Final Cut Pro X (14)

Question 1

A replace edit (p. 219, p. 253) gets dropped into a ___ clip. A clip or storyline would have been lifted to create that ___ clip in the first place

Answer 1

gap

Question 2

Open the Audition window of the clip by pressing _

Answer 2

Y

Question 3

“Trim the tail” is officially ____ ___

Answer 3

Trim End

Question 4

“Top the head” is officially ____ _____

Answer 4

Trim Start

Question 5

“Top and tail” is officially ____ __ _________

Answer 5

Trim To Selection

Question 6

To Trim End (or “trim the tail”), select the clip, cue the Playhead to the desired point in the clip, and press ______-_. The end of the clip is trimmed to the Playhead, and the rest of the storyline ripples.

Answer 6

Option-] (right bracket)

Question 7

If skimmer is on:
Position the skimmer at the point of the trim.
To trim from the beginning of a clip to the position of the skimmer, type Option+[
To trim from the end of a clip to the position of the skimmer, type Option+]
This trim is blindingly quick – position the skimmer, press the keys, done. No razor blade. No removing clips. Simple. And the magnetic timeline automatically removes the gap.

Answer 7

yep

Question 8

If skimmer is turned off:
If the skimmer drives you nuts in the Timeline, this trick works equally well, if not quite as fast. The keyboard shortcuts are the same.
Position the playhead at the point of the trim.
To trim from the beginning of a clip to the position of the playhead, type Option+[
To trim from the end of a clip to the position of the playhead, type Option+]
If the skimmer is active and in the Timeline, the skimmer determines the point of the trim. If the skimmer is not active, or not in the Timeline, the playhead determines the point of the trim.

Answer 8

yep

Question 9

If skimmer is on or off:
Whether skimming is turned on or off makes no difference for this next tip.
To trim to a selection, use the Range tool (R) to select a range within A clip, or across MULTIPLE clips on the same layer, and press Option+\
The cool thing about this tip is that you can select more than one clip on the same layer and trim them all at once.
Notice that these three shortcuts work with three keys that are grouped together on the keyboard: [ - ] – \
NOTE: You can also access these three options from the Edit menu, but that isn’t nearly as much fun.

Answer 9

yep

Question 10

Sometimes it’s best to adjust the ___ clip’s duration in order to move the regular clips

Answer 10

gap

Question 11

To create a reminder:

1. Click in the gray area above the storylines to make sure no clip is selected
2. Skim over the first half of the Aerials clip and press M _____
3. A ________ marker is set, and the Marker window appears
4. Name the marker “speed to reveal, change the marker type to __-__, and then click Done
5. That’s one less sticky note tagging your display!

Answer 11

twice
standard
to-do

Question 12

By default, new markers are ____ standard markers with placeholder text

Answer 12

blue

Question 13

By default, new markers are blue ________ markers with placeholder text

Answer 13

standard

Question 14

alt or option M

Answer 14

to set a marker and open up the marker window at the same time

Question 15

control-click on the marker

Answer 15

open up the marker shortcut menu

Question 16

to move or copy a marker

Answer 16

control click on marker to bring up shortcut menu, then copy or cut

Question 17

to go to the next marker

Answer 17

Control-Apostrophe (’)

Question 18

to go to the previous marker

Answer 18

Control-Semicolon (;)

Question 19

when ____ _______ is turned on, you can solo the audio and video of a clip

Answer 19

clip skimming

Question 20

in clip skimming, the _______ is contained in the clip you are skimming

Answer 20

skimmer

Question 21

in clip skimming, no matter where the clip is in vertical relationship to the other clips, the ____ _______ solos that clip’s contents

Answer 21

clip skimmer

Question 22

To find and reveal the source event clip for a Timeline clip…

Answer 22

Choose File > Reveal in Browser (or press Shift-F) OR

Control-click the clip and choose Reveal in Browser from the shortcut menu.

Question 23

To locate the source media file for an event clip…

Answer 23

1. In the Libraries list, select the event that contains the clip.
2. Select the clip in the Browser.
3. Choose File > Reveal in Finder (or press Command-Shift-R).

Question 24

Clip skimming reveals in the Dashboard the ______ ________ of the clip

Answer 24

source timecode

Question 25

After marking the start and end points in a clip, perform a “____ __ __________” to remove extraneous material outside that range

Answer 25

“Trim to Selection” (“top and tail”)

Question 26

To “Trim to Selection”, press ______ _

Answer 26

Option \ (backslash)

Question 27

When you trim just a connected clip (rather than a connected clip in a storyline), it comes to rest at the ______ location rather than sliding left to the head of the storyline

Answer 27

range’s

Question 28

Now you need one more copy of the audition clip for the third aerial clip in this series. You can make that copy from the existing Audition clips in the Timeline. ______-drag a copy of the Aerials audition off of itself and release the mouse button before releasing the ______ key

Answer 28

Option

Question 29

____ skim this audition clip and then set a start point at 1:42:00 and an end point at 1:46:00. Press Option-\ (backslash) to “Trim to Selection” or “top and tail” the clip to the marked _____

Answer 29

clip

range

Question 30

To experience a different ________ approach, you lifted the sound bites out of the primary storyline to be replaced by a longer music clip

Answer 30

workflow

Question 31

You created an ________ clip to house the similar aerial clips

Answer 31

audition

Question 32

That audition allowed you to stay in the ________ when looking for a clip rather than digging back into the Browser to get the clip you need

Answer 32

Timeline

Question 33

Reverse Tab

Answer 33

shift Tab