Film Test Lessons 1-9

CTI is the abbreviation used for the the "playhead" used for scrubbing. What does CTI stand for?

Current time indicator

How do you replace an original Adobe Premiere Pro text object with a new After Effects composition?

Hold Option key and drag and drop new clip onto old clip in the timeline

Lauren is working in Adobe Bridge and needs to add comments, scene descriptions, and shot/take information to the recent footage she shot. This information is known as:

Meta data

What will clicking the button circled below create?

A new folder

What are levels used for?

Adjusting brightness and contrast on reds, greens and blues

How do you import your vector into your project?

Choose file>import

Which After Effects panel allows you to view your graphics and make spatial manipulations to layers?

Composition panel

What Adobe After Effects feature allows you to easily convert a raster image (ie. a photograph or other pixel-based graphic) into a vector graphic?

Image trace

Expressions in After Effects use a scripting language that is based on _____.

Javascript

Matt is organizing the assets in his project. Which view will allow him to easily organize, sort, or add additional metadata to clips and other assets?

List view

Why should you organize the items used in your project as you work?

More easily locate them

Cameron is wanting to make sure his DVD's can play for his friend in South America. Which video standard would he use?

NTSC

Chris wanted to remove a clip and close the gap where the clip had been located. This is called a:

Ripple delete

Connor wants to add a Cinematic look to his clip, Speedgrade has a preset that would make this process very simple. How would he get his clip into Speedgrade from Adobe Premiere?

Select clip, then choose File>Send to Adobe Speedgrade

What is changing the duration of a clip called?

Time stretching

Adobe After effects features a versatile type of layer called a _____ layer?

Shape

Which of the following are methods by which an editor can preview her video or audio clips in the Source Monitor?

All answer choices

Shape layers have their own set of effects that allow you to

All choices apply

After Effects allows you to work with

All these items

Which of the following are common formats for video clips? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

.mp4.avi.mov

Archie is in the planning stages in preparation to film, edit and produce a project for his Film 2 class. Which of the following can he NOT use as a part of his final project?

.pdf files

Kindred wants to create a DVD or Blu-ray Disc that is universally accessible to play in all regions. Which DVD region code should he use to create his movie?

0

Carolina has a clip showing someone writing a note in a notebook, but instead of the paper being white it has a yellowish tint. How would she perform white balancing to the clip in Adobe Premiere Pro?

3 way color corrector

To apply an extrusion to this shape layer, you must turn on its?

3d switch

In the image below, which number is pointing to the RAM Preview button?

4

Ann has finished the rough cut of her documentary in Prelude and needs to finish it up in Premiere Pro. After she chooses File -> Send to Premiere Pro, all of her footage and which of the following will transfer over to Premiere Pro?

All answer choices

The term, "codec" is short for ______________________

Compression-decompression

The white background of the graphic is called

Artboard

Jill hears a distracting clicking sound in the background of a clip. Which software program should she use to remove the noise?

Audition

In Adobe Premiere Pro and Prelude, the folders you create to organize your media files are called:

Bins

____________ store and help organize assets for a video project.

Bins

After Effects allows you to import

Both a and b

Pharrell has created a new project in Adobe Premiere Pro and is now ready to import his footage. He has the option to import:

Both individual clips, and/or the entire contents of a folder full of clips

Paige filmed footage for her project using two different cameras. One camera recorded with a frame rate of 24 fps and the other camera recorded at a frame rate of 29.97 fps. Which of the following options does she have when working with more than one frame rate in a sequence?

Both these options

Tyler has finished editing her video and is ready to export it and send it out for viewing. How do you export a sequence from Adobe Premiere Pro?

Choose File>Export>Media, apply Export Settings, and then click Export

Jordan wants to use Adobe Media Encoder to render several movies at the same time, how do you open Adobe Media Encoder from the Export Settings window?

Click the queue button

How do you switch between After Effects and Premiere Pro?

Command tab

How do you create a New Composition in After Effects?

Composition menu >> new composition

Leah wants to create a DVD's or Blu-ray Disc that will fit on her blank disc. She needs to assure her data _________ fits the space, while maintaining the best _________ quality.

Compression, image

If Savannah needs to view audio waveforms in the Timeline, which button should she click:

Disclosure triangle

Joel can use all of the following methods to add a transition to his sequence EXCEPT for which method?

Double click the desired transition in the effects panel

Henry wants to quickly create a new sequence based on the the same video format, frame size, and frame rate as one of the clips he had just imported. The easiest and most efficient way for him to do this would be to:

Drag one of the newly imported clips with the correct video format, frame size, and frame rate to the New Item button

Which effect creates the illusion of depth on a 2D layer?

Drop shadow

Kaleigh has created a motion graphic using Adobe After Effects and wishes to import it into a sequence she has created in Adobe Premiere Pro. Which of the following can she use that will allow her to send project elements between applications without having to render the elements first?

Dynamic link

To link text from After Effects to Adobe Premiere Pro use the

Dynamic link

What allows Premier Pro and After Effects to work seamlessly together?

Dynamic link

What does image trace allow you to do in the Adobe Illustrator program?

Easily convert a raster image

Bryson is having a hard time precisely adjusting the audio levels of a clip in the Timeline. Where could he go to more precisely edit the audio clip?

Effects control panel

Julia wants to create DVDs or Blu-ray Discs. Which software program should she use to create her movies?

Encore

The top-to-bottom stacking order of effects in the Effects Control panel can be stacked in any order and will still have the same final output when rendered. (TRUE or FALSE?)

FALSE

While working on the script for her music video, Jan needed input from her manager. Adobe Story allowed her to collaborate with her manager in the script writing process. To assign her manager a role in Story, Jan had to choose what menu item to SHARE the script?

File

Hailey wants to open a business by creating a plethora of offerings such as games, websites, and multimedia content for desktops and mobile devices. Which software package should she use to create these?

Flash pro

Vicki has green screen footage of an interview she is using for her documentary. The edge of the green screen can be seen in one of the clips. Which effect should Vicki use to remove the edge of the green screen?

Garbage matte

When you create a nested composition, it will

Group multiple layers

Thomas completed a project which included high-definition (HD) video and wants to upload it to her website. In order to make sure the video will play in high-definition on the website, she will most likely choose which of the following formats when exporting?

H.264

Does having motion blur in effect increase or decrease your render time?

Increase

Having a motion blur in After Effects will ____ your render time.

Increase

Which After Effects panel can you view data about action, such as spatial coordinates, color values, and numerical changes in layer properties?

Info panel

Using the Spectral Frequency Display, Joe is able to see a distracting background noise he wants to remove. Which of the following tools would be best to use to draw around the sound in the spectrum and delete it?

Lasso selection tool

Taylor had to transfer her video project from her PC at school to her home PC so she could complete her music video project. When she opened up her project, she saw the error message in the image below. What can she do to most easily correct the problem and resume working on her music video?

Navigate to her Project Assets folder and use Project>Link Media in Premiere to relink all of her media files to her project.

When you create several layers in one composition and then put that into a second composition, this is called a __________

Nested sequence

What is a motion graphic that is located at the end of a sequence called?

Outro

A feature used in Adobe Encore to link project items and properties together is called?

Pick whip

Prior to using them in Premiere Pro, which Adobe application can Lauren use to organize clips, mark subclips, insert searchable comments, and add additional descriptive metadata?

Prelude

Which After Effects panel can you manipulate playback and preview settings for the active composition?

Preview panel

After importing your After Effects Composition, what panel will it appear in Premiere Pro?

Project

Which After Effects panel stores and organizes all of your assets, such as footage and compositions?

Project panel

What images are made up of pixels?

Raster

Shape layers continuously ___________, which means that they can be scaled at any size without suffering from jagged pixelated edges

Rasterize

What does the clip have to do in After Effects in order to play the most fluidly?

Render

Bryson is looking for a way to save effects with certain settings so that he can easily apply them to clips in his timeline without having to copy and paste them between layers. He also wants to be able to use them in projects that he creates in the future. What should Bryson do to accomplish this?

Save them as presets

John wants to apply multiple preset render instances to a queued sequence at one time, how would he go about completing the task

Select queued item and then double on a preset in the preset browser

Will was working with raw footage in Adobe Prelude, He needed to ingest only portions of a clip instead of the whole footage. What is the best way for him to ingest the needed footage?

Set in and out points for the footage

While a layer is selected (in After Effects), what happens when you press the U key?

Shows all animation properties

Motion blur depends on the _______ of a camera's shutter

Speed

The __________________ icon acts as a switch to allow a parameter (such as scaling) to be animated.

Stopwatch

Penny needs to begin writing a script for her school video project. She will be using Adobe Premiere Pro to edit the video. Which Adobe software will allow her to create her script and link it to the actual dialog from the video footage?

Story

Shakira was given media footage by her producer that was over an hour in length. The editor decided to use an efficient method of breaking down this footage to just the components she wished to use in her 60-second project. To do so, she created ____________ from the original media.

Subclips

Jimmie needs to create a simple static title for his Documentary. He should use _______________ to accomplish this.

The titler

A ______________________ is used to create sequences.

Timeline

In which After Effects panel do you adjust your layer order, layer properties, and time-based animations?

Timeline panel

Which panel do you use to select different designs used in the animation process?

Tools

A mask is a layer that can be drawn and made invisible or visible based on the area of the layers that are marked.

True

Chandler had previously added metadata to several video clips in both Adobe Bridge and Adobe Prelude. He recently decided to send these clips directly from Bridge or Prelude to Premiere Pro. The metadata he entered will stay attached to the clips when he opens them in Premiere Pro. TRUE or FALSE?

True

Codec is a compression/decompression algorithm that allows a video file size to be shrunk so that the video clips are more manageable on a wider range of computer systems.

True

Will wants to send a clip from his sequence in Premiere Pro to Audition. In order to do this, he would simply select the audio clip in Premiere Pro, right-click, and choose Edit Clip in Audition. (TRUE or FALSE)

True

Felicity wants to remove the green screen background from a clip. Which effect would be the best for her to use to accomplish this?

Ultra key

How many compositions does After Effects allow to be created within one project?

Unlimited

Greg is working with video files on his PC. He discovers that one of his files, that he recorded using his iPhone, has a .mov file extension. Which of the following is the best way for him convert his file to a format so that his PC can easily read and play back his file?

Use Adobe Media Encoder to convert the file to a PC friendly format.

Farrah wants to apply one or more effects to several clips at the same time. What is the best way for her to accomplish this?

Use an adjustment layer

What is the shortcut to activate the selection tool in After Effects?

V

After Jason expanded his audio tracks he was able to easily view the audio ___________________.

WAVEFORMS

Randy filmed his brother's graduation without the use of a tripod. His footage was very shaky and difficult to watch. Which Adobe Premiere effect should Randy use to help take away some of the shake?

Warp stabilizer

When editing in Premiere Pro, Austin knows that if he see a _________ bar at the top of his sequence that the source files are computationally difficult and may not play back properly. He also knows that if the bar at the top of the sequence is ____________ the clips have effects applied to them or they are unrendered clips from Adobe After Effects and will most likely not play back in real time.

Yellow, red

In Adobe After Effects, _____ is a script that manipulates the underlying numerical value.

expression

Joel wants to use a transition in his video to show the passage of time from one scene to the next. If he wanted to use the most commonly used transition, which blends the tail of one clip with the head of the next clip, he would most likely use a ________________.

wipe