201: 06: Editing

Question 0

What modifier key would you hold while using the scrub trim tool to scrub with finer resolution?

Answer 0

Command

Question 1

What is the difference between the TCE trim tool and the standard trim tool?

Answer 1

TCE compresses or expands time

Question 2

Which grabber tool mode allows you to select non-contiguous clips on one or more tracks?

Answer 2

Object grabber

Question 3

What are the functions available with the smart tool? How can you access the selector with the smart tool active? How can you access the grabber?

Answer 3

Selector - top of clip
Grabber - bottom of clip
Trim - ends of clip

Question 4

How can you create fades with the smart tool? How can you customize the types of fade curves that a used with the smart tool?

Answer 4

Click and drag the fade icon near the clip boundaries.

Question 5

How can the strip silence command be used? What is the difference between the strip and extract functions?

Answer 5

To remove room noise, bleed, etc.

Extract keeps only the “silence”

Question 6

What is the quickest way to align the front of two clips to each other? How could you go about aligning the end of two clips?

Answer 6

Align first clip, control click on clip to be aligned.

Align first clip, control, cmd click on clip to be aligned.

Question 7

What is the keyboard shortcut for aligning a clip’s sync point to the edit cursor?

Answer 7

Select clip, place edit cursor, control shift click on the clip containing the sync point.

Question 8

What is the purpose of commands keyboard focus mode? What are two ways to enable command keyboards focus mode?

Answer 8

Single key shortcuts. Press the az button in the top right corner of the edit window OR press cmd option 1

Question 9

What are the commands focus keys for zooming? For creating fades?

Answer 9

R zoom out
T zoom in
D fade in
F cross fade
G fade out

Question 10

How can you trim a clip’s start or end point by the nudge value? What nudge functions are available with commands keyboard focus mode enabled?

Answer 10

Select the clip with the time grabber tool

Trim start by nudge value: hold option and press +, - on the numerical keypad
Trim end by nudge value: hold cmd and …

, and .
M and / nudge by the next highest value

Question 11

How would you nudge the contents of a clip without affecting the clip boundaries?

Answer 11

Select using the grabber tool

Control +, -