Final Cut Pro X 10.1—Exam Prep Guide: Lesson 4

1. What do the Automatic Settings do when creating a new project?

Automatic Settings conform the project's resolution and frame rate to the first video clip added to the project.

2. Where are projects stored?

Projects are stored within a designated event.

3. Which edit command is depicted in the image below? (picture here)...(Looks like a clip is being added to the end of the timeline)

Append

4. Which edit command is depicted in the image below?

(picture here)...(looks like a clip is being added in between to clips on the timeline.)

Insert

5. Which toolbar button performs an append edit?

The append edit button (picture here: third icon to the right

6. In the image below, what do the green-, blue-, and purple-colored

stripes overlaying the clip identify? (picture here: looks like a clip in the event browser with a green, blue purple lines going across the top)

Favorite, user-applied keyword, and analysis keyword

7. When in filmstrip view, which modifier key do you hold down to edit clips into the project in the order that you select the clips in the Browser?

Command

8. When performing an insert edit, what marks the Timeline location for the edit: The playhead or the skimmer?

The skimmer, if active. Otherwise, the playhead.

9. Identify the trim type used in the image below. (picture here: two different clips on the timeline. a yellow trim tool " ] " indicating the edge selection of the clip on left. the timeline indicator above the trim tool says 19:15 +00:11 )

Ripple trim

10. Which two interface items provide additional skimming precision in the Browser?

With the Zoom slider, you can see more clip content horizontally, and with Clip Appearance, you can increase clip height and hide and view waveforms. (picture here: its the slider that is next to the Clip Appearance icon)

11. In the image below, what does the Viewer overlay indicate? (picture here: the overlay is an "L" shape in the bottom left hand corner of the viewer.)

The playhead or skimmer is cued to the start frame of a clip.

12. With the primary storyline determining the project's timing, what generic clip can be inserted to "create" time between storyline clips?

A gap clip

13. In the image below, what type of edit was performed in one command?

Before: (picture here: a range selection of a clip)

After: (picture here: that same range selection is a now blank slug)

Replace with Gap or Lift edit (keyboard shortcut: Shift-Delete)

14. In the images below, identify the edit functions indicated by the mouse pointer.

A: (picture here: mouse pointer icon looks like <]> because it is positioned directly at the end of a clip on timeline)

B: (picture here: mouse pointer icon looks like <][> because it is positioned directly in-between two clips on timeline)

C: (picture here: the clip ends are highlighted yellow. mouse pointer icon looks like <-|-> with a tiny film strip underneath it...located in the center of the clip with the timeline indicator above it showing +01:03)

A: Ripple

B: Roll

C: Slip

15. To append edit a clip into a connected story, what must be selected and what must not be selected before pressing E?

The connected storyline's handle must be selected, but not any clip inside the connected storyline.

16. What does the "-15 dB" indicate in the image below? (picture here: mouse pointer icon has changed to up and down arrows because it is directly on the audio line with the timeline indicator above it showing -15dB)

The audio volume control has been lowered to play the audio clip 15 dB quieter than the audio clip's recorded level.

17. Identify the interface element that displays the Audio meters.

Show/hide the audio meters in the Timeline pane. (picture here: the cursor selecting the audio meters that are on the left in the Dashboard that is above the Timeline)

18. Using the image below for reference, describe what will occur during

playback of this transition. (picture here: a cross dissolve is on a second story line clip GOPR000. runs over a custom (blank) clip and a video clip--half and half, with audio and audio clip underneath all three)

The GOPR0009 clip will fade in from black, but halfway through the transition, Mitch's interview will cut in and be visible until the GoPro clip becomes fully opaque.

19. Which interface element can you use to export a file of your project that's compatible with iOS and Apple TV?

The share pop-up menu. (picture here: the share icon)