Final Cut Pro X (18)

Question 1

When an edit point is set to the beginning or end of the clip’s source media, no _____ ______ is available to use with a transition

Answer 1

media handle

Question 2

A yellow bracket indicates at least a ___-_____ media handle for a transition

Answer 2

two-frame

Question 3

A red bracket indicates the _______ of a media handle

Answer 3

absence

Question 4

Allowing FCP to ripple trim a clip to create a _____ ______ may affect edits down the Timeline

Answer 4

media handle

Question 5

When no media handle exists at one edit point for a transition and you do not want FCP to ripple trim the clip with the potential to affect subsequent clips, you have another solution: a ____ edit

Answer 5

slip

Question 6

During a slip edit, a clip container’s ________ and ________ within the Timeline stays the same, but the start and the end points of the content change

Answer 6

duration

position

Question 7

Slipping to Create Media Handles:

1. Press T to choose the Trim tool (or do so from the Tools pop-up menu)
2. Placing the Trim tool in the middle of the clip, the ____ edit enables
3. Drag the clip’s content to the left to move content before the start point, thereby creating a media handle
4. Press A to choose the Select tool
5. With only the start point of the clip (showing bracket) selected, press Command-T to apply the default cross dissolve

Answer 7

Slip

Question 8

The media handle must be at least ____ the duration of the transition you want to apply

Answer 8

half

Question 9

To select an edit point for a transition (and for other stuff?), you must see a _______

Answer 9

bracket

Question 10

While skimming a transition’s thumbnail, press the _______ to preview the transition in real time

Answer 10

Spacebar

Question 11

Find the Page Curl transition, control-click it, and from the shortcut menu, choose Make _______

Answer 11

Default

Question 12

Page Curl jumps to the top of the ________ ________ and becomes the default transition

Answer 12

Transitions Browser

Question 13

Shortcut to apply the default transition

Answer 13

Command-T

Question 14

Like clips and effects, when a transition is edited into a project, you gain access to transition __________ you may customize in the Inspector pane

Answer 14

parameters

Question 15

Cue the playhead over the transition, and the Transition Inspector appears in the _________ pane

Answer 15

Inspector

Question 16

______-clicking a transition or clip both selects the transition and cues the playhead to the selection

Answer 16

Option

Question 17

In addition to parameters available in the Transition inspector and the Viewer, the transition itself has adjustable controls for duration, ripple trim, and roll edit in the ________

Answer 17

Timeline

Question 18

A transition has five control points in the Timeline. They are:

Answer 18

1. Ripple trim starting of incoming clip
2. Change transition’s duration (Resize)
3. Roll underlying edit
4. Change transition’s duration (Resize)
5. Ripple trim ending of outgoing clip

Question 19

Use the mouse pointer to ______ the transition, or, with the transition selected, press Control-D to reveal the duration in the Dashboard

Answer 19

resize

Question 20

With the Dashboard indicating the transition’s ________, type (one, period) and press Return

Answer 20

duration

Question 21

Reset the default transition to Cross Dissolve. In the ____________ _______, Control-Click the Cross Dissolve transition, and from the Shortcut menu, choose Make Default

Answer 21

Transition Browser

Question 22

To replace the Page Curl with a Cross Dissolve transition (THE NEW DEFAULT), select the Page Curl transition in the project, and the press Command-_

Answer 22

T

Question 23

Here are four (4) spacial parameters you’ll encounter when compositing multiple lanes of vertically stacked clips. A combination of these parameters allows you to place visual images anywhere within the Viewer:

Answer 23

In Inspector and Viewer:
Transform
Crop
Distort

In Inspector only:
Opacity

Question 24

In this exercise, you will set a duration for the edit based on the duration of a Timeline clip, and then tell FCP to use the end point in the Browser clip for backtime alignment so that the Browser clip _________ the Timeline duration as a connected clip

Answer 24

backfills

Question 25

Select the Timeline clip, and then press X to ______ (several words)

Answer 25

mark range around the entire clip

Question 26

The difference between a selected and a marked clip is the appearance of _______ at both ends of the marked clip

Answer 26

handles

Question 27

In the clip, Mitch leans forward looking for traffic or hazards several times. You will ____ an instance of that action toward the middle of the clip.

Answer 27

slip

Question 28

You will identify an end point of the Browser clip that will align with the ______ end point in the Timeline (clip)

Answer 28

marked

Question 29

When you perform the edit, FCP will calculate the ________

Answer 29

backfill