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Finalcut Pro

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To ___________ to an upper Timeline track without moving it horizontally - Hold down the Shift key as you drag - or select the clip an dpress Option-Up Arrow. To move a clip down - you press Option-Down Arrow.






2. Keys as shortcuts to ripple a clip's edit point by a few frames






3. When you superimpose an edit over a V1 clip - to what track should the source control be patched for the superimposed clip to be placed on V2?






4. Choose ___________ from the Effects tab in the Browser and from the Effects menu.






5. __________ contains the device-control information like that on the capture settings tab






6. When you apply the __________ it affects three clips: the position of the middle clip - and the durations of the adjacent clips.






7. To open the __________ - Either Control-Click one side of the transition icon and choose Open (transition) from the shortcut menu - or double-click one side of the icon in a sequence clip.






8. You access _________ in the Motion tab






9. To display ____________ that are in a sequence - Control-click in the Timeline ruler.






10. You __________ in the Timeline when you want a visual representation of a clip's audio signals to evaluate or to edit audio clips.






11. To set a keyframe on the audio level overlay






12. You can find the _________ in the Motion tab in the Viewer.






13. The ________ appears under the Slip tool in the Tool palette






14. To make the ___________ appear on clips in the timeline - Press Option - W - or click the Clip overlays control in the lower left of the Timeline - to the left of the Track Height control.






15. What generated item is used as a color and sound reference at the head of a sequence?






16. The target destination for your captured media files






17. Before making a ___________ - Clips should be placed in rows - with each clip in a row appearing slightly lower than the previous clip.






18. The visual indicator in the Canvas window that lets you know the playhead is on the first or last frame of an edited clip in the Timeline - An L in the lower left means you're on the first frame of the edited clip - and a __________ in the lower righ






19. A separate window appears for making text changes in the _________






20. You can find the _________ in the view menu - and the View pop-up in the Viewer and Canvas.






21. The keyboard shortcut to select the Ripple tool






22. To ________________________ - Drag left and right to change its position and up and down to change its volume level.






23. All ___________ saved on your computer are saved at Users/[user name]/library/preferences/final cut pro user data.






24. To target a clip or clips when you want to __________- Select a clip - select a group of clips - set In and Out points - or select all the clips in the sequence.






25. _________________ in the Filters tab affect all the filters above it.






26. These shortcut keys allow you to _____________ - The < and > (angle bracket) keys - and the [and] (bracket) keys.






27. The right arrow is for _______






28. _________ is measured in degrees in the Motions tab






29. To save time using the __________ - you can log individual clips and then capture them together at the same time.






30. Two commands in the Modify menu help to ___________ - and in what way - Modify > Levels brings up the Gain Adjust dialog - where you can raise or lower volume for all selected clips. Modify > Audio > Apply Normalization Gain resets the Peak Decibel






31. Modify _________ in the Filters tab.






32. Use ____________ to change the hue - saturation - and brightness of an image






33. You find the ___________ in the View menu






34. When you press Shift-Delete or the Forward Delete key removes both _______ within the marked area.






35. To record your own voiceover - use the ________ tool - found in the Tools menu.






36. When you create a freeze frame - you can _______ the freeze frame image from the Viewer to the browser if you like.






37. To determine whether an image falls within the ____________ - Choose View > Range Check > Luma - and move through the sequence to see where the out-of-range clips are.






38. When used for trimming the __________ ripples the trim amount through the unlocked tracks in the sequence.






39. The keyboard shortcuts to _________ Final Cut Pro - Press Command-S to save current changes - press Command-H to hide the application - and press Command-Q to quit the application






40. To quickly _____________ - From the File menu - use the Share command.






41. The keyboard shortcut for extending an edit






42. To look at the detailed information about a single clip or item - select the clip - and press Command-9 to open the _____________. You can also Control-click the clip and choose Item Properties from the shortcut menu - or choose Edit > Item propertie






43. Apple application with which you screen your sequence long-distance in real time






44. To __________________ - Control-Click (or Right-Click) a Bin and choose New Bin from the shortcut menu.






45. To create In and Out points from Timeline markers use ________






46. When a clip has a _______ through the clip icon it means the clip is offline and disconnected from its media file.






47. _________________ keys move the playhead forward or backward in one frame increments in the Viewer - Canvas - and Timeline






48. The _________ adjust thes edit points - one clip's Out point and the adjacent clip's In point.






49. Before applying a transition from the effects menu - you must target the ________






50. You can choose a _________ such as text - Choose from the Browser Effects tab or from the Generator pop-up menu in the Video tab in the Viewer.