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Finalcut Pro

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To reveal the ___________ in the Timeline - Click the Clip Keyframes control.






2. In what menu do you choose Speed?






3. Marking clips for capture is similar to marking clips while ________






4. You press ________ to add a marker at the playhead location






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






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






7. 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






8. To ________ that you don't currently see in the Browser - Control- click a column heading and choose Show {column} from the shortcut menu.






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






10. One advantage of _____________ is you can view material outside the marked area.






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






12. _________ is essential to reposition a clip in a sequence without overwriting any other material






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






14. To ___________ to the timeline at one time - Choose Sequence > Insert Tracks






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






18. What category of generated items you can use to apply a Motion template?






19. To set a keyframe on the audio level overlay






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






21. To paste just _______ from one clip to another - copy the clip that has the desired audio level and paste just the audio levels using the paste attributes command






22. Find the ________ in the File Menu






23. 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






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






25. Turning off __________ in the Timeline do allows you to select and trim one track of a linked clip.






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






27. The two ways for __________________ in the Timeline - Position the playhead over the clip in the Timeline and press X to mark the duration of that clip. You can also click the Mark Clip button in the Canvas.






28. To change the _______ in the Timeline - In the Timeline display controls - click a track height in the Track Height control - or cycle through the options by pressing Shift-T.






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






30. The keyboard shortcut to select the Ripple tool






31. ________ when you want to preview as many effects in your sequence as possible - Choose Unlimited RT and Dynamic.






32. 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






33. To ___________ in the Filters tab - Click the filter name - and press Delete. To delete all video filters - click Video Filters and press Delete






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






35. Two tools to help prepare the audio and video of your sequence for output - The Audio Mixer and ____________






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






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






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






39. The visual indicator in the Viewer that lets you know you are on the ____________ of the entire clip - Filmstrip sprocket holes appear on the left side of the image in the Viewer to indicate the first available frame of media - and appear on the righ






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






41. To create a ________ - In the Browser - select the clips you want to include in the multiclip and choose Modify > make multiclip from the shortcut menu.






42. ___________ changes an edit point in the same way rolling does.






43. ________ adjusts these edit points - The Slip tool adjust the In and Out points of one clip.






44. When you open a clip in the viewer - you see the ______________ from the clip in the Timeline patch panel






45. A clip is a master clip if it represents the ________ of that clip in the project.






46. To search for a clip in the Browser using specific criteria - Select the ________ and press Command-F to open the Find window - and choose specific search criteria.






47. 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.






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






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






50. To save a __________ - from the Transition Editor - drag the drag hand icon to the Effects tab and release it in the Favorites bin; choose Effects > Make Favorite; or press Option-F