Final Cut Pro X (18) Flashcards
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
media handle
A yellow bracket indicates at least a ___-_____ media handle for a transition
two-frame
A red bracket indicates the _______ of a media handle
absence
Allowing FCP to ripple trim a clip to create a _____ ______ may affect edits down the Timeline
media handle
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
slip
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
duration
position
Slipping to Create Media Handles:
- Press T to choose the Trim tool (or do so from the Tools pop-up menu)
- Placing the Trim tool in the middle of the clip, the ____ edit enables
- Drag the clip’s content to the left to move content before the start point, thereby creating a media handle
- Press A to choose the Select tool
- With only the start point of the clip (showing bracket) selected, press Command-T to apply the default cross dissolve
Slip
The media handle must be at least ____ the duration of the transition you want to apply
half
To select an edit point for a transition (and for other stuff?), you must see a _______
bracket
While skimming a transition’s thumbnail, press the _______ to preview the transition in real time
Spacebar
Find the Page Curl transition, control-click it, and from the shortcut menu, choose Make _______
Default
Page Curl jumps to the top of the ________ ________ and becomes the default transition
Transitions Browser
Shortcut to apply the default transition
Command-T
Like clips and effects, when a transition is edited into a project, you gain access to transition __________ you may customize in the Inspector pane
parameters
Cue the playhead over the transition, and the Transition Inspector appears in the _________ pane
Inspector
______-clicking a transition or clip both selects the transition and cues the playhead to the selection
Option
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 ________
Timeline
A transition has five control points in the Timeline. They are:
- Ripple trim starting of incoming clip
- Change transition’s duration (Resize)
- Roll underlying edit
- Change transition’s duration (Resize)
- Ripple trim ending of outgoing clip
Use the mouse pointer to ______ the transition, or, with the transition selected, press Control-D to reveal the duration in the Dashboard
resize
With the Dashboard indicating the transition’s ________, type (one, period) and press Return
duration
Reset the default transition to Cross Dissolve. In the ____________ _______, Control-Click the Cross Dissolve transition, and from the Shortcut menu, choose Make Default
Transition Browser
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-_
T
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:
In Inspector and Viewer:
Transform
Crop
Distort
In Inspector only:
Opacity
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
backfills
Select the Timeline clip, and then press X to ______ (several words)
mark range around the entire clip
The difference between a selected and a marked clip is the appearance of _______ at both ends of the marked clip
handles
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.
slip
You will identify an end point of the Browser clip that will align with the ______ end point in the Timeline (clip)
marked
When you perform the edit, FCP will calculate the ________
backfill
