FCP X Lesson 7 Flashcards
After completing Lesson Seven in Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X (2nd Edition), “Applying Transitions,” you should be able to complete the following tasks. Four items from this lesson are included in the pool of Level One exam questions; three items from this lesson are included in the pool of Associate Level exam questions. Questions are drawn randomly from the following objectives: • Apply a video transition • Use the Transitions Browser • Modify a transition • Change parameters
Name three ways to apply a cross dissolve video transition.
Select an edit point and choose Edit > Add Cross Dissolve, or press Command-T. Or select an edit point, click the Transitions Browser button, and double-click the Cross Dissolve thumbnail in the Dissolves category.
If you want to apply the same transition to all the clips in your
project, what must you do first?
With the Timeline selected, but before applying a transition, press Command-A to select all the clips in the Timeline.
How can you adjust the duration of a transition in the Timeline?
Drag the edge of the transition icon. For more precise control, Control-click the transition icon, and from the shortcut menu, choose Change Duration or press Control-D. When the Dashboard highlights in blue, type a new duration and press Return.
How can you delete all transitions of the same type?
Open the Timeline Index. In the search field, enter the name of the transition type you want to delete. When these transitions are listed beneath the search field, select them all and press Delete.
How do you change a parameter in the Transition Inspector?
Select a transition, and then in the toolbar, click the Inspector button, or press Command-4. The parameters you can adjust depend on the selected transition, but you can adjust parameters using a slider, a numerical field, a menu, an image well, or a color well.
How do you create a compound clip in the Timeline?
Select one or more clips in the Timeline. The selected clips can be any combination of contiguous or noncontiguous clips, compound clips, primary storyline clips, or connected clips. Choose File > New Compound Clip, or press Option-G. Or Control-click the selection, and from the shortcut menu, choose New Compound Clip.
Command-T
Apply default transition
Control-D
Change duration
Command-, (comma)
Open Preferences window
Control-R
Render selection
Command-Z
Undo
Shift-? (question mark)
Play around the Skimmer or playhead
Command-4
Toggle Inspector open or closed
Command-G
Create storyline
Option-G
New compound clip
