Final Cut Pro X (26)

Question 1

In the Video inspector, to the right of Correction 1, click the Show Correction chevron to open the _____ __________ panel

Answer 1

Color Adjustment panel

Question 2

Before you dive into a correction, you should know that your eyes will fool you. To supplement your subjective perceptions, color correction has _____ ______ that present an objective representation of the values you are adjusting.

Answer 2

video scopes

Question 3

In the Viewer, click the Viewer Display options button, or press Command _, and from the pop-up menu, choose Show Video Scopes

Answer 3

7

Question 4

The Video Scopes pane appears to the left of the Viewer. To make more room, Hide the Browser by choosing ______ > Hide Browser, or Control _______ 1

Answer 4

Window
Command (Control Command 1)

Question 5

The three Video Scopes are:

Answer 5

Histogram
Vectorscope
Waveform

Question 6

When you perform color correction or grading, you should start by adjusting ________

Answer 6

contrast

Question 7

Color grading is the process of altering and enhancing the color of a motion picture, video image, or still image either electronically, photo-chemically or digitally. The photo-chemical process is also referred to as color ______ and is typically performed at a photographic laboratory.

Answer 7

timing

Question 8

Contrast may be monitored in the ________

Answer 8

waveform

Question 9

From the Settings pop-up menu at the top right of the Video Scope pane, choose Waveform. Also choose ___ _____

Answer 9

RGB Parade

Question 10

The Waveform scope now displays the measurement of pixel __________ within each of the Red, Green, and Blue channels that comprise color video

Answer 10

brightness

Question 11

Although you are now seeing “colors” in the RGB Parade mode, the Waveform is measuring only the __________ levels of ____ within these three channels.

Answer 11

brightness

gray

Question 12

The Waveform scope and RGB Parade mode aids in identifying needed adjustments to maximize contrast and any other color cast localized to the brightest or darkest pixels for removal. To start with contrast, you need to reveal the corrections ________ controls in the Inspector pane.

Answer 12

Exposure

Question 13

The Exposure pane controls only the ________ of the image’s pixels.

Answer 13

luminance

Question 14

The Exposure pane includes controls to adjust the _________ luminance of each pixel according to four parameters.

Answer 14

grayscale

Question 15

The Exposure pane includes controls to adjust the grayscale luminance of each pixel according to four parameters:

Answer 15

Global
Shadows
Midtones
Highlights

Question 16

All the controls (Global, Shadows, Midtones, Highlights), called pucks, overlap the _________ values of other pucks. This results in smooth blending across the image (unless extreme adjustments are set). This means the adjusting of one puck may require the tweaking of another.

Answer 16

grayscale

Question 17

For example, the Global puck alters the luminance of all pixels in the image. If you need to raise the brightness of a generally dark image, you would drag up the Global puck. But raising the Global control may send the brightest pixels, the highlights, over 100 on the ________ scope.

Answer 17

Waveform

Question 18

Looking at the Waveform’s RGB Parade, you’ll notice the lowest ______ don’t extend down to 0. The Red and Green are closer than the Blue.

Answer 18

traces

Question 19

When a black object is onscreen, such as a helicopter, all three channels of the RGB Parade should have pixels down to _ on the Waveform.

Answer 19

0

Question 20

Adjusting the Exposure controls is not removing the color cast, it’s just making the pixels darker or brighter. That make Exposure controls the best to set ________.

Answer 20

contrast

Question 21

The puck values are displayed beneath the _____ in the table

Answer 21

pucks

Question 22

Name the main drop-down menus (9) overall for FCP X

Answer 22

File 
Edit
Trim 
Mark
Clip
Modify
View 
Window
Help

Question 23

To remove the blue cast from the darkest pixels, switch to the Color pane or Color Board at the top of the _________ pane

Answer 23

Inspector

Question 24

The Color Board has the same Global, Shadows, Midtones, and Highlights pucks as in the ________ pane

Answer 24

Exposure

Question 25

However, these (Color Board) pucks on a a board of color that represents the color spectrum using ________ values in its upper half and ________ values in its lower half.

Answer 25

positive

negative

Question 26

To subtract blue from the darkest pixels in the image, you drag the _______ puck downward in the blue portion of the board

Answer 26

Shadows

Question 27

The useful video scope when dealing with color, or chroma, is the ___________, which measures only the color values in an image

Answer 27

Vectorscope

Question 28

When an image does not have a color cast, the traces typically pass through the center point of the Vectorscope, which represents _____

Answer 28

white