Basics

Question 1

What’s the main purpose of the source monitor?

Answer 1

It’s where you decide in and out points of a video clip - you don’t want to put the whole clip most of the time into the program monitor/ sequence.

And you could be taking several parts of one clip into a sequence.

Question 2

What’s the purpose of the ‘program monitor’?

Answer 2

To critique the finished show i.e. exactly what people will see.

i.e. the results of the timeline/sequence.

Question 3

What is the ‘timeline’?

Answer 3

A graphical view of a show from start to finish including all it’s elements.

Ross: a story board built by dropping in your chosen media, video, styles, graphics, audio.

Question 4

What is the ‘timeline’ otherwise known as?

Answer 4

A ‘sequence’.

Question 5

What is the ‘project pane’? (3)

Answer 5

It’s where you assemble assets. 1, import 2, organise into folders 3, view timeline & adjustment layer icons.

It’s where you import all media for a project and where you decide how to store/organise it, i.e. folder structure, as well as non-imported items including timeline icons & adjustment layers.

Question 6

Why should you keep all your media in the same local parent folder?

Answer 6

Because when you import media via the project panel you are not actually importing the media into the project, you importing the address to the location of the media.
So if you move the media the project will no longer work. Best to move all assets/media to the project parent folder.
I.e. to ensure the integrity of the video project.

Question 7

How do you create an edit starting in the source monitor?

Answer 7

Set your in and out points then drag the file into either the program monitor or timeline.

Question 8

Project Panel:

how do you open a folder (bin) in situ, so that the project panel only show the contents of the bin and hides the other folders?

Answer 8

CTRL + DC

making it easier to deal with a bin with several layers of folder - so u can precisely CONTROL what u see in a folder

Question 9

Source Panel: how do you quickly clear a pair of in & out points?

Answer 9

RC>clear in & out

Question 10

Working in the source panel gives you far more control.
It tells you the length of the shot (BR).
The number BL of panel, will either start from absolute zero or will be a timecode.
The number sequence is: hrs;mins;secs;***** .

Answer 10

frames.

Question 11

What is a ‘frame’?

Answer 11

Video is filmed at different frame rates, so either, 24,25 or 30 parts of a second. ( So there are 25 frames per second with film shot at 25fps, and you can move from frame to frame using the transport bar or left/right arrow keys).

Question 12

How can you loop a section of a clip in source monitor?

Answer 12

You must first set I & O points; the click on the wrench, BR of source panel for setting> Loop.

Question 13

Which are the ‘transport keys’ ?

Answer 13

J, K & L

Mnem: ‘J’ for Journey

Question 14

What does transport key: J do?

Answer 14

J – reverse play (press J again to speed up) - almost like a ‘U’ turn, a ‘J’ turn, turning around and going backwards.

Question 15

What does transport key: K do?

Answer 15

K – pause - “ok, let’s pause and take a break”

Question 16

What does transport key: L do?

Answer 16

L – play forward (press L again to speed up, fast forward)

“L” for “Lets go!”

Question 17

K+L keys at same time does what?

Answer 17

You play in slow motion. (press k & hold first then L)

Question 18

How do you Zoom in/ out on the timeline, both vertically and horizontally?

Answer 18

Horizontally:
By using the -/+ keys or by dragging the small nav/zoom bars in the bottom task bar.

Vertically:
Using the small nav/zoom bars on the right - one next to the video, and the other next to the audio channels.

Question 19

How do you clear in and out markers in your source panel clip?

Answer 19

1. Make sure you have selected the source panel
2. Top menu bar>Markers
3. > Clear In and Out

Or… u can just RC in the source panel

Question 20

What’s the best way to set and ins outs on a clip in the source monitor?

Answer 20

1. If only selecting one cut from a clip, it’s still good to use markers to keep a record of your cut ( in case you land up moving the in & out);
2. For multiple cuts defo need markers to note the multiple ins/outs.

Open the markers panel on the opposite screen to the source panel.
Set markers for each in and out that u want on the clip, naming and describing each clip.
Then you can easily navigate to each in and out section of the clip to set the IN and OUT to drop into the timeline.

Question 21

Issue: i set multiple markers up to represent in and outs for a clip in the source monitor.

I moved the first clip into the timeline no problem.

But the second clip only took the video not the audio, why?

Answer 21

I checked the timeline and the audio track wasn’t active for ‘source patching for inserts and overwrites’ in the timeline. I highlighted this and it worked.

Question 22

How do you ensure the playhead in the timeline is placed exactly at the end of the media?

Answer 22

Shift + drag the playhead with mouse.