MC101 - 1-6

How do you create a new project?

In the select Project Window, click the New Project button, fill in the dialogue box that appears, and click OK.

What are the two ways to create your own user profile?

In the select project window, select create user profile from the user profile pop-up menu

What is a bin?

A container that holds project assets

What is filler?

A tangible empty space in the timeline that you can manipulate in the same ways as video and audio segments.

What is four-frame display and how do you activate it?

Activate in timeline settings to see a real time preview in the composer window as you drag a clip with a segment tool.

How do you remove a shot from the sequence and leave a gap (or filler?)

Activate lift/Overwrite, click the shot and press backspace/delete.

How can you save your work?

Activate the bin you want or the bin container sidebar to save and press ctrl/cmd+S, go to File > Save bin, or File > Save All

How do you add only an interview clip's audio, without its video to a sequence?

Activate the source side audio track (green) and deactivate the source side video track, then drag and drop.

If you add a Dip to Color transition effect, how do you change its color?

Adjust the Background Color in effect editor, drag and drop the color effect on top of the dip to color transition.

If you want to link media rather than import using the drag and drop method from the OS level to Media Composer, which modifier key do you press?

Alt / Option

What tool lets you adjust a clip's audio level?

Audio Mixer

The ripple tool can cause which of the following issues?

Broken sync.

Which window serves as your project's central hub?

Bin container

True or false: When importing, if you receive this message: The [file directory] cannot be imported, you cannot use that video media in Media Composer.

False

How do you enable the Solo option on an audio track?

Click the S button in the timeline track control panel.

Besides dragging the mini fader, which of the following methods or shortcuts adjust the clip gain in the timeline?

Click the clip's fader icon and use the up and down arrow keys to adjust the gain in 0.1 db increments, click a clip's fader icon and then use number keys to enter a specific value, and shift + alt + up/down, or shift + option + up/down arrow keys.

If the music in a sequence is too loud, how can you lower its level?

Click the music clip's fader button and drag the mini fader down.

How do you add audio crossfades to your sequence?

Click the quick transition button and set your desired options.

How can you view the audio waveforms for a clip loaded in the source monitor?

Click the toggle/source record in timeline button and if necessary, click the waveform button in the track control button.

How can you ensure you add a Quick Transition to a video cut point and not an audio cut point?

Deactivate the audio track selectors.

What happens when you use extract/splice in to remove a segment?

Deletes the segments and moves downstream content backward to close the gap.

What are two ways to load a clip into the source monitor?

Double-click the clip's thumbnail or icon, click and drag the clip's icon or thumbnail to the source monitor.

Which segment tool works best for inserting a clip between two timeline segments?

Extract/Splice in.

Which tool lets you rearrange video segments in the timeline?

Extract/Splice-In

How would you mark a source clip, so it backtimes from its OUT point when edited between marks in a sequence?

If necessary, clear the source clip's IN point and then mark an OUT point at the desired endpoint for the content.

Which setting lets you change Media Composer's brightness?

Interface

What do the Go to Previous Event and Go to Next Event functions do?

Jumps the timeline position indicator forward or backward from edit to edit.

Whats the difference between the Lift and the Extract functions?

Lift removes material from the timeline and leaves filler in its place. Extract removes material from the timeline and closest the gap left by its removal.

What's the difference between linking to and importing media?

Linking connects an original media file to the project in Media Composer. Importing ingests a copy of the original media thats been converted to Avid-native media.

Which option in the Select Project window lets you switch the project directory displayed in the Project list?

The location pop-up menu

What impact does ripple trim have on an active track?

Moves all material to the right of the clip you're trimming forward or backward.

Where does Media Composer store the files for private projects that other users cannot access?

On the logged-on user's documents folder.

If you add audio crossfades to multiple cut points and an insufficient source dialogue box appears, what cased this?

One or more clips in the marked region doesn't have enough handle.

What does JKL playback let you do?

Play it forward at 1,2,3,5, and 8x normal speed, move forward or backward frame by frame by holding the K key as you tap L or J, and to play backward at 1/4th speed by pressing and holding the K and J keys.

How can you increase waveform height without affecting track height?

Press Ctrl Alt L (windows) or Option Command L(mac)

If you want to add dissolves to multiple cuts, how do you identify which cuts will recieve a dissolve?

Set IN and OUT marks to select the group of cuts, in the Quick Transitions dialogue box, activate "Apply to All Transitions (In -> Out)", and enable the destination video track selector.

How do you enable digital audio scrub?

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 editing functions are more likely to break sync?

Splice in, Extract

What happens if you drag a transition effect from the effect palette onto an existing transition in the timeline?

The new transition effect replaces the existing one.

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?

The segment contains a clip gain adjustment, and the first deletion removes it.

What do you enable before you directly adjust a transition effect's duration or timeline position?

The transition manipulation tool.

Which user setting includes an option for changing the default segment tool?

Timeline

What are the three principal windows of the Media Composer interface?

Timeline, composer window, bin container

Why do you use the Source Browser?

To preview video on a camera card before adding it to a project, to add video and audio to a project.

True or False: Auto-Save settings control how often media composer automatically saves a copy of your bins.

True

True or False: One way to ensure you maintain sync when editing segments into a sequence is to enable all record tracts containing elements that need to stay in sync.

True

True or False: When linking media, you cannot remove the original source drive or camera card containing the media because your media will be labeled offline.

True

True or False: When moving a segment to another track, the lift/overwrite tool works best.

True

True or False: to edit source content to the timeline between an in and out region, hold the ctrl or command key while dragging and dropping.

True

True or False: to move a tabbed bin into its own floating bin container window, drag the bin away from the eligible edges but keep it within the right panel of the bin container.

True

True or false: auto-patching lets you automatically patch tracks based on track activations.

True

True or False: The transition Corner display shows the first, middle, and last frames of a transition's A-side and B-side handle.

True.

True or false: Handle is the unused portion of a source clip.

True.

True or false: The principle goal of a rough cup is to assemble a full scene or video that focuses on story structure while understanding that many details need to be polished later.

True.

To save changes to a workspace, go to ___ > Workspaces > Save Current.

Windows

Can you save a transition as a template? If so, how?

Yes, drag the effect icon from the effect editor to a bin.