Importing Media

Question 0

Describe possible organizational criteria for sorting clips and projects into events.

Answer 0

The criteria are whatever you choose. An event is a flexible storage container that can be as all encompassing or as granularly compartmentalized as your raw media projects.

Question 1

Which of these three is the largest media container: clip, event, or library?

Answer 1

Library

Question 2

Name and describe the built-in command for backing up Camera media files.

Answer 2

The create archive command creates a clone of your source media device, preserving the folder structure and metadata along with the source media files.

Question 3

Where should you store Camera archives?

Answer 3

Camera archives may be stored anywhere. However, to reduce the chance of a single point of failure taking down an entire editing job, Camera archives should be stored on a volume physically separate from the media storage volume you use for editing.

Question 4

What two views are available in the media import window, and when are the two views available?

Answer 4

Filmstrip and a list view. The two views are available when importing from a recognized camera card file structure. Otherwise only the list view is available in the browser of the media import window.

Question 5

What setting on the zoom slider in filmstrip view allows you to see each clip as a single thumbnail?

Answer 5

All

Question 6

What keyboard shortcuts or modified skimming keys let you mark multiple range selections with a clip?

Answer 6

The keyboard shortcuts are command shift I and command shift O. Holding down the command while skimming a clip also marks ranges.

Question 7

In the media import options dialog what setting sets media files as managed or external?

Answer 7

“Copy files into” creates managed media while “leave files in place” creates externally referenced media.

Question 8

With the “create optimized media” option selected, Final Cut Pro 10 transcodes imported media into what codec?

Answer 8

Apple ProRes 422

Question 9

When dragging items from iPhoto to an event, where do you set the option to copy (or not copy) the photo into the Final Cut events folder.

Answer 9

Preferences

Question 10

When you are importing media files that are already grouped into various folders, which media import option must be selected to replicate the folder structure within an event?

Answer 10

Import folders as keyword collections

Question 11

How do you create a new event?

Answer 11

If you don’t see the event library, click the event library button at the lower left corner of the event browser. Choose file>new event, or press option-N.

Question 12

How do you import media files into an event?

Answer 12

Select an Event then click the import media button in the event browser

Choose file import media

Control click on the name of the event

Command-I

Question 13

What happens if you select the find people option when importing media?

Answer 13

The find people option analyzes images and creates keyword collections based on the number of faces present in the shot type. After analysis, any of the following keywords are added: one person, two persons, group, close-up shot, medium shot, and wide shot.

Question 14

If you select the “analyze for balance color” option when importing media, how do you view the color balance correction?

Answer 14

In the toolbar, click the inspector button. Click video-and select the box next to balance to enable the color balance effect.

Question 15

What are the advantages of trans coding your media files when importing?

Answer 15

Trans coding optimizes media for better editing and rendering performance and improved color quality. The transcode process copies your original media files using the Apple Pro razz digital intermediate codec’s while retaining the original media files.

Question 16

How do you set importing options if you want to drag media files directly from the finder or another application to an event?

Answer 16

To import without using the import command you set the specific import options before you import. Choose Final Cut Pro/preferences, or press Command,. At the top of the preferences window click the import button and set your options.

Question 17

How do you create a keyword collection when importing clips from a specific folder?

Answer 17

Make sure the “import folders as keyword collections” option is selected in the options dialog. This is the default option.

Question 18

Why would you want to create a Camera Archive as back up?

Answer 18

Camera archive freeze your camera or capture media for reuse, preserve some protects your media for future use, and helps preserve the data structure used by your camera to make it easier to store and access your files.

Question 19

What keyboard shortcut select all items in the current folder or location?

Answer 19

Command A

Question 20

What keyboard shortcut opens the media import window

Answer 20

Command I

Question 21

What keyboard shortcut creates a new event?

Answer 21

Command N

Question 22

What keyboard shortcut closes an active window?

Answer 22

Command W

Question 23

What keyboard shortcut selects a group of contiguous items?

Answer 23

Shift-click or shift-click-drag

Question 24

What keyboard shortcut opens and closes the Inspector?

Answer 24

Command 4

Question 25

What keyboard shortcut opens and closes the background tasks window?

Answer 25

Command-9

Question 26

What keyboard shortcut opens the Final Cut Preferences Window?

Answer 26

Command ,