Avid Media Composer 7
What is a dual-roller trim?
"Rolls" the edit point by changing both B/A sides simultaneously
What shortcuts do you use to step forward or backward through a clip?
1 key - Move 10 frames back, 2 key - Move 10 frames forward, 3 key - Move 1 frame back, 4 key - Move 1 frame forward
What is the default transition?
1 second dissolve
What are two options you have if you stressed the system or dropped frames?
1. Adjust the playback quality setting 2. Render the effects
How do you sift clips?
1. Bin>Custom Sift 2. Choose among operations (ex. "contains) 3. Click in the Text to Find box and enter the text you want the system to find 4. Open the column or range to search menu and choose the column you want to search
What are Luma Adjust's two parameters?
1. Brightness - increases/decreases the intensity of light across the entire tonal range 2. Cont (Contrast) - stretches/compresses the difference in brightness between the light and dark areas in a shot
What are the three parameters dealing with color (Color Effect)?
1. Chroma Adjust 2. Color Style 3. Color Gain
How do you display the start timecode of your clips?
1. Click bin view (This will initially display "Untitled") 2. Select Capture
"How can you save a bin? An entire project?
1. Click bin, File>Save Bin 2. Click project window, File>Save All
How do you jump to a specific timecode?
1. Click the monitor in which to search 2. Enter timecode like this: ex. 01:23:02:00, type 1230200
What are the 3 options of File Pixel to Video Mapping?
1. Computer RGB (0-255) - you use this setting when you have created graphics in an RGB color space; images and movie files are remapped 2. 601 SD or 709 HD (16-335) - you use this setting when you have created graphics in a 601/709 color space; images and movie files are NOT remapped 3. Computer RGB, Dither Image Colors - this does not change the color levels, but instead adds a bit of noise to randomize the levels
How do you add a custom column to a bin in Text mode?
1. Display bin in Text view 2. Click on the empty area to the right of all headings 3. Type a name for the new column and hit enter
What are the 2 critical options located on the Image tab of the Import Settings dialog box that will affect QuickTime with Alpha?
1. File Pixel to Video Mapping 2. Alpha Channel options
What 3 factors is the video format defined by?
1. Frame rate 2. Scan method for scanning the images 3. Raster dimension (raster is the image's frame size as measured horizontally in pixels and vertically in scan lines)
How do you check which plug-ins are installed?
1. From the TOOLS menu, choose CONSOLE 2. Type AMA_listplugins in the command line
What are the three video quality options available?
1. Full Quality 2. Draft Quality (scales the frame by 50% in each direction) 3. Best Performance
What are the Color Correction Tool's 2 adjustment groups?
1. HSL - contains adjustments that independently manipulate the hue, saturation, and luminance of the image 2. Curves - contains adjustment that manipulates the red, green, and blue channels of the image
What are Luma Clip's two parameters?
1. High and 2. Low parameters - final determination on the max white level and min black levels; normally leave these at 16 and 235
What are Chroma Adjust's two parameters?
1. Hue - actual color tint in the image 2. Saturation - intensity of color
When you import, Media Composer does what 2 things?
1. It converts the media file to a new format 2. It rewraps the media essence in an MXF wrapper
What are the three parameters dealing with luminance (Color Effect)?
1. Luma Adjust 2. Luma Range 3. Luma Clip
What is the correct procedure to back up a project?
1. Navigate to the Project folder at the operating system level 2. Drag the Project folder to a separate hard drive or server
How do you download the latest plug-ins?
1. Open a Project 2. From the Marketplace menu, choose AMA PLUG-INS
How do you remove a transition using the Remove Effect?
1. Park the position indicator by the transition 2. Select the TRACK(S) that contain the transition(s)to be removed 3. Click the REMOVE EFFECT button
If you hear a pop at an edit point, but can't tell which side of the edit point in the problem, what can you do?
1. Play loop in trim mode 2.Press the Q key to play the outgoing side 3. Press the W key to play the incoming side 4. Trim a frame or 2
What are Color Style's two parameters?
1. Posterize - reduces the # of colors used in the images 2. Solar - way to create a negative image; allows you to control the degree of inversion (unlike Invert check box)
What are the rendering options for Avid Pan & Zoom?
1. Real Time - renders fastest, draft-quality 2. BSpline Catmull - sharp image; best 3. Avid Ultra Qual - extremely sharp; possibly too sharp
ExpertRender selects segments in the recommended ranges using what rules?
1. Render any effect that isn't completely covered by another effect 2. Render any non-real-time effect, unless completely covered by another effect that will be rendered. This includes nests that contain non-real-time effects
"What are 2 ways to create a new sequence?
1. Right-click in timeline and choose New Sequence. 2. Select clip>New Sequence
List the steps to revise a title.
1. Right-click the title segment 2. Select edit title
What are the three primary tools to generate a matte in Media Composer?
1. Rotoscoping tools 2. Keying effects 3. Matte keys
How do you save a material for reuse?
1. Select the OBJECT in the Monitor 2. Click the MATERIALS tab in the Library window 3. Right-click the USER MATERIALS and select NEW MATERIAL 4. Choose which OPTIONS you wish to save into the material, name it, and click OK
How do you change the start timecode?
1. Text view in bin 2. Click on the start TC for the sequence 3. Enter the new value
How do you create reference tone?
1. Tools>Audio Tool 2. Click PH[peak hold] menu 3. Select CREATE TONE MEDIA
An editor wants to remove frames from only the A-side of an edit in a dialogue scene. What are three methods that can remove these frames while maintaining sync?
1. Turn on sync locks and perform the single-roller Ripple trim 2. Perform an Overwrite trim 3. Select the frames in the timeline using In and Out marks and click the Lift button
How do you remove a transition using the Smart Tool?
1. Using the TRANSITION MANIPULATION tool, click on the transition EFFECT ICON 2. Press Delete
What are Luma Range's three parameters?
1. W(hite) Point and 2. B(lack) Point - defines the whitest white and the blackest black in an image; 3. Gamma - a response curve that defines how the tonal range transitions between black and white
The Avid system automatically saves changes to your work every ____ minutes (default)?
15
Images and movies in an RGB color space set black values to 0 and white values to 255. What does the SD601/HD709 color space set black and white levels to?
16 and 235, respectively
The left slider (bass/low shelf) in the Audio EQ tool affects what frequencies?
240Hz to 50Hz and below
Decibel range recommended for most projects?
26dB and 8dB
The Audio EQ tool is what band?
3-band
By default, how many seconds of filler does Media Composer add to the head of sequence when you select ADD FILLER TO START?
30 seconds
How many video tracks do Title nests have? What are they?
3; V1 represents the background for the title, V2 and V3 represent the two parts of the title: its fill (on V2) and its matte (on V3)
How do nests of effects such as 3D PIP differ from those of other effects?
3D PIP is a two-input effect and has both a foreground and a background. Both of these are visible within the nest
What are two of Marquee's stand-out capabilities?
3D rotation and 3D extrusion
What is the shortcut for play forward?
5, space bar
The right slider (treble/high shelf) in the Audio EQ tool affects what frequencies?
6kHz to 20kHz and higher
What is the shortcut to go to Previous Edit?
A
What is a picture-in-picture effect (PIP)?
A PIP allows you to layer one clip over another and adjust the size, position, and opacity of the upper clip
What is color-difference keying?
A blue and green screen method that is more complex than chroma key; subtracts the selected color and the other color channels
What is a codec?
A compression formula that defines how an image is both compressed and decompressed (higher ratio = more compressed
The transparent channel in a clip is called what?
A matte
What is the difference between matte and mask?
A matte is a grayscale image used to identify transparency in an RGB image, and a mask is the application of a matte; ex. You MASK out the boom mic using a MATTE
What are matte keys?
A matte key uses a separate grayscale image to create the transparency
What is Image Interpolation?
A menu that controls the algorithm used to process effects, thereby controlling both the quality and the time it takes to complete
What are looking tables (LUTs)?
A method of color space conversion; they perform real time color conversions so that images recorded on RAW/Log-based digital cameras look correct on HD broadcast monitors
What is rendering?
A process by which Media Composer calculates (or creates) the effect and writes the resulting image into a video file
What is stripping?
A process where two or more drives are joined together by the system and treated as a single drive; By combining multiple drives, the system can read and write material much more quickly.
What is Avid DVD by Sonic?
A professional DVD-production system that integrates authoring and disc creation into a single application
A new project is created with what three files?
A project file, a project settings file, and a bin file
What is a sequence?
A series of video and audio segments that comprise your film or your program
What is a chroma key?
A simple effect that picks a color range and generates a matte from only those pixels
When setting the calibration tone parameters for a project, what do the values of 0 and -777 generate?
A value of 0 generates random noise, while a value of -777 generates a tone sweep
How do you reference the next edit point on any active track (Top and Tail)?
Adding the ALT modifier limits Top and Tail to the next edit point on any track
What is Autonesting?
Adds a new effect on top of an existing effect
In the HSL group, what does Auto Contrast do?
Adjusts the black and white levels (known as setup and gain) to maximize the tonal range in an image
In the Curves group, what does Auto Contrast do?
Adjusts the master curve
In the Curves group, what does Auto Balance do?
Adjusts the red, green and blue curves
What does an A-side trim adjust?
Adjusts the timing of a cut away; how quickly you cut away from an actor when he/she is speaking
What does a B-side trim adjust?
Adjusts the timing of the show you cut to
In the HSL group, what does Auto Balance do?
Adjusts the white balance of the image's shadows, midtones, and highlights
The middle slider (midrange) in the Audio EQ tool affects what frequencies?
Affects frequencies between the low shelf and the high shelf
What does Bin>Align to Grid do?
Aligns shots to an invisible grid, without reordering or significantly changing location
Where are the user materials found?
All styles are found in the Library tab. If the Library tab is not displayed, select Window>Library>Styles
What does Avid's Timecode RT effect do?
Allows you to add timecode displays/text annotations that update in real time; allows you to display 4 customizable pieces of timecode information at once
What does Pan and Scan's Subdivide Effect do?
Allows you to automatically break up the Pan and Scan effect up into multiple effects, one for every edit on a given track
What is the Remove Color Cast tool?
Allows you to help the correction along by identifying areas of the image that should be neutral in tone: shadows, midtones, and highlights
What does the Avid Pan & Zoom effect allow you to do?
Allows you to move across as well as zoom into a still image, with extensive keyframe control over field of view
What is the speed graph for?
Allows you to set the speed of the timewarp effect using keyframes
What do you hold to create a sub-sequence by dragging the image from the Record monitor to the bin?
Alt(-drag)
What do you hold to drag a keyframe?
Alt(-drag)
How do you reset fader level to 0dB?
Alt-click fader level
How do you add a triangular color stop to the gradient preview bar?
Alt-clicking the gradient preview bar
How do you AMA Link?
Alt-drag to bin
What is the shortcut for cloning a clip?
Alt-drag to bin
What modifier key is used as you drag a bounding box to increase the font size of a text object in the Marquee window?
Alt; Shift+Alt to retain the text's aspect ratio
What happens to an animation if you switch keyframes from linear to spline interpolation?
An ease-in/out is added to every keyframe, making the motion smoother and more natural
What is the AutoTitler?
An option in Marquee that allows you to create multiple titles, each with different text content, from a single template and an external text file
What are the two QuickTime codecs that support embedded Alpha channels?
Animation and ProRes 4444
What is spill?
Any tinting of areas on the foreground toward the backing screen color
What are freeze frames?
Applied to a master clip/sub clip in the source monitor and create a new clip containing only the desired frame
What are motion effects?
Applied to a master clip/sub clip in the source monitor, the rate of motion cannot be varied over time
What are timewarp effects?
Applied to a segment in the timeline; the rate of motion can be keyframed
And editor adds video to tracks V1 and V2, and then opens the Effect Palette. What is the next step the editor must take to create the Picture-in-Picture effect?
Apply the Picture-in-Picture effect to the video on track V2
What do Global Pan and Global Level do?
Apply the current pan or level settings to all clips on entire track(s) in a sequence (Audio Mixer)
What is the primary tool for adjusting volume/pan levels in a sequence?
Audio Mixer (makes it easy to set the level and pan for a clip, sequence, or multiple clips within a sequence)
What tool displays audio levels of the combined mix on a digital and analog scales?
Audio Tool
Why is Overwrite mode well-suited for audio editing?
Audio tracks naturally have gaps of filler between segments
What is Media Composer's effects processing architecture?
Avid Component Processing Library
What is AudioSuite?
Avid's audio plug-in standard; opens up your audio processing to plug-ins developed by Avid and by third-party developers
What is the shortcut for Overwrite?
B
Which filter setting provides the best tradeoff between quality and performance?
BSpline Catmull
What shortcut open the Quick Transition dialog box?
Backslash (\)
How does J-K-L work?
Backward, stop, forward (x1, x2, x3, x5, x8)
How do you change the frame size in Frame View?
Bigger: Edit>Enlarge Frame (Ctrl+L), Smaller: Edit>Reduce Frame (Ctrl+K)
How can you tell if a bin has been sifted?
Bin> Show sifted, Show unsifted
When Media Composer links to a graphic or movie file with embedded Alpha, what do black and white represent?
Black represents the opaque areas in an image, and white represents the transparent areas (OPPOSITE OF THE SPECTRAMATTE KEY)
Effects are always processed from the _____ of the nest up.
Bottom
What do FF/RW do?
Buttons jump the position indicator through edit points
When animating text, how can you reset a property's value shuttles?
By clicking the Reset button to the right of the value shuttles
How can you add keyframes to property curves in the Timeline window?
By right-clicking on the curve and selecting Insert Key from the pop-up menu
While listening to the affected clip in an AudioSuite plug-in, which button do you click to listen to the original audio?
Bypass
What is the default way to copy material from a sequence?
C
What are some factors that can affect system performance?
CPU speed and configuration; RAM speed; Overall system transfer speed; Graphics card performance; Other running system processes
Where can you see the marked duration of a clip?
Center Duration display
And editor modifies the tools and windows that are displayed in the Audio Toolset. What action saves the modified display?
Choose Save Current from the Toolset menu
How do you change the order of effects within a nest?
Click and drag the effect icon in the Effect Editor for the effect you wish to reorder
Name one method/shortcut to adjust the clip gain besides dragging the mini fader.
Click icons, then use up/down arrow keys
How do you display a parameter's keyframe graph?
Click on the ARROW next to a keyframed parameter to display its keyframe graph
How do you permanently delete a bin file?
Click the Fast menu in the Project window and choose EMPTY TRASH
Which action adds a custom column to a bin in text view?
Click to the right of all column headings and type a new heading name
How can you make sure that all media for the sequences is online?
Clip Color > Offline in the Timeline fast menu
How do you add filler at start?
Clip>Add Filler At Start
Where is CONSOLIDATE/TRANSCODE located?
Clip>CONSOLIDATE/TRANSCODE
How do you open the Avid Title Tool?
Clip>New Title
How can you refresh your Timeline after changing the Source Settings?
Clip>Refresh Sequence>Source Settings
What is the difference between duplicating a clip and cloning a clip?
Cloning - changes made will happen to clone; Duplicating - changes made will not affect the original
What are Avid Media Composer's two primary tools in terms of color adjustments and corrections?
Color Effect and Color Correction
How do you trim left 1 frame?
Comma (,) key
Why would you use a compressor/limiter?
Compressor automatically adjusts the audio signals that exceed a specific threshold; primary controls are RATIO and THRESHOLD
When working on a title in Marquee, which setting should be selected to apply a gradient to the entire word?
Container
How does the Container setting of the Mapping list map?
Container maps the gradient across the entire text object
What does consolidating do?
Copies the media from one location to another, rewrapping it as MXF as needed; can choose to keep or delete the original files
What is the most efficient stabilization engine for locking down shots?
Correlation Tracker
What is a group clip? What is the advantage of working with group clips?
Creates a single clip out of a single set of master clips; Allows you to sync clips based on common source timecode, marks, etc.
What modifier keys allow you to snap to edit points in the timeline?
Ctrl - to snap the head of the moving segment to edit points; Ctrl+alt - to snap the tail of the moving segment to edit points
What shortcut opens the effect palette?
Ctrl+8
What is the shortcut for activating the project window?
Ctrl+9
What is the shortcut reducing the size of audio waveforms?
Ctrl+Alt+K
What is the shortcut for enlarging the size of audio waveforms?
Ctrl+Alt+L
What is the shortcut for duplicating?
Ctrl+D
What is the shortcut for Find?
Ctrl+F
What is the shortcut for reducing the height of timeline tracks?
Ctrl+K
What is the shortcut for enlarging the height of timeline tracks?
Ctrl+L
What is the shortcut for creating a new bin?
Ctrl+N
What is the shortcut for opening a bin?
Ctrl+O
What is the shortcut for Save?
Ctrl+S
What is the shortcut for grouping clips?
Ctrl+Shift+G
What is the shortcut for creating a new sequence?
Ctrl+Shift+N
What is the shortcut for adding a keyframe?
Ctrl+Shift+click
When moving a segment with a segment tool, which action restricts the move so that only a vertical movement of the segment is possible?
Ctrl+Shift+drag the segment
What is the shortcut for aligning columns in Text View?
Ctrl+T
What is the shortcut for creating a new mono audio track? What about a stereo audio track?
Ctrl+U; Ctrl+Shift+U
What is the shortcut for creating a new video track?
Ctrl+Y
What are Avid high-def (HD) codecs named?
DNxHD (with the number in the name representing the data rate; ex. DNxHD 36 (higher number=more data that is being transferred with each frame)
What are video black and video white?
Defined limits for the grayscale within the digital video standards; 16, 235 (b,w)
What is the function of a wrapper?
Defines the file format and is reflected in the file extension; "packaging" of the file
In the SpectraMatte effect, what does the Chroma Key Saturation define?
Defines the location of the center point of the wedge
In the SpectraMatte effect, what does the Chroma Tolerance parameter define?
Defines the width or spread of the wedge
Some of your media is offline. What is a good troubleshooting step?
Delete the database files
Why would you customize a Send To template?
Delivering your program will be faster and more consistent if you create custom templates that match the delivery specifications for your most common distribution channels; Send To templates can perform multiple exports with one template
If you are defining a gradient, and the final colors on your title object's surface are not what you expect, what might you need to do?
Deselect Tint
What is the Source Settings dialog box?
Detects the properties of the source media based on their metadata. It allows you to quickly see the properties of the input files and make changes if necessary
What do the Inner Softness and Outer Softness parameters determine?
Determine how narrow or broad the falloff is between the keyed-out color and the foreground; used to help control the amount of gray/black specks in the foreground
In the SpectraMatte effect, what does the Key Sat Line determine?
Determines the minimum saturation level for the key color range; the higher the parameter value, the more saturated colors must be to affect the matte
What is the Effect Palette?
Displays a list of effects you can apply
What is the Track Panel?
Displays a track button for each track of source material and every sequence track
What is a shortcut to entering and existing expanded nesting?
Double-clicking a highlighted segment (as opposed to alt-clicking the STEP IN button)
How do you save clipboard contents?
Drag the icon from the Clipboard Monitor to a bin instead of from the Record monitor; Clipboard contents are saved as a sub-sequence
How do you import?
Drag to bin
How do you create drop shadow on your text?
Drop and Depth Shadow Button (Title Tool)
What does the use of semicolons vs. colons when specifying timecode indicate?
Drop-frame vs. non-drop-frame
What are the 3 types of freeze frame rendering?
Duplicated field - default choice, lower quality image; Both fields - good for shots without interfield motion or progressive media; Interpolated field - good for shots WITH interfield motion
What is the shortcut for the Edit tool?
E
What is the Layers Window for in the Marquee Title tool?
Each text or graphical object is displayed in a stacked hierarchical order (similar to Photoshop)
What are match frame edits? How do you remove them?
Edit point created by Add Edit; To remove: Mark i/o points, choose Clip> Remove Match Frame Edits
What is the primary tool in the Toolbox and what does it do?
Edit tool; used for repositioning, scaling, and formatting
What is Top or Tail and what function is most like it?
Enables you to perform quick edits to segments in the timeline; Extract
What button do you click to jump to the last frame in a sequence?
End
What is the shortcut to exit trim mode?
Esc; U
Difference between Expert and Render In/Out?
Expert - skips real time; Render - looks at everything
Difference between export and send-to?
Export - output a file; Send To - enables you to send sequences or master clips from your Avid editing system to other applications, automating your workflow; automates the export process
What is the extend function?
Extend allows you to roll edit points w/o going into Trim mode; result is identical to using a dual-roller trim; can be used to very efficiently remove split edits in a sequence
What is the best segment mode for recording segments?
Extract/Splice-In
What does the Top button extract?
Extracts the first portion of the segment, before the position indicator
What does the Tail button extract?
Extracts the later portion of a segment, after the position indicator
T or F. Clear Renders deletes the rendered files
F
T or F. Duplicated field requires rendering
F
T or F. Timewarp effects do not contain additional, higher quality render methods
F
T or F. HSL adjustments affect grayscale.
F. HSL adjustments do not affect grayscale (luminance). In Curves, you are always simultaneously adjusting both color and grayscale.
What is the shortcut for Basic Layout?
F2
What is the shortcut for Basic Animation Layout?
F4
T or F. FrameFlex is a destructive process.
FALSE
How can you lower the volume of just the music?
Fader button
T or F. Splice-In never affects track/sequence duration.
False.
T or F. The purpose of a garbage mask is to remove all of the green or blue screen from the foreground.
False. A garbage mask is used to remove unwanted portions from the outer areas of the frame. The keyer is used to removed the remaining green/blue screen that immediately surrounds the subject
T or F. To save a template, you drag the effect icon from the upper-left corner of the Effect Editor into the Effect Palette.
False. Bin, not Effect Palette
T or F. A video mixdown flattens the sequence but does not create new media.
False. Creates a new master clip
T or F: Draft quality scales the image down and lowers the frame rate to achieve more real-time performance.
False. Does not change the frame rate
T or F. AudioSuite plug-ins are real time that do not require rendering.
False. RTAs do not require rendering
T or F. To add a keyframe on an animation curve, you click the curve where you want to add the keyframe.
False. To add a keyframe, you right-click on the animation curve AND select Insert Key from the pop-up menu
T or F. To add a border around text, you enable the Border check box.
False. there is not Border check box. to add a border, you enable the Change Edge Properties box in the Quick Titles window
How can Feature Match improve the warping of Fluid Morph?
Feature Match improves the warping by aligning feature patterns as it warps both images
What are precomputes?
Files that have been computed, or calculated, in advance of playback
What is the difference between Find and Sift?
Find searches all bins
What are the types of tracking engines?
Fluid stabilizer - primary, analyzes multiple tracking regions in an image over a # of frames to create motion date; Correlation Tracker - traditional, after you select a high-contrast reference pattern, the tracker will follow it frame by frame; Fluid Tracker - specific, for corner pinning or tracking objects that start outside the frame
" Which button in the Select Project dialog box is used to navigate the location of an external project?
Folder Browse
What is transcoding?
Format conversion; special type of consolidating that simultaneously converts the resolution/frame rate of your clips; will not delete the original media when finished
How do you trim right 8 to 10 frames?
Forward slash (/) key
In Media Composer, a project's format is a combination of what?
Frame size and frame rate
What are the two primary tabs of the Source Settings dialog box?
FrameFlex - used to reformat high-resolution clips to fit within an HD project; Color Encoding - used to manage the color conversion from the high resolution camera's native color space to Media Composer's HD broadcast standard (Rec. 709)
What are dropped frames?
Frames of video that are skipped
What are the 3 types of motion effects?
Freeze frames, motion effects, timewarp effects
Where do you access Avid Pan and Zoom to apply it to a clip?
From the Image category of the Effect Palette
What is the Color Effect tool used for?
Generally just color treatments
A Source Settings-modified segment can be identified by what?
Green dot on segment in Timeline
On a resize effect, how do you scale a clip in the Effect Preview monitor but maintain its aspect ratio?
Handle in the upper right
What is a handle and why is it important?
Handle is extra media on a clip, beyond what is edited into a sequence. It is used to create a transition.
What does Fluid Morph do?
Helps solve the problem of jump cuts; can warp the two images to better align with each other, so they perform a more seamless transition
How do you add an effect to a clip in the timeline on top of an existing effect?
Hold down Alt and drag an effect on top of an existing effect (known as autonesting)
What is the shortcut to view a pop-up menu containing previously entered values in a custom column?
Hold down the Alt key and click on the cell in which you want the text to appear
How do you move keyframes earlier or later?
Hold the ALT key while dragging the keyframe
How do you snap keyframes to volume decibel lines?
Hold the Ctrl key while dragging the keyframe
What is the purpose of the Clipboard Monitor?
Holds copied material from one sequence for use in another
What is a bin?
Holds the assets in a project
What button do you click to jump to the 1st frame in a sequence?
Home
What are the three gradient direction types?
Horizontal, Vertical, Radical
What do the Velocity In and Out menus in Avid Pan & Zoom determine?
How smoothly an animation starts and lands on a keyframe
What does the Mapping list determine?
How the gradient is mapped to the object's surface (Local, Container, etc.)
Why is it important to set the freeze frame render type?
If the render type is not set correctly, you can end up with a lower-resolution result, visible flicker within what was supposed to be a frozen frame, or a softer image.
Under which category is the Fluid Morph located in the Effect Palette?
Illusion FX Category
What is the ideal configuration when working on an effects-heavy sequence in which you will be doing numerous renders and want to minimize render time during the creative process?
Image Interpolation menu>Draft (Nearest Neighbor)
What option in Avid Pan & Zoom allows you to like the image file with the effect and display it in the Effect Preview monitor?
Import Image option
What is the correct method to slide a shot forward in a sequence by a few frames?
In Source/Record mode, Shift+Alt+drag a lasso from right to left around the shot; click the trim buttons to slide the shot
How does creating a motion effect via the Fit to Fill command differ from creating one via the Motion Effect command?
In a motion effect, you specify the rate of the effect; with Fit to Fill, you specify the amount of source material to use within a defined duration in the Timeline
Where is the ExpertRender command located?
In the Clip menu
Once a clip is stabilized, how can you compare the stabilized result with the original video?
In the Effect Editor, click the Scaling and Position ENABLE BUTTONS.
How does the Remove Color Cast tool in Curves perform a different function from the HSL group's?
In the HSL group, the Remove Color Cast tool is similar to Auto Balance, but in Curves the Remove Color Cast tool changes the white balance by adding a control point between the low and high adjustments
What is the major difference in the way automatic corrections are applied in the HSL group and the Curves group?
In the HSL group, you apply Auto Correct and then Auto Balance, and in the Curves group you apply Auto Balance and then Auto Correct
How do you view the Matte channel?
In the Matte Analysis section of the Effect Editor, choose ALPHA IN SOURCE MONITOR from the SPECTRAGRAPH SOURCE MONITOR menu
Where does Media Composer store the project files for private projects?
In the OS user's Documents folder
Where do you find the Image Interpolation menu for selecting Standard, Draft, or Advanced rendering quality?
In the Render settings
Where can you view the grayscale Matte channel?
In the Source monitor, while the composite is shown in the Effect Preview monitor
When using an effect from the Image category, how do you attach a tracker to the drawn shape?
In the tracking parameters, click the enable button for the first tracker labeled "No Tracker." Enabling this tracker assigns the tracking data point from the Tracking window to the Blur effect's shape
When using an effect from the Image category, how do you attach a tracker to the drawn shape?
In the tracking parameters, click the enable button for the first tracker labeled "No Tracker." Enabling this tracker automatically assigns the tracking data point from the Tracking window to the Blur effect's shape.
What is the difference between an inclusive and exclusive sift?
Inclusive - a clip must meet only one criterion to appear in a sifted bin; Exclusive - a clip must meet all criteria
Why would you chose to increase the size of the yellow search triangle while tracking?
Increase the area where the tracker will lock for the tracking data point; helpful if the object you are tracking is moving too fast across the frame
What do blue bars in the timecode ruler at the top of the Timeline indicate?
Indicate areas that overtaxed the system during playback; dropped frames
What do red bars in the timecode ruler at the top of the Timeline indicate?
Indicate areas that stressed the drives on which the media was stored during playback but did not cause it to drop frames
What do yellow bars in the timecode ruler at the top of the Timeline indicate?
Indicate areas that stressed the system during playback but did not cause it to drop frames
What is metadata?
Info that's written into the media wrapper file (ex. frame rate, codec, source), also items in bin, which are used to identify/track the actual media files
" What type of edit does Splice-In perform?
Insert
To import graphics with any transparency information, such as a TV station logo, what should you select in the Alpha Channel section of the Import Settings dialog box?
Invert on Import
What does the Gamma setting adjust?
It adjusts the tones between the white and black points but it is not a linear adjustment; it actually adjusts all grayscale tones using what is referred to as a response curve; brightens midrange tones the most (unlike Brightness)
For DVD Output, what is the benefit of choosing Send To>DVD Authoring instead of Send To>DVD One Step?
It allows for navigational menus and graphics
How can the Remove Color Cast tool improve the result of an automatic correction?
It allows you to identify a neutral gray in the image and create an additional point on each curve to correct for any color shifts that result from strictly balancing the red, green, and blue channels
What does the Media Tool do?
It allows you to see the media files on all hard drives online in a display that is similar to your bin formats
How is the AMA Source Settings tab added to the Source Settings dialog box?
It is automatically provided by the AMA plug-in. Not all AMA plug-ins provide this option.
Where is the position bar and what is it used for?
It is located under the Effect Preview monitor and represents the duration of the segment the effect is on.
What are the keys for shuttle?
J-K-L
What are 2 "trimming on the fly" techniques?
J-K-L trimming (ability to trim in slow motion); intuitive edit (jump to specific point in the footage)
What is a split edit? What is the benefit of creating a split edit?
J-cut (music before visuals), L-cut (visuals before music; seamless, invisible edit
What are 2 ways to hear audio while trimming?
JKL trim; enable Digital Audio Scrub
If you add a keyframe via the Record monitor, what parameters are keyframed?
Keyframes are added to all parameters
What is keying?
Keying means to create transparency in a foreground image and combine it with a background image to create one composite image
What does LOAD FILLER do and why would you choose ADD FILLER TO START when packaging a sequence for output?
LOAD FILLER loads two minutes of filler into your Source monitor that you can use for editing; ADD FILLER TO START is more efficient for packaging for output because it automatically backtimes the sequence
What is an easy way to select segments in segment mode?
Lasso left to right
Why should you layer rather than nest?
Layer when you want to add another clip to a layered effect design
What do the L and R parameters stand for in the Crop Parameter group of the SpectraMatte?
Left and right crop to cut out unwanted areas of the green screen
What do the Matte Processing controls allow you to do?
Lets you blur, shrink (erode), expand (dilate) the edges of the Matte channel to make the matte fit better around your subject; often the most difficult part of keying
What is the difference between lift and extract?
Lift removes material, leaving a gap; Extract closes gap
What segment mode is used to nudge clips?
Lift/Overwrite
What does Bin>Fill Sorted do?
Like Fill Window, it arranges clips to a grid pattern as wide as your current window, but it arranges them in the order they are found in Text view
What are the 4 different types of keyframes?
Linear - creates a direct path between 2 keyframe values; Spline -creates a path with a natural ease-in and ease-out at every keyframe; Bezier - same as Spline, but shape of animation can be adjusted; Shelf - holds a keyframe's value until the next frame
What does the Filter menu in Avid Pan & Zoom determine?
Lists the options from fastest and lowest quality render at the top to slowest and highest quality render at the bottom
How does the Local setting of the Mapping list map?
Local maps the gradient across each letter
How can you tell how deep you are in a nested effect?
Look at the Track Patching panel
What function is associated with the play button while in trim mode?
Loop
The Color Effect is divided into what two parts?
Luminance Adjustments and Color Adjustments
Fluid Morph warps both images based on what?
Luminance of the images
How do you trim left 8 to 10 frames?
M key
What method is used to remove a shot from a sequence and leave filler in its place?
Mark the clip, then lift
An editor wants to locate a frame currently displayed in the Record monitor and load its master clip into the Source monitor. What feature should be used to accomplish this task?
Match Frame
What are Alpha channels?
Mattes that are incorporated into the actual media file; the fourth channel of an image, the first three channels being red, green, and blue
When should you use Automatic Color Correction?
May be useful while doing an offline edit, particularly if you only need to correct a basic color problem.
What is the Size to Fit option in the Insufficient Source dialog box?
Media Composer's offer to change the duration of the effect to fit the available handle size
What can you use to see render files?
Media Tool
If an export with very complex sequences fails during import into some applications, what might be the problem? The solution?
Memory limitations; Try mixing down the sequence, breaking the sequence into smaller sequences and exporting the new sequences, or add more physical memory
When navigating the timecode, what is the difference between typing +30:00 and 30:00?
Move forward from current position (frame offset)
What is the shortcut for match frame?
N
When should you use the both field rendering type?
NTSC 24/23.976p, PAL 25p/24p, 720p or 1080p media
When should you use the interpolated field rendering type?
NTSC 29.97i, PAL 25i, or 1080i media
Why should you nest rather than layer?
Nest when you want to add a clip(s) inside another clip
When should you NOT use Automatic Color Correction?
Not recommended for online finishing work.
What is the function of the Expander/Gate Dyn 3 plug-in?
Operates on low-level audio to make quiet sounds quieter
What is the Effect Editor?
Organizes effect parameters into collapsible groups
What editing method is used to replace an existing shot in a sequence?
Overwrite
What is the shortcut for selecting the A-side trim?
P
What feature lets you select options for customizing the mater displays and for setting and playing back the internal calibration tone?
Peak Hold Menu (PH) button
How does J-K-L work in trim mode?
Perform trim while you watch the footage
How do you trim right 1 frame?
Period (.) key
What are multilayer effects?
Playing, blending, superimposing clips together
What is digital audio scrub and how is it enabled?
Plays audio associated with each frame as you move the position indicator through the sequence. Hold Shift key while dragging; CAPS LOCK
What are the three buttons in the Select Project dialog box that designate the location where the project will be saved?
Private - saved in the Documents folder of the OS user; Shared - saved in the Shared Documents folders; External - saved in any location
What is debayering?
Process of decoding a RAW file
Which window (out of the 4 principal windows) serves as the central hub of your project?
Project
What affects the formats viewable in the Capture tool?
Project format
Name the 4 principal windows of the Avid interface.
Project, bin, composer, timeline
What is the function of the D-Verb plug-in?
Provides control over reverberation parameters so that extremely natural-sounding reverb effects can be produced
What is the shortcut to play the A-side only (in trim loop)?
Q
What are the areas of the Marquee Title tool?
Quick Titles, Monitor, Toolbox, Layers Window, Library, and Properties
Digital cinema cameras can record files in what three ways?
RAW, Log, or Rec. 709
What is the function of the BF Normalize plug-in?
Raises the peak of the audio signal as high as it can go w/o distortion
Do red bars or yellow bars in the Timeline indicate dropped frames?
Red bars indicate dropped frames. Yellow indicate an area that has caused difficulty in playback but no frames were dropped
What are the primary colors of the video color space?
Red, green, and blue
The Curves group contains what four curves?
Red, green, blue, and master
What is the function of the De-Esser Dyn 3 plug-in?
Reduces unwanted sounds to produce a smoother voiceover
How can you restore the pointers between the clip or sequence and its media files?
Relink
What is the function of the BF Essential Clip Remover plug-in?
Repairs clipped audio recordings
What feature of the Audio Tool resets the current max peak measurements and stops the playback of the internal calibration tone?
Reset Peak (RP) button
To import still images or graphic files, what should you select in the Image Size Adjustment section of the Import Settings dialog box?
Resize Image to Format Raster
What is codec selection listed as in all settings in Media Composer?
Resolution
What function can be used to find the media files linked to a clip?
Reveal File
What procedure creates space for bars and tone at the head of a sequence?
Right-click in the timeline and choose Add Filler At Start
What should you do if you want to ensure that all the clips have the same sample rate?
Right-click on your sequence in the bin and choose Change Sample Rate
How do you open the Clear Renders dialog box?
Right-click the Timeline and choose Clear Renders at Position
What are rotoscoping tools?
Rotoscoping tools require you to manually draw/paint the matte frame by frame over the portion of the image you wish to keep
What is the shortcut to go to Next Edit?
S
According to Avid, which two effects are useful and commonly applied to tracks instead of clips?
Safe Color Limiter and the Pan and Scan effect
What determines the threshold for where spill suppression begins?
Saturation; the lower the #, the more key colors with less sat are included in the suppression; the higher the #, the closer the spill sat matches the Key Saturation value
What are the 3 Correlation Tracker controls?
Search Region: outer rectangle; Reference Pattern: inner rectangle; Tracking Point: the x-mark
How do you open the Marquee Title tool?
Select Clip>New Title and then click Marquee in the dialog box that appears
How do you access the Source Settings dialog box?
Select a master clip in a bin, then right-click and choose Source Settings from the menu that appears
How do you change the representative frame in Frame View?
Select the clip. Use the step forward/step backward shortcuts, space bar, home/end arrow keys to choose frame
What tool in the Title Tool allows you to add or select text and draw text boxes?
Selection Tool (?)
How are RGB gain controls adjusted to create a sepia tone?
Sepia is a mix of red and yellow. To create a sepia tone, you add red and remove blue
How do you deactivate Full Screen Playback?
Shift+Ctrl+F
How do you toggle Ripple Trim?
Shift+D
How do you toggle Overwrite Trim?
Shift+F
What are the keys for top and tail?
Shift+I, Shift+O
What is the shortcut for link selection toggle?
Shift+L
What is the shortcut for smart tool toggle?
Shift+Tab
What shortcut removes the effect under the position indicator?
Shift+\
How do you select multiple keyframes?
Shift-click; lasso
What are the 2 different methods you can use to view the effects inside of a nest?
Simple nesting - You travel down inside a nest and the video track monitor travels with you; Expanded nesting - lets you see the sequence and the nest contents simultaneously
What is a slide?
Slide lets you move a segment, but not change its content; Rollers are set to the tail frame of the segment before and the head frame of the segment after the shot you are sliding. These two rollers work in tandem to pull the shot in either direction and simultaneously fill in the space behind it.
What is a slip?
Slip lets you change the content of a segment, to show an earlier or later part of the original master clip; Rollers are set on either end of the segment you are slipping. Like a SCROLL, one is rolled up and the other is rolled out
What is the difference between the Display Source and Display Target options?
Source - shows the entire image for setting up the effect; Target - previews look of effect
What does the Clipboard Monitor look and function nearly identical to?
Source Monitor
How do you activate full screen playback?
Special>Full Screen Playback; Shift+Ctrl+F
How do you perform a video mixdown?
Special>Video Mixdown
What is the best keyer for blue or green screen?
SpectraMatte effect; not only provides a better quality key compared to the RGB keyer effect, it also makes it easy to fine-tune your keys and to solve problems such as shadows and color spill
What two graphs are found in the Motion Effect Editor?
Speed and Position
What parameter helps you change the spread of the spill correction?
Spill Angle Offset
Types of stabilize effects?
Stabilize - first choice, flexible; Regional Stabilize - select region, not RTA; 3D Warp - stabilize effect build in, overkill
What is clicking the Expand button on a layer in Marquee similar to?
Stepping into a nested track in Media Composer
What two ways can Alpha channels be created and which one is supported by Media Composer?
Straight or pre-multiplied; Media Composer only supports straight Alpha channels
Once a texture is applied to text in the Marquee Title tool, how can you further refine it?
Surfaces Properties window, which you can access by choosing Window>Properties>Surfaces
What tab is used to make a texture more or less shiny?
Surfaces tab
T or F. Advanced keyframing allows you set keyframes for each parameter independently, with a few exceptions.
T
T or F. After you change from the default All Parameters setting, you can no longer use standard keyframes under the Effect Preview monitor
T
T or F. Although the Render Effect button does render a single effect, it also renders all the effects on all clips at the current position, on active tracks
T
T or F. Because automatic color correction only analyzes the frame you are currently parked on, you should correct on a frame that is most representative of the entire shot.
T
T or F. Consolidate and Transcode can both be run as background processes.
T
T or F. If a marker exists within the segment of a source clip you edit to the Timeline, the marker will follow the segment and be visible in the TImeline as well.
T
T or F. If you move an image file after you have imported it into the Pan & Zoom effect, the image will no longer be linked to the effect
T
T or F. Once an effect is rendered, it will remain rendered until you modify the effect
T
T or F. Quick Transitions are real time effects?
T
T or F. Reverse and high speed motion effects cannot play in real time without being rendered
T
T or F. Text files must be in the plain text (TXT) format for AutoTitler to read and load the file
T
T or F. The matte key clips are always edited on the track above your background track.
T
T or F. There is a single Remove Color Cast tool in the Curves group, as opposed to HSL group's 3.
T
T or F. Timewarp effects do not change the duration of a segment in the Timeline.
T
T or F. Timewarp effects do not have a fixed rate of speed.
T
T or F. When frames are dropped, the frame rate drops dramatically, but audio/video sync is always maintained.
T
T or F. When you bring in the QuickTime file either through AMA linking or importing, the Matte Key effect will play back in real time.
T
T or F. While you are in Marquee, Media Composer will not auto-save you project or bins.
T
T or F. You can interrupt lengthy render processes by pressing Ctrl+
T
T or F. You can only have one anchor in a Timewarp effect.
T
What is the shortcut for the Text tool?
T
T or F. You cannot mix down compressed audio, such as AMA-linked MP3 files.
T.
T or F. The Media Tool will only delete media from the drive, not master clips or other bin-level metadata.
T. If you were to copy media to the incorrect drive, you could delete those files most easily from the Media Tool.
T or F. Media Composer supports XDCAM as a native format.
T. It does not need to convert the media essence to another format; the system will allow you to export a clip, subclip, or sequence directly to an XDCAM disk
T or F. Rather than playing directly off of the hard drive, Media Composer always plays out of a special reserved area of the host computer's RAM.
T. This reserved area, or buffer, can hold over 10 seconds of full quality uncompressed video
T or F. Only one AudioSuite plug-in can be applied to a segment at a time.
T. To apply more than one, create an audio mixdown of the segment. This creates a new master clip with the affected audio "baked in."
T or F. Dragging a transition from the Effect Palette onto an existing transition in the Timeline replaces the existing transition.
TRUE
T or F. The SpectraMatte effect provides a better key than the RGB keyer effect, and it also makes it easier to fine-tune your keys.
TRUE
T or F. The Transition Corner display shows the first, middle, and last frames of the A and B sides of the transition.
TRUE
Name the 3 bin layouts and their purpose.
Text - lots of info, small space; Frame - easily arrange shots; Script - comments field
What does a green dot next to an effect icon indicate?
That the effect does not require rendering and will play back in real time
What are A-side and B-side trims?
The A-side is the left side and holds the outgoing shot (intuitive); The B-side is on the right side and has the incoming shot
How is Media Composer equipped to handle linking to a graphic or movie file with embedded Alpha, when is the opposite of what it expects?
The Alpha Channel section of the Import Settings dialog box can handle the Alpha no matter which way it was created; in most cases the Alpha channel will need to be INVERTED and you'll need to select the INVERT ON IMPORT button
What are the 2 media files created when you import a file with Alpha?
The FILL MEDIA, created at the resolution set in the Media Creation settings or at what is chosen in the import window; the ALPHA, which is imported as uncompressed
What determines the duration of a Quick Fade in Marquee?
The IN and OUT marks
What besides CREATE TONE MEDIA can be used to create tone media?
The Meter Menu button in the Timeline
What does the Position parameter do in Avid Pan & Zoom?
The Position parameters begin at an X and Y value of 0,0, which is the center of the image. Different values move the field of view left, right, up, and down
Where do you set render quality?
The Render Settings dialog box from the Settings pane of the Project window
What is the Safe Color Limiter effect designed to prevent?
The Safe Color Limiter effect is designed to prevent the grayscale from exceeding video white and video black and to ensure that the color does not exceed the limits typically allowed by broadcasters
What does the Size parameter do in Avid Pan & Zoom?
The Size parameter ranges from 0.1 to 20. These values act as a multiplier.
What does the Path menu in Avid Pan & Zoom determine?
The actual motion path of the animation (Ex. linear, spline)
What is the safe title area? How do you view it in the Marquee Title tool?
The area all text for television broadcast should remain inside; View>Safe Action/Title
Which part of an image is selected with the eyedropper to automatically remove a color cast using the Remove Color Cast button?
The area that is to be color neutral
What is Chroma?
The color info in your image
What is extrusion?
The depth, or thickness, of an object
What is luminance?
The distribution of brightness across an image
In expanded nesting, what do the two numbers in the Track Patching panel indicate? (ex. 2.1)
The first number indicates the nest level of the track, and the second number indicates the track number at that layer of the nest
What must the first text box be named for AutoTitler to work correctly?
The first text box must be named Text Box 1
What is the Library for in the Marquee Title tool?
The library contains a number of sub-tabs that store various time-saving assets, including keyframe animation presets, materials, image textures, and templates
What is a delivery specification?
The list of technical requirements that a video must meet in order to be accepted. It typically includes file format, codec, frame dimensions, frame rate, data rate, etc.
What do you do in the Monitor in the Marquee Title tool?
The monitor is where you create your text and graphics
What does the offline/online workflow of the metadata-media file link consist of?
The offline stage consists of capturing large amounts of footage in a very compressed format; the online stage is when you perform technical tasks that ensure the picture/sound are of the highest quality
What occurs when the Enable button on an effect parameter is deselected?
The parameter is temporarily disabled
What two things determine the effect(s) that get rendered when you click the Render Effect button?
The selected tracks and the blue position indicator
An editor is working on a project and accidentally deletes the sequence. How can the work be retrieved?
The sequence can be restored by selecting a previous version of the bin from the Attic
Why might the full screen playback be greyed out?
The system is configured to export through hardware.
Why is it important to get a good tonal range before making any other adjustment in a treatment or correction?
The tonal range is the foundation of the image. It is impossible to achieve a good-looking image unless the tonal range is correct
What is the Toolbox for in the Marquee Title tool?
The toolbox is where you can select tools to create and transform objects
What is the advantage of simple nesting?
The video monitor follows you as you travel into the nest so you can see what is happening at a given level of the nest without seeing the effects above the level
What does the wedge in the SpectraGraph screen represent?
The wedge shows the range of color used to generate the matte
What is the problem when the Insufficient Source dialog box is displayed?
There is not enough handle media to apply the default transition
How are timewarp effects constructed?
They are applied to a clip in the sequence
How are freeze frames created?
They are generated from a source clip
How are motion effects created?
They are generated from a source clip
What are sync locks?
They lock the sync relationship between audio/video on any tracks for which they are enabled.
What do the white areas of the matte represent?
They represent the opaque parts of the foreground image
What do the black areas of the matte represent?
They represent the transparent parts of the foreground image
What does Bin>Fill Window do?
This arranges clips to a grid pattern as wide as your current window
What is Quick Titles Properties for in the Marquee Title tool?
This window contains the most commonly used text properties for basic title creation
What is the Properties Window for in the Marquee Title tool?
This window shows the transform properties for scaling and rotating an object, but it can be changed to show other properties for text, surfaces, light sources, and lower thirds
Tools helpful for live review sessions?
Timecode window, full screen playback
What is the most common need for transcoding?
To convert AMA media to native Avid MXF for better performance
Why might you designate a keyframe was an "anchor" when graphing a Timewarp effect?
To ensure that a Timewarp effect does not shift the position of a specific frame; the anchor ensures that a given source frame will be held to a specific point in the Timeline; especially useful when you want to sync a particular action in the effect to a cue in the music
In what situation would you use Select Media Reserves?
To see what clips are used in a sequence
When working with gradient controls, why would you deselect the Tint check box?
To see your own colors for the gradient
When you want to add a segment effect to multiple segments what tool do you use to select the segments?
To select segments when adding multiple segment effects, you must first click a Segment Mode button in the Smart tool.
What is the Alpha in Source Monitor menu selection used for?
To view an Alpha channel or matte in the Source monitor, thereby seeing imperfections more clearly
From where do you open the Audio EQ window? What is it?
Tools>Audio EQ; Lets you boost/cut the bass, midrange, and treble frequencies of an audio clip
What is Top and Tail?
Top and Tail reference the active tracks and remove everything up to the next COMMON edit point (straight cut) on all active tracks
What are 3 types of effects?
Transition - applied at a cut point between 2 clips; Segment - applied to an entire clip within a sequence; Motion - applied to entire clips within a sequence to vary frame rate/motion of footage
What button must be clicked before dragging a transition into the timeline in order to change its position?
Transition Manipulation button
What is the radio-edit technique?
Turn off video
What is three-point editing?
Two points to mark a duration and one point to mark the location
And editor wants to use the numeric keypad to move forward or backward by a specific number of frames in the sequence. What is the first step in the process?
Type a plus sign before the number to move forward or a minus sign before the number to move backward from the current position
What is the shortcut for entering/exiting trim mode?
U key
How do you limit the portion of the sequence that is included in an export?
Use Marks/Enabled Tracks
What is the most efficient workflow for outputting a file for encoding with compressed software?
Use a QuickTime Reference file
What is the advantage of simple nesting?
Used for complex effect nests because it enables you to "lift-up" higher effects so that you can focus on the effects beneath
What is the matte in a Title nest?
Used to define the edges of the title and indicates where the title and the background are displayed; the title matte is locked and cannot be modified
What is the Pan and Scan effect?
Used when delivering alternate aspect ratio versions of a program
What are keying effects?
Using one of the keying effects, the matte is procedurally generated by Media Composer based on color or luminance
What is the shortcut for Splice-In?
V
If you have a background clip on track V2, what track should you green screen clip be edited onto?
V3. A green or blue screen clip should be edited on the track directly above your background segment.
What are bevel styles?
Various edge types applied to the front and back face of the text
What are common Output types for a sequence?
Videotape, DVD, and file
What will happen is you use the both fields rendering type in an interlaced project when creating freeze frames?
Visible flutter
What is the shortcut to play the B-side only (in trim loop)?
W
What is the fill in a Title nest?
What is displayed wherever the matte indicates that the title should be visible; the fill can be modified
What is the shortcut for Extract?
X
What are the rotation sphere's three color-coded rotation circles and what do they stand for?
Yellow - tilt and object forward or backward; Green - rotate the object clockwise/counterclockwise; Blue - spin the object around
What is the advantage of expanded nesting?
You always see the composited result of all effects in the nest regardless of where you are within the nest; you can hear audio when you play; you can access material before and after your effect nest
What can you change within a title nest?
You can change the fill for the title by editing a different clip onto V2
What is the advantage of expanded nesting?
You can edit the contents of a nest but still see the composite of all effects within the nest
If you want to add multiple dissolves to a series of cut point using the Quick Transition dialog box, how do you identify the cuts that will get the dissolve?
You identify the cuts in the Timeline by adding an IN point just before the first cut that will receive a Dissolve transition and an OUT point just after the last cut that will receive a Dissolve transition
What must you do to ensure a Quick Transition is added only to a video cut point, and not an audio cut point?
You must make sure the V track is enabled and that no audio tracks are enabled in the Track Selector panel.
What is the shortcut for Lift?
Z
What do the Enlarge/Reduce buttons do in the Effect Preview monitor?
Zoom in and out on the Effect Preview monitor (icons look like magnifying glasses)
What is the shortcut for selecting the dual-roller trim?
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What is the shortcut for selecting the B-side trim?
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