Where does Media Composer store the files for private projects that other users cannot access? - correct answer In the Logged-on User's Documents
... [Show More] Folder
Which option in the Select Project window lets you switch the project directory displayed in the Project list - correct answer The Location pop-up Menu
What are the three principal windows of the Media Composer interface (choose three) - correct answer Timeline, Composer Window, Bin Container
Which window serves as your project's central hub? - correct answer Bin Container
What is a bin? - correct answer A container file that holds project assets
To move a tabbed bin into its own floating Bin Container window, drag the bin tab away from eligible edges but keep it within the right panel of the Bin Container - correct answer True
What are the two ways to create your own user profile? - correct answer In the Select Project window, select Create User Profile from the User Profile pop-up menu
Go to File > Settings, click the User tab, and select Create User Profile from the User Profile pop-up menu
To save changes to a workspace, go to ______ > Workspace > Save Current - correct answer Windows
Which setting lets you change Media Composer's brightness? - correct answer Interface
Auto-Save settings control how often Media Composer automatically saves a copy of your bin(s) - correct answer True
How do you create a new project? - correct answer In the Select Project window's New Project tab, fill in the name field, choose a format and click Create
Why do you use the Source Browser - correct answer To preview video on a camera card before adding it to a project
To add video and audio to a project
What's the difference between linking to and importing media? - correct answer Linking connects an original media file to the project in Media Composer.
Importing ingests a copy of the original media that's been converted to Avid-native media
When linking media, you cannot remove the original source drive or camera card containing the media because your media will be labeled offline - correct answer True
When importing, if you receive this message: The [file directory] cannot be imported, you cannot use that video media in Media Composer - correct answer False
If you want to link to media rather than import using the drag-and-drop method from the OS level to Media Composer, which modifier key do you press? - correct answer Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac)
What are two ways to load a clip in the Source monitor? - correct answer Double-click the clip's thumbnail or icon
Click and drag the clip's icon or thumbnail to the Source monitor
What does J-K-L playback let you do? - correct answer Play forward at 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8x normal speed
Move forwards or backwards frame by frame by holding the K key as you tap L or J
To play backward at 1/4 speed, by pressing and holding the K+J keys
What tool lets you adjust a clip's audio level? - correct answer Audio Mixer
How can you save your work? - correct answer Activate the bin you want to save and press Ctrl+S (windows)
Activate the bin you want t save and go to File > Save Bin
Activate the Bin container sidebar and g to File > Save All
Activate the Bin Container sidebar and press Ctrl + S
The principal goal of a rough cut is to assemble a full scene or video that focuses on story structure while understanding that many details need to be polished later - correct answer True
How can you view the audio waveforms for a clip loaded in the Source monitor? - correct answer Click the toggle/Source Record in timeline button (bottom of the Timeline) and if necessary, click the waveform button in the Track Control panel
Auto-Patching lets you automatically patch tracks based on track activation's - correct answer True
How can you increase waveform height without affecting track height - correct answer Press Ctrl + Alt + L (Windows)
Which editing functions are more likely to break sync? - correct answer Splice-In
Extract
One way to ensure you maintain sync when editing segments into a sequence is to enable all record tracks containing elements that need to stay in sync - correct answer True
What do the Go to Previous Event and Go to Next Event functions do? - correct answer Jumps the Timeline position indicator forward or backward from edit to edit
How would you mark a source clip, so it backtimes from its OUT point when edited between marks in a sequence? - correct answer If necessary, clear the source clip's IN point and then mark an OUT point at the desired endpoint for the content
What's the difference between the Lift and the Extract functions? - correct answer Lift - removes material from the Timeline and leaves FILLER in its place
Extract - removes material from the Timeline and CLOSES the gap left by its removal
What does the Lift function do? - correct answer Removes material from the Timeline and leaves FILLER in its place
What does the Extract function do? - correct answer Removes material from the Timeline and CLOSES the gap left by its removal
What is filler? - correct answer A tangible empty space in the timeline that you can manipulate in the same ways as video and audio segments
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(▬►) (red on top yellow on bottom)
With segment mode configured as a Smart tool, which of the following is true? - correct answer Media Composer automatically switches the active tool as you move the cursor up or down within a Timeline segment
Positioning the cursor over the top half of a segment activates the Lift/Overwrite tool
Positioning the cursor over the bottom half of a segment activates the Extract/Splice-In tool
Which User setting includes an option for changing the default Segment tool? - correct answer Timeline
Which segment tool works best for inserting a clip between two Timeline segments? - correct answer Extract / Splice - In
How do you add only an interview clip's audio, without its video to a Sequence? - correct answer Activate the Source-side audio track (green) and deactivate the Source-side video track, then drag and drop
To edit source content to the timeline between an IN and OUT region, hold the Ctrl key while dragging and dropping - correct answer True
How do you enable the Solo option on an audio track? - correct answer Click he S button in the Timeline Track Control panel
If the music in a sequence is too loud, how can you lower it's level? - correct answer Click the music clip's Fader button and drag the mini fader down
Besides dragging the mini fader, which of the following methods or shortcuts adjust the clip gain in the Timeline - correct answer Click a clip's fader icon and use the up and donw arrow keys to adjust the gain in 0.1 db increments
Click a clip's fader icon and then use numbers keys to enter a specific value
Shift + Alt + Up/Down
How do you enable Digital Audio Scrub? - correct answer Shift-drag through the Timeline to enable temporarily
Map the Toggle Digital Audio Scrub button (Play tab of the Command Palette) and enable it
Which tool lets you rearrange video segments in the Timeline? - correct answer Extract/Splice-In
What is four-frame display and how do you activate it? - correct answer Activate in Timeline settings to see a real-time preview in the Composer window as you drag a clip with a segment tool
When moving a segment to another track, the Lift/Overwrite tool works best - correct answer True
How do you remove a shot from the sequence and leave a gap (or filler) - correct answer Activate Lift/Overwrite, click the shot and press Backspace/Delete
What happens when you use Extract/Splice-in to remove a segment? - correct answer Deletes the segment and moves downstream content backward to close the gap
What does this button do?
[::::] | [::::] (add edit) - correct answer Divides a segment in the Timeline
What does this button do?
≡§ (Link Selection Toggle) - correct answer When active, automatically selects associated audio if you click a video segment
When inactive, lets you select video or audio segments independently
To remove an audio segment, you click it with the Lift/Overwrite tool and press the Delete key. The segment stays in place. You press Delete a second time and the segment is removed as expected. Why? - correct answer The segment contains a clip gain adjustment, and the first deletion removes it
The Ripple tool can cause which of the following issues? - correct answer Broken sync
What impact does Ripple Trim have on an active track? - correct answer Moves all material to the right of the clip you're trimming forward or backward
If you want to add dissolves to multiple cuts, how do you identify which cuts will receive a dissolve? - correct answer Set IN and OUT marks to select the group of cuts
In the Quick Transition dialog box, activate "Apply to all Transitions (IN -> OUT)".
Enable the destination video track selector
Handle is the unused portion of a source clip - correct answer True
What is Handle? - correct answer The unused portion of a source clip
How can you ensure you add a Quick Transition to a video cut point and NOT an audio cut point? - correct answer Deactivate the audio track selector(s)
What do you enable before you directly adjust a transition effect's duration or Timeline position? - correct answer The Transition Manipulation tool
The Transition Corner display shows the first, middle, and last frames of the transition's A-side and B-side handle - correct answer True
What does the Transition corner display? - correct answer The first, middle, and last frames of the transition's A-side and B-side handle
What happens if you drag a transition effect from the Effect Palette onto an existing transition in the Timeline? - correct answer The new transition effect replaces the existing one
If you add a Dip to Color transition effect, how do you change its color? - correct answer Adjust the Background Color in the Effect Editor
Drag and drop the Color effect on top of the Dip to Color transition
Can you save a transition as a template? If so, how? - correct answer Yes, drag the effect icon from the Effect Editor to a bin
How do you add audio crossfades to your sequence? - correct answer Click the Quick Transition button and set your desired options
If you add audio crossfades to multiple cut points and an Insufficient Source dialog box appears, what's caused this? - correct answer One or more clips in the marked region doesn't have enough Handle
How do you apply an effect to multiple segments? - correct answer In Effect mode or Segment mode, select multiple segments. Then double-click an effect in the Effect Palette
After a clip is stabilized, you can disable active parameter groups in the Effect Editor to compare the stabilized version with the original video - correct answer True
How do you lock down a shot with the Stabilize effect? - correct answer Disable SteadyGlide in the Tracking window
When setting up for automatic color correction, what is the suggested HSL correction order? - correct answer HSL Auto contrast, then HSL Auto Balance
(HSLAC, then HSLAB)
When setting up for automatic color correction, what is the suggested Curves correction order? - correct answer Curves Auto Balance, then Curves Auto Contrast
(CAB, then CAC)
Which effect can hide jump cuts? - correct answer FluidMorph
Is FluidMorph a real-time effect? How do you determine this? - correct answer No, a blue dot appears next to the effect icon in the Timeline
What does the Reduce button do in the Effect Preview monitor? - correct answer Reduces the Effect Preview monitor's area to make working outside the boundaries of the visible frame easier
How can you scale and maintain a clip's aspect ratio while resizing it in the Effect Preview monitor? - correct answer Drag the control handle in the upper-right corner of the image
To delete a keyframe, click it in the Effect Preview monitor's position bar and press the delete key - correct answer True
How do you delete a keyframe? - correct answer Click it in the Effect Preview monitor's position bar and press the delete key
How do you add an effect to a clip in the Timeline on top of an existing effect? - correct answer Alt-drag a segment effect from the Effect Palette onto a clip with an existing effect in the Timeline
What is the procedure called that lets you add an effect on top of an existing effect? - correct answer Auto-nesting
What is Auto-nesting? - correct answer A procedure that lets you add an effect on top of an existing effect.
What are the two different ways to view the effects inside a nest? - correct answer Simple nesting
Expanded nesting
Simple nesting view lets you view lower effects in isolation - correct answer True
What does Simple Nesting View do? - correct answer Lets you view lower effects in isolation
Expanded nesting view let's you simultaneously view all sequence content and access nested effects in the Timeline - correct answer True
What does Expanded Nesting View do? - correct answer Let's you simultaneously view all sequence content and access nested effects in the Timeline
Which of the following activates a nesting view? - correct answer Click the Step In button to activate simple nesting view
Alt-click the Step In button to activate expanded nesting view
You can monitor sequence audio in simple nesting view - correct answer False
You CANNOT monitor sequence audio in simple nesting view
How do you change the effect order within a nest? - correct answer Drag an effect icon up or down in the Effect Editor
What are the three types of motion effects? - correct answer Freeze Frame, Motion Effect, Timewarp Effect
How do you create a freeze frame clip within Media Composer? - correct answer Load a clip in the Source monitor and go to Composer > Freeze Frame
To produce a high-quality result that doesn't jitter, it's important to set how the freeze frame processes the two fields in interlaced footage - correct answer True
How do you create a constant speed motion effect? - correct answer In the Source Monitor, click the Motion Effect Editor button you mapped
How many marks do you set to create a Fit to Fill motion? - correct answer Four - two in the Source monitor and two in the Record monitor
When creating a motion effect, which render method works best for 24p footage? - correct answer Both Fields (Duplicated Field and Interpolated Field)
You want a clip to play back at twice its normal speed. Which of the following will generate that result? - correct answer 200%
You use the Fit to Fill option to fit a 2-second clip into a 4-second gap in the Timeline. Which of the following is true? - correct answer The new segment will play back at 50% speed
You want a title to cover multiple Timeline segments. How do you efficiently set up Avid Titler+ for this? - correct answer Add a track, set IN and OUT marks, add Avid Titler+ to the new track
Once you set up your timeline for creating a title, how can you open the Avid Titler+ tool? - correct answer Click the Avid Titler+ button in the Timeline palette
Go to Tools > Avid Titler+
go to Effect Palette > title category and drag the Avid Titler+ effect to a segment or a marked Filler section in the timeline
Once you type text in the Effect Preview monitor, how can you switch from Text mode to Move mode? - correct answer Press the Escape key
Click the Avid Titler+ tool and Press the M key
click outside of the text box
What do these two buttons do?
[ T ] [ ╬ ] - correct answer Text mode tool for typing text
Move mode tool for modifying the title layer
To center justify two lines of text, triple-click the text in the Effect Preview monitor and press the Horizontal Justify button in the Avid Titler+ tool - correct answer True
How do you center justify two lines of text? - correct answer Triple-click the text in the Effect Preview monitor and press the Horizontal Justify button in the Avid Titler+ tool
You try to adjust the Size parameter in the Avid Titler+ tool but nothing happens. What do you need to do? - correct answer Ensure Move mode is active and the title is selected in the Effect Preview monitor
You created a name/location lower-third title. How do you save it as a template to apply to additional interview subjects? - correct answer Click and drag the Avid Titler+ icon from the Effect Editor to a bin
Which of the fllowing features can fade a title in and out? - correct answer Fade Effect
Quick Transition
Where can you find the Export command? - correct answer Go to File > Output > Export to File
Right-click the Record monitor and choose Export
How do you access the Export settings dialog box? - correct answer Click the Options button in the Export As dialog box
Which Export As menu option work best for YouTube upload? - correct answer MP4
You want to select a preset in the Image section that matches your project's resolution. What are two ways to verify your sequence's image size -- 1920x1080 for example? - correct answer Look at the project format in the Timeline's name display area
Review the Source Raster section in the UME File Export (Export Settings) dialog box
Which video codec family does Youtube recommend? - correct answer H.264
When exporting a video for Youtube upload, select the Scale from Legal to Full Range button in the Color Space section - correct answer False
DO NOT select the Scale from Legal to Full Range button in the Color Space section
Your sequence contains audio but the exported MP4 file does not. Which option in the UME File Export (Export dialog box) could have caused this? - correct answer Use Selected Tracks checkbox
Include Inactive Audio tracks checkbox (unchecked)
Does Media Composer include an export template option? - correct answer Yes, click the Save As button in the lower-left corner of the UME File Export (Export Settings) dialog box
Do clips in your bin contain the actual video and audio media? - correct answer No
The Avid MediaFiles folder is stored in the following location on an internal drive: drive:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles\MXF\[numbered folder(s)] - correct answer True
Avide MediaFiles folder is stored there
Which function do you use to find the media for a clip? - correct answer Reveal File
What does Media Offline mean? - correct answer Media Composer can't find a clip's corresponding media file on any drive
Some of your media is offline. Which of the following are god troubleshooting steps? - correct answer Check media drive connections
Delete the database files -- msmFMID.pmr and msmMMOB.mdb
verify that the Avid media directory wasn't renamed or otherwise changed
Where can you find the database files? - correct answer OS level: Avid MediaFiles\MXF\1
Which function do you use to reconnect to imported media files? - correct answer Relink
Your linked clips go offline. What are two ways you can relink to the camera-native media files? - correct answer Select the offline clips and use the Source Browser to locate and link to the camera-native media files
Alt or Option drag the camera-native files from the OS level to the bin containing the offline clips
Where does Media Composer store backups of a project's bins? - correct answer The Avid Attic
What's the difference between deleting from a bin versus the Media Tool? - correct answer You can delete clips and media from a bin but only media from the Media Tool
What does this button do?
|[::::] (Trim Mode) - correct answer Activates Trim Mode
What does this button do?
-*_.._ (Effect Mode) - correct answer Activates Effect Mode
What does this button do?
≡/::::/ (Motion Effects Editor) - correct answer Activates Motion Effects Editor
What does this button do?
[::II] (Quick Transition) - correct answer Activates Quick Transition
What does this button do?
] [ (Mark Clip) - correct answer Marks Clip
What does this button do?
| ][ | (Clear Both Marks) - correct answer Clears both marks
What does this button do?
[ /o/ ] (Transition Manipulation) - correct answer Activates Transition Manipulation
What are the names of the three Frame Views? - correct answer Text View Mode
Frame View Mode
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