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Finalcut Pro

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To set a new ___________ - Control-click the transition in the effects tab and choose set default transition from the shortcut menu.






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






3. Before you can capture footage - first you must________ via a firewire cable or third-part capture card and turn it on.






4. To correct an out-of-range clip so that its range is acceptable for broadcast - Apply the _______ to the clip






5. __________ contains the scratch disk information like that on the Capture Settings tab






6. The most efficient way to __________ in a sequence - Using the Audio Peaks > Mark command - located in the Mark menu






7. You find the ___________ in the View menu






8. To drag an audio clip from the Viewer's Audio tab to the Canvas Edit Overlay or to the Timeline






9. 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?






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






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






12. Two ways to deselect ____________________ - Click in the empty gray space above the track - or press Command-Shift-A.






13. Three ways to _______: Choose File >New bin - Press command-B - or Control-click in the gray area of the Browser and choose New Bin.






14. When creating a multiclip - The three ways you can _____________ - You can sync clips or angles by In points - Out points or timecode.






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






16. Menu command you choose to _________ - Choose File > Log and Transfer






17. Unlike dissolves ____________ have addition parameters - such as border width and color - that can be adjusted in the Transition Editor






18. _________ is measured in degrees in the Motions tab






19. To create a ______ from another clip - Set In and Out points in the clip - then choose Modify > make subclip.






20. The mark necessary in the Viewer when _______ a source clip into a marked area in the Timeline - no In point and only an Out point in the Viewer






21. To ______________ and automatically create keyframes on a clip - in the Audio Mixer - click the Record Audio Keyframes button to turn it on. Then play the sequence and adjust the clip volume by dragging its track fader






22. You can choose _______ from the Button list window or the keyboard layout window.






23. To __________________ - Drag the filter name from the Viewer window to the Favorites bin - press Option-F - or choose Effects > Make Favorite Effect.






24. To you _________________ on a clip - Click the Mark In or Mark Out button in the viewer - or press the keyboard shortcut - I or O.






25. The three ways a transition can be ________ to an edit point - Use Center On Edit - Start On Edit - and End On Edit






26. When viewing the audio portion of a clip - what do you see instead of a video image?






27. You access _________ in the Motion tab






28. ____________ marks are left behind after cutting with the Razor Blade tool






29. Provides a split screen before-and-after comparison of a filter






30. When you choose a capture preset - you want it to match __________






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






32. The keyboard shortcuts to ___________ of an area of the Timeline - Press Option 0+(plus sign) to zoom in - and press Option-(minus) to zoom out.






33. These controls in the timeline patch panel turn off or on the video and sound of individual tracks






34. To make changes to text clips






35. If one track of a clip has gotten out of sync with the other tracks - by being either slipped or moved - To resync those tracks Press ______________________ the red out-of-sync indicators on the tracks you want to adjust and choose "Slip into Sync"






36. You can enter a variety of clip information in the ______ Log note - good take - scene number - take number - angle number - clip name.






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






38. The keyboard shortcuts for __________ in the Timeline - Press i to set an In point; Press o to set an Out point.






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






40. ___________ can change clip speed automatically as you edit into the Timeline






41. 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.






42. Three ways to _______ in the Viewer - Double-click the clip in the Browser - drag it to the viewer - or select it and press Return.






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






44. Editing on the ________ allows you to lengthen a clip without bumping into a bordering clip on either side.






45. The _________ you can use to capture footage capture clip - capture now - and batch capture






46. When ______ is on - you can snap the playhead to markers and snap a clip marker to a sequence marker or to another clip marker.






47. To make changes to an ________- Make the sequence active in the Timeline - or select it in the Browser - and press Command-0 to open the Sequence Settings window. You can also choose Sequence > Sequence Settings.






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






49. You can use the _________ to pick a color from any clip in an open sequence.






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