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77 Cards in this Set
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Before you can capture footage, what is the first thing you must do?
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You must connect your source device via a Firewire cable or third-party capture card.
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Marking clips for capture is similar to marking clips while editing. True or False?
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True.
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You can enter a variety of clip information in the Logging tab. Give an example of logging information that appears in the Browser columns.
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Log note, good take, scene number, take number, angle number, clip name.
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When you choose a capture preset, what settings do you want it to match?
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Your source footage settings.
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What are the three capture modes you can use to capture footage?
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Capture Clip, Capture Now, and Batch Capture.
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What is a scratch disk?
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The target destination for your captured media files.
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How can you save time using the Batch Capture mode?
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With Batch Capture mode you can log individual clips then capture them togeather at the same time.
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Where do you modify your logged clip settings?
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Modify logged clip settings in the Modify Settings dialogue, which you access from the modify menu.
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You can choose only your computer hard drive as a scratch disk. True or False.
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False. You can set your computer hard drive or an external FireWire drive as your scratch disk, where the media files will be saved.
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What other settings window contains the scratch disk information like that on the Capture Settings tab?
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The system settings window.
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What other settings window contains the device control information like that on the Capture Settings tab?
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The Audio/Video settings window.
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From what two places can you choose a transition effect?
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Choose transition effects from the Effects tab in the Browser and the Effects menu.
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When you use the automatic approach to applying a transition, what must you do first?
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Before applying a transition from the Effects menu, you must target the edit point.
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What are three ways to change the duration of a transition in the Timeline?
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Drag the edge of the icon; Control-click the transition icon, choose Duration from the shortcut menu, and enter an amount in the Duration window; or open the transition editor and change it in the Duration field.
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What are three ways a transition can be aligned to an edit point?
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Use Center On Edit, Start On Edit, and End On Edit.
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How can Command-C and Command-V be used on transitions?
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Selecting a transition and pressing Command-C copies the transition. Moving the playhead to the target edit point and pressing Command-V pastes the copied transition.
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How do you open the Transition Editor?
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Either Control-click one side of the transition icon and choose Open [type of transition] from the shortcut menu, or double-clip one side of the icon in the sequence clip.
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How are more complex transitions different from dissolves?
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They have additional parameters such as border width and color, that can be adjusted in the Transition Editor.
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What RT setting should you choose when you preview as many effects in your sequence as possible?
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Choose Unlimited RT and Dynamic.
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In what three ways can you save a favorite transition?
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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.
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How do you set a new default transition?
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Control-click the transition in the Effects tab and choose Set Default Transition from the shortcut menu.
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What button do you click in the Timeline to display the Mute and Solo buttons?
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The Audio Controls button in the lower left of the Timeline.
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What result do you get when you click the Solo button on a track?
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That track becomes the only audible track as you play the sequence.
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How can you add several tracks to the Timeline at one time?
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Choose Sequence > Insert Tracks.
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How do you make the audio level overlay appear on clips in the Timeline?
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Press Option-W, or click the Clip Overlays in the lower left of the Timeline, next to the Track Height control.
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When would you turn on audio waveforms in the Timeline?
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When you want a visual representation of a clip's audio signals to evaluate or to edit audio clips.
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What tool do you use to set a keyframe on the audio level overlay?
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The Pen tool, or you can Option-click it with the default selection tool.
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How can the Pen tool be accessed without selecting it from the Tool palette?
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Press Option and move the pointer over the audio level overlay on a Timeline clip. The Pen tool appears on the overlay line.
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How do you position a keyframe or change it's volume level?
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Drag left and right to change it's position and up and down to change it's volume level.
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How can you paste just the audio level from one clip to another?
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Copy the clip that has the desired audio level and paste just the audio levels using the Paste Attributes function.
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On what menu do you find the Audio Mixer?
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The Tools menu.
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To mix tracks in real time and automatically create keyframes on a clip, what must you do in the Audio mixer?
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In the Audio Mixer button bar, click the Record Audio Keyframes button to toggle it on. Then play the sequence and adjust the clip volume by dragging it's track fader.
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What tool do you use to record your own voice-over, and where do you access it?
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The Voice Over tool, found on the tools menu.
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When you want to use CD audio tracks in your sequence, what can you do to covert them to 48 kHz?
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Drag the tracks into the Export Queue window, and change the settings to 48 kHz. Export with these settings.
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What two functions under the Modify menu help to change audio levels, and in what way?
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Modify > Levels brings up the gain adjust window where you can raise or lower volume for selected clips. Modify > Audio > Apply Normalization Gain resets the decibel level of the clip.
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From what two places can you choose a generated item such as text?
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Choose from the Browser Effects tab or choose from the Generator pop-up menu in the Video tab in the Viewer.
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What tab in the viewer do you select to make changes to text clips?
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The Controls tab
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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?
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The V1 track.
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What type of generated text identifies person, place or thing?
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A lower third.
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Under what menu can you find the Show Title Safe option?
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The View menu, and the View pop-up in the Viewer and Canvas.
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What generated item is used as a color and sound reference at the head of a sequence?
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Bars and tone.
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Where can you find the Drop Shadow attribute?
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In the Motion tab in the Viewer.
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In what text generator does a separate window appear for making text changes?
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The Boris Text generator.
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What automated text generator is often used for credit rolls?
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The Scrolling Text generator.
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How can you adjust a clip's opacity?
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Drag the opacity overlay on a video clip in the Timeline, or open a clip in the Viewer and change the Opacity parameter in the Motion tab.
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When you choose a color for a color matte, you can pick a color only from the Colors window. True or False.
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False. You can use the Select Color eyedropper to pick a color from any clip in any open sequence.
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What is it called when you edit one sequence inside another?
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Nesting.
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What category of generated items can you use to apply a Motion template?
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Master templates.
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From what menu do you select Speed?
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From the Modify menu.
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How can you tell if the speed of a sequence has been changed?
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A speed percentage will appear next to the sequence clip name.
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What type of edit can change clip speed automatically as you edit it into the Timeline?
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A fit to fill edit.
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When you create a freeze frame, does a new freeze frame clip appear in the Browser automatically?
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No, but you can drag the freeze frame image from the Viewer to the Browser if you like.
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Where do you access motion parameters?
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In the Motion tab.
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How can you change motion parameters directly in the Canvas?
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Choose Image+Wireframe from the Canvas View opo-up menu.
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How can motion attributes be copied and pasted?
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Copy the clip and access the Path Attributes window.
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Where are motion keyframes set and adjusted?
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In the Motion tab keyframe graph area.
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What is a motion path?
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The path a clip moves along between two or more keyframes.
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What tool do you use to hide unnecessary portions of an image?
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The Crop tool.
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How is rotation measured in the motion tab?
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In degrees.
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What two ways can you apply a video or audio filter?
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You can drag a filter from the Effects tab to a clip in the Timeline, or you can identify the clip by selecting it (or moving the playhead over it) and choosing a filter from the Effects menu.
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What is the procedure to view and modify filters for sequence clips?
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Position the playhead over a clip in the Timeline. Open the clip in the Viewer, and click the Filters tab. To change the priority of a filter, drag the filter name above or below another filter. To disable the filter, click the enable checkbox to deselect it.
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How do you delete one or all filters in the filters tab?
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Click the filter name and press delete. To delete all video filters, click Video Filters, and press delete.
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What real-time filter do you use to change the hue, saturation and brightness of an image?
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The Color Corrector 3-way filter.
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What tool provides a split-screen before-and-after comparison of a filter?
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The Frame Viewer.
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Where do you modify filter parameters?
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In the Filters tab.
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How do you apply a filter from one clip to another? To several clips?
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You can drag the filter name from the Filters tab to another clip in the Timeline. To copy a filter to several clips at once, select those clips before dragging the filter. You can also use the Paste Attributes option.
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How do you add filter keyframes in the viewer?
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Position the playhead where you want to start or end a filter change, and click a parameter Keyframe button. Reposition the playhead and change that parameter.
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Name one type of filter that can create a composite effect in which two images appear at one time.
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The Matte or Key filters can create composite effects.
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What is the most efficient way to find the audio peaks in a sequence?
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Using the Audio Peaks function, located in the Mark menu.
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How are audio peaks indicated in the Timeline?
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By markers in the Timeline ruler area where each audio peak occurs.
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What can you do to determine weather an image falls within the broadcast safe range.
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Choose View > Range Check > Luma and move through the sequence to see where the out-of-range clips are.
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How can you correct an out-of-range clip so that it's range is acceptable for broadcast?
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Apply the Broadcast Safe filter to the clip.
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What two tools can you use to help prepare the audio and video of your sequence for output?
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The Audio Mixer and Video Scopes.
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What is a self-contained QuickTime movie?
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A movie that uses FCP sequence presets that can be played on any computer without having the original media files present.
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When might you use the QuickTime conversion option to export a sequence?
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When you want to export a sequence at settings other than the current ones (for example for the web or DVD).
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What are the three ways you can output a sequence to tape?
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By recording manually, or by using the Print to Video or Edit to Tape options.
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What Export command do you use to create a list of clip information?
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Batch List.
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