Final Cut Pro X Certification Review Questions with correct Answers

Describe the three post-production workflow phases in Final Cut Pro. - 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 effecting clips to tell a story. Share: The export process of distributing your completed story to various platforms. What options are available when Final Cut Pro asks to update your projects and events to Final Cut Pro X 10.1 or later? - Answer- The available options are to upgrade all projects and events into one library per volume, to selectively upgrade now, or to return to the upgrade process at a later time. Should you update any post-production software during an editing job in progress? - Answer- A common practice in the post-production industry is to not update software, and in some cases hardware, while working on an editing job. Which of these three is the largest container? - Answer- The library is the largest of the media containers. 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 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. Name and describe the built-in command for sorting clips and projects into events. - Answer- The Create Archive command creates a clone of your source media device, preserving the folder structure and metadata along with the source media files. Where should you store camera archives? - Answer- You may store camera archives anywhere; however, to reduce the chance of a single-point failure taking down an entire editing job, store your camera archives on a volume physically separate from the media storage volume you use for editing. What two views are available in the Media Import window, and when are the two views available? - Answer- Filmstrip and list view. The two views are available when importing from a recognized camera card file structure; otherwise, only the list view is available in the Browser of the Media Import window. What setting on the Zoom slider in filmstrip view allows you to see each clip as a single thumbnail? - Answer- All. The setting defines the time length represented by each thumbnail of the clip. What keyboard shortcuts or modified-skimming keys let you mark multiple range selections within a clip? - Answer- The keyboard shortcuts are Command-Shift-I and Command-Shift-O. Holding down Command while skimming a clip also marks additional ranges. In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two sections set media files as managed or external? ---- - Answer- In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two sections set media files as managed or external? In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two sections set media files as managed or external? A. - Answer- Fill in the blank: With the "Create optimized media" option selected, Final Cut Pro X transcodes imported media to the _____ codec. - Answer- Apple ProRes 422 When dragging files from the Finder to an event, where do you set the option to copy (or not copy) the files into the library? - Answer- Final Cut Pro > Preferences and select the Import pane. You are about to import source media files grouped into various folders. Which media Import option must be selected to replicate the folder structure within an event? - Answer- From folders When applying keywords to a clip, may keywords be overlapped? - Answer- Yes Which inspector lets you add notes to a clip? - Answer- The Info inspector All clips start with which rating assigned? - Answer- Unrated What default filter setting prevents Rejected clip ranges from appearing in the Browser? - Answer- Hide Rejected You are trying to locate a clip you imported into the library. How can you locate it? - Answer- In the Libraries pane, select the Library. From the Filter pop-up menu, choose All Clips. Clear the Browser's search field. What procedure is necessary to search an event using a combination of keys? - Answer- Keyword combinations are searchable only by clicking the magnifying glass in the search field and using the Keywords criteria rule in the Filter HUD. How do you edit the criteria rules for an existing Smart Collection? - Answer- In the Libraries pane, double-click the Smart Collection. 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. What do the Automatic Settings do when creating a new project? - Answer- They conform the project's resolution and frame rate to the first video clip added to the project. Where are projects stored? - Answer- Projects are stored within a designated event. Which edit command is depicted in the following figure? ---- - Answer- Append Which toolbar button performs an append edit? - Answer- The Append edit button What do the green, blue, and purple colored stripes overlaying a Browser clip identify? - Answer- Favorite, user-applied keyword, and analysis keyword When in filmstrip view, which modifier key do you hold down to edit clips into the project in the order that you select the clips in the Browser? - Answer- Command When performing an insert edit, what marks the Timeline location for the edit: the playhead or the skimmer? - Answer- The skimmer, if active; otherwise, the playhead Identify the trim type used in the following figure: --- - Answer- Ripple trim Which two interface items provide additional skimming precision in the Browser? - Answer- The Zoom slider allows you to see more clip content horizontally, and Clip Appearance permits you to increase clip height and hide and view waveforms. --- What does the Viewer overlay in the following figure indicate? --- - Answer- The playhead or skimmer is cued to the start frame of a clip. With the primary storyline determining the project's timing, what generic clip can be inserted to "create" time between storyline clips? - Answer- A gap clip In the scenario shown below, what type of edit was performed in one command? ----- - Answer- Replace with gap, or lift, edit (keyboard shortcut: Shift-Delete) Identify the edit functions indicated by the mouse pointer in the following figures. ----- - Answer- A. Ripple; B. Roll; and C. Slip To append edit a clip into a connected storyline, what must be selected and what must not be selected before pressing E? - Answer- The connected storyline's gray bar must be selected, not any clip inside the connected storyline. What does the- 15 dB indicate in the following image? ----- - Answer- The audio volume control has been lowered to play the audio clip -15 dB quieter than the audio clip's recorded level. Identify the interface element that displays the Audio meters. - Answer- The Audio Meters button in the Dashboard. ----- Describe what will occur during playback of this transition. ----- - Answer- The GOPR0009 clip will fade in from black; but halfway through the transition, Mitch's interview will suddenly cut in and be visible until the GoPro clip becomes fully opaque. Which interface element lets you export an iOS-compatible file of your project? - Answer- The Share pop-up menu ----- 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. Which replace edit command replaces the project clip using the duration of the browser clip: Replace, Replace from Start, or Replace from End? - Answer- The Replace edit command Identify and define (from left to right) the four buttons in the following figure. ----- - Answer- Skimming (S): Enable/disable the video skimmer. Audio Skimming (Shift-S): Enable/disable audio skimming (skimming must be enabled). Solo (Option-S): Monitor the audio playback of the selected clip(s). Snapping (N): Magnetically align the skimmer/playhead while dragging to the start of clips, keyframes, and markers. What action results from the displayed indication in the Dashboard? ----- - Answer- The playhead will move three seconds to the left. This adjustment was performed by pressing Control-P. Where do you find a list of all markers used in a project? - Answer- The Tags Index found in the Timeline Index pane What command was invoked on the clips in this figure? ----- - Answer- The Solo command, Option-S. Which tool repositions storyline clips relative to time, allowing a clip to overwrite other clips? - Answer- Position Tool Where may you assign a role to a clip? - Answer- Roles may be assigned in the Info inspector or in the Modify menu. What type of clips may go into an audition? - Answer- Commonly used for multiple takes of an on-camera performance or of an audio-only VO, the audition clip collects whatever clip types you add to the audition. What icon badge identifies an audition clip? - Answer- A spotlight badge identifies and is an access point to an audition clip. What common was used in the scenario shown below. ----- - Answer- Trim to Selection, Option- (backward slash) Which interface items allow access to the Custom Speed window? - Answer- Retime pop-up menu and Retime Editor ----- What command allows you to experiment with a storyline clip's retiming without creating a rippling effect on later clips in the storyline? - Answer- Use the Lift from Storyline command to convert the clip to a connected clip. Doing so lets you change the speed and duration of the clip wioutout disturbing later clips. You have manually set the retiming rate for a clip; however, at this rate, the clip is too long for the time slot in the project. Which interface item allows you to trim the clip without changing the playback speed? - Answer- Ripple trim changes the clip's duration without changing the set speed rate ----- Which command was used to create the retiming effect shown in the following figure? - Answer- The Blade Speed command from the Retime pop-up menu ------ How do you access an effect's parameters to adjust the look (or sound) of that effect? - Answer- First, the effect must be applied to a project clip. Second, the clip must be selected or the playhead cued over the clip to access the parameters in the Inspector pane. What are the steps to reset an effect's parameters, disable the effect, and delete an effect from a clip? - Answer- Reset the parameters by clicking the effect's Reset button (the hooked arrow). Disable/enable an effect by clicking the effect's checkbox. With the effect's title bar selected, press the Delete key to delete an effect. What does the red bracket indicate in the following figure? - Answer- The starting clip does not have an adequate media handle to apply a transition. ------ Referring to the previous figure, describe the two ways to create the media handles necessary to apply a one-second transition - Answer- Use the Slip trim tool and drag left of the starting clip; or using the Roll trim tool, drag the edit point right to create a media handle prior to the clip's start point. The use of either method is dependent on available media handles on the opposite point: the end of the starting clip and the end of the ending clip, respectively. Which of the following images displays that you are ready to adjust the duration's transition? ----- - Answer- C How do you replace a project transition with a different transition from the Transition Browser? - Answer- You may drag the new transition to the existing transition similar to performing a replace edit; or with the existing transition selected, double-click the new transition in the Transition Browser. Which two interface elements may be used to activate the Viewer's onscreen Transform controls? - Answer- In the Viewer or Inspector ----- 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. How do you access the individual components of a compound clip? - Answer- Double-click the compound clip. What happens when you double-click a title in a project? - Answer- The title is selected, the playhead cues to a frame where the text elements are visible, and the first line of text is automatically selected, ready for text entry. What key should you press to exit text entry in the Viewer? - Answer- Press the Escape key to exit text entry What modifier key used with the Select tool will create audio keyframes? - Answer- Option What command creates a split edit without creating an accidental sync offset in the Timeline? - Answer- Expand Audio/Video What function turns the skimmer into an "audio solo" skimmer? - Answer- Clip Skimming Where can you switch a clip's audio channels from stereo to duel mono? - Answer- With the clip selected, the Channel Configuration section of the Audio inspector. Your Timeline looks like the following figure, and not all of the audio clips are audible. What should you do to hear and "see" all the clips? - Answer- Look in the Timeline Index for roles that have been minimized and deselected (disabled) -----