files
Copy to Library
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Leave files in Place - ans-The option
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files
Copy to Library
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Leave files in place
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With the "Create optimized media" option selected, Final Cut Pro X transcodes imported m
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edia to the ___________ codec. - ans-Apple ProRes 422
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When dragging files from the Finder to an event, where do you set the option to copy (or not
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copy) the files into the library? - ans-In the menu bar at the top
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Final Cut Pro > Preferences
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and then select Import pane
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You are about to import source media files grouped into various folders. Which Media Impo
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rt option must be selected to replicate the folder structure within an event? - ans-
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From folders xz
When applying Keywords to a clip, can keywords be overlapped? - ans-Yes
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Which Inspector lets you add notes to a clip? - ans-Info Inspector
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, All clips start with which rating assigned? - ans-Unrated
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What default filter setting prevents Rejected clip ranges from appearing in the Browser? -
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ans-Hide Rejected
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You are trying to locate a clip you imported into the library. How can you locate it? - ans-
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In the Libraries sidebar, Selected the Library. From the filter pop-
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up menu, choose All clips. Clear Browser's search field.
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What procedure is necessary to search an event using a combination of Keywords? - ans-
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Combination of keywords is searchable by clicking the magnifying glass in the search field
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and using the Keywords criteria rule in the filter HUD.
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How do you edit the criteria rules for an existing Smart Collection? - ans-
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In the Libraries sidebar, double-click the Smart Collection.
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At what point in the workflow can a clip be assigned a role? - ans-
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At any point in the workflow. Though if roles are assigned to clips shortly after import roles a
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re carried with the clip throughout the editing workflow.
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What do Automatic Settings do when creating a new project? - ans-
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Conforms the project's RESOLUTION and FRAME RATE to the FIRST video clip added to t
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he project xz
Where are projects stored? - ans-Projects are stored within a designated event.
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Which edit command adds the selected clip to the END of the primary or selected story-
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line?
**(Picture is shown with a green plus sign near arrow and the selected clip is being dragged
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and added to the end of a story-line)** - ans-Append edit.
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Which edit command puts the selected clip INTO the primary storyline within the marked ra
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nge, or at the skimmer or playhead location.
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**(Picture is shown with a green plus sign near the arrow and the selected clip is being drag
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ged and added between two other clips)** - ans-Insert edit.
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Which toolbar button performs an append edit? - ans-Append edit button.
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**(Depicted as an open square above a shaded square with an arrow pointing down at the e
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nd of the shaded square.)**
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What do green-, blue- and purple- coloured stripes overlaying a browser clip identify? -
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ans-Green- Favorites
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Blue- USER-applied keyword xz xz
Purple- Analysis keyword xz xz
