MC110 Lesson 4: Quick Editing Tools

Where are the two places you can make a new user profile in media composer?

-Before you open a project (Select Project window)

-After you open a project (Settings list)

What are the steps for revealing a user profile?

Click the user profile menu in settings, and select reveal user profile

How do you update your user profile in media composer?

-Open the Settings window and click the User tab

-Click the User Profile menu and select Update User Profile

When should you upgrade your user profile in media composer?

When you upgrade to a new version of media composer

How do you add color to the background of an entire bin?

-Open the Settings window and click the User tab

-Click the User Profile menu and select Update User Profile

Where can you go for a comprehensive list of media composer settings?

the Settings sub-section of the Editing Guide inside online Help.

When would you want to do a menu to button reassignment?

to map menu commands with no preset shortcut to your keyboard or interface — for example, the Audio Mixer or Source Browser in the Tools menu.

What is the keyboard shortcut for playing from in to out?

6 Key

What is the keyboard shortcut on mac for moving the position indicator to the sequence’s first frame?

fn + left arrow

What is the keyboard shortcut for decreasing thumbnail sizes of clips in your bins?

Ctrl + K (windows) or command + K (Mac)

How do you set a poster frame for your project in media composer?

Park the position indicator over the representative frame in the Source or Record monitor and Right-click that monitor and select Save as project poster frame

Which tool displays all markers present in a sequence or source clip?

the Markers tool

What other feature of media composer does the markers tool resemble and function as?

A bin

What are the two recommended efficient ways to navigate between markers?

• Use the Go to Next Marker and Go to Previous Marker function (Move tab in the Command Palette)

• Double-click a marker in the Markers tool (Tools > Markers)

How do you remove a marker in the Source or Record monitor?

1. Go to the frame that contains the marker

2. Press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Mac)

How do you remove one or more markers in the markers tool?

1. Ensure the Markers tool is open (Tools > Markers)

2. Select a marker or multiple markers — Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac)

3. Press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Mac)

What setting must you adjust before being able to add markers on the fly?

You must disable the “Edit Marker Dialog When Adding” option in the markers tool.

When using top and tail in a complex sequence how do you keep the function from removing frames up to each tracks shared next edit point?

Hold Option (windows) or alt (mac) as you press the top or tail key

Should you set an in or out mark when using extend to roll the edit point back in time to the position indicator?

Mark In

Should you set an in or out mark when using extend to roll the edit point forward in time to the position indicator?

Mark Out

What is an assembly edit and whose responsibility is it typically?

An assembly edit is the scene’s first rough cut according to the script. It’s often built by the lead assistant to save the editor time. (some industry circles use the terms stringout and assembly edit interchangeably.

What do you call a compilation of clips or subclips laid out in a sequence in the same order as they appear in the bin?

A stringout

Under what category in the effects pallete is the timecode burn in effect?

The generator category

What can you do to quickly apply a time code burn in effect to an entire stringout?

Place it the filler of an empty video track above the entire sequence.

What is the keyboard shortcut for creating a new sequence?

Ctrl + Shift + N
Command + Shift + N

What is the keyboard shortcut for creating a new video track?

Ctrl + Y

Command + Y

What two tools do you need to open to customize your keyboard?

Command Palette and Keyboard Palette

When performing a storyboard edit in Frame view, what controls the clip order in the sequence?

Left to right in rows, top to bottom

To display a grid in the bin to speed up clip alignment during a storyboard edit, click the bin’s Fast menu and choose _________.

Snap to Grid>Enable

When using Text view to create a stringout sequence, what controls shot order? 

The order you sorted the clips – top to bottom