FEA 416 (AVID CERTIFICATION EXAM) (MC 101 2022 VERSION)

Where does Media Composer store the files for private projects that other users cannot access? - correct answer In the Logged-on User's Documents Folder Which option in the Select Project window lets you switch the project directory displayed in the Project list - correct answer The Location pop-up Menu What are the three principal windows of the Media Composer interface (choose three) - correct answer Timeline, Composer Window, Bin Container Which window serves as your project's central hub? - correct answer Bin Container What is a bin? - correct answer A container file that holds project assets To move a tabbed bin into its own floating Bin Container window, drag the bin tab away from eligible edges but keep it within the right panel of the Bin Container - correct answer True What are the two ways to create your own user profile? - correct answer In the Select Project window, select Create User Profile from the User Profile pop-up menu Go to File Settings, click the User tab, and select Create User Profile from the User Profile pop-up menu To save changes to a workspace, go to ______ Workspace Save Current - correct answer Windows Which setting lets you change Media Composer's brightness? - correct answer Interface Auto-Save settings control how often Media Composer automatically saves a copy of your bin(s) - correct answer True How do you create a new project? - correct answer In the Select Project window's New Project tab, fill in the name field, choose a format and click Create Why do you use the Source Browser - correct answer To preview video on a camera card before adding it to a project To add video and audio to a project What's the difference between linking to and importing media? - correct answer Linking connects an original media file to the project in Media Composer. Importing ingests a copy of the original media that's been converted to Avid-native media When linking media, you cannot remove the original source drive or camera card containing the media because your media will be labeled offline - correct answer True When importing, if you receive this message: The [file directory] cannot be imported, you cannot use that video media in Media Composer - correct answer False If you want to link to media rather than import using the drag-and-drop method from the OS level to Media Composer, which modifier key do you press? - correct answer Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) What are two ways to load a clip in the Source monitor? - correct answer Double-click the clip's thumbnail or icon Click and drag the clip's icon or thumbnail to the Source monitor What does J-K-L playback let you do? - correct answer Play forward at 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8x normal speed Move forwards or backwards frame by frame by holding the K key as you tap L or J To play backward at 1/4 speed, by pressing and holding the K+J keys What tool lets you adjust a clip's audio level? - correct answer Audio Mixer How can you save your work? - correct answer Activate the bin you want to save and press Ctrl+S (windows) Activate the bin you want t save and go to File Save Bin Activate the Bin container sidebar and g to File Save All Activate the Bin Container sidebar and press Ctrl + S The principal goal of a rough cut is to assemble a full scene or video that focuses on story structure while understanding that many details need to be polished later - correct answer True How can you view the audio waveforms for a clip loaded in the Source monitor? - correct answer Click the toggle/Source Record in timeline button (bottom of the Timeline) and if necessary, click the waveform button in the Track Control panel Auto-Patching lets you automatically patch tracks based on track activation's - correct answer True How can you increase waveform height without affecting track height - correct answer Press Ctrl + Alt + L (Windows) Which editing functions are more likely to break sync? - correct answer Splice-In Extract One way to ensure you maintain sync when editing segments into a sequence is to enable all record tracks containing elements that need to stay in sync - correct answer True What do the Go to Previous Event and Go to Next Event functions do? - correct answer Jumps the Timeline position indicator forward or backward from edit to edit How would you mark a source clip, so it backtimes from its OUT point when edited between marks in a sequence? - correct answer If necessary, clear the source clip's IN point and then mark an OUT point at the desired endpoint for the content What's the difference between the Lift and the Extract functions? - correct answer Lift - removes material from the Timeline and leaves FILLER in its place Extract - removes material from the Timeline and CLOSES the gap left by its removal What does the Lift function do? - correct answer Removes material from the Timeline and leaves FILLER in its place What does the Extract function do? - correct answer Removes material from the Timeline and CLOSES the gap left by its removal What is filler? - correct answer A tangible empty space in the timeline that you can manipulate in the same ways as video and audio segments Refer to the image (▬►) (red on top yellow on bottom) With segment mode configured as a Smart tool, which of the following is true? - correct answer Media Composer automatically switches the active tool as you move the cursor up or down within a Timeline segment Positioning the cursor over the top half of a segment activates the Lift/Overwrite tool Positioning the cursor over the bottom half of a segment activates the Extract/Splice-In tool Which User setting includes an option for changing the default Segment tool? - correct answer Timeline Which segment tool works best for inserting a clip between two Timeline segments? - correct answer Extract / Splice - In How do you add only an interview clip's audio, without its video to a Sequence? - correct answer Activate the Source-side audio track (green) and deactivate the Source-side video track, then drag and drop To edit source content to the timeline between an IN and OUT region, hold the Ctrl key while dragging and dropping - correct answer True How do you enable the Solo option on an audio track? - correct answer Click he S button in the Timeline Track Control panel If the music in a sequence is too loud, how can you lower it's level? - correct answer Click the music clip's Fader button and drag the mini fader down Besides dragging the mini fader, which of the following methods or shortcuts adjust the clip gain in the Timeline - correct answer Click a clip's fader icon and use the up and donw arrow keys to adjust the gain in 0.1 db increments Click a clip's fader icon and then use numbers keys to enter a specific value Shift + Alt + Up/Down How do you enable Digital Audio Scrub? - correct answer Shift-drag through the Timeline to enable temporarily Map the Toggle Digital Audio Scrub button (Play tab of the Command Palette) and enable it Which tool lets you rearrange video segments in the Timeline? - correct answer Extract/Splice-In What is four-frame display and how do you activate it? - correct answer Activate in Timeline settings to see a real-time preview in the Composer window as you drag a clip with a segment tool When moving a segment to another track, the Lift/Overwrite tool works best - correct answer True How do you remove a shot from the sequence and leave a gap (or filler) - correct answer Activate Lift/Overwrite, click the shot and press Backspace/Delete What happens when you use Extract/Splice-in to remove a segment? - correct answer Deletes the segment and moves downstream content backward to close the gap What does this button do? [::::] | [::::] (add edit) - correct answer Divides a segment in the Timeline What does this button do? ≡§ (Link Selection Toggle) - correct answer When active, automatically selects associated audio if you click a video segment When inactive, lets you select video or audio segments independently To remove an audio segment, you click it with the Lift/Overwrite tool and press the Delete key. The segment stays in place. You press Delete a second time and the segment is removed as expected. Why? - correct answer The segment contains a clip gain adjustment, and the first deletion removes it The Ripple tool can cause which of the following issues? - correct answer Broken sync What impact does Ripple Trim have on an active track? - correct answer Moves all material to the right of the clip you're trimming forward or backward If you want to add dissolves to multiple cuts, how do you identify which cuts will receive a dissolve? - correct answer Set IN and OUT marks to select the group of cuts In the Quick Transition dialog box, activate "Apply to all Transitions (IN - OUT)". Enable the destination video track selector Handle is the unused portion of a source clip - correct answer True What is Handle? - correct answer The unused portion of a source clip How can you ensure you add a Quick Transition to a video cut point and NOT an audio cut point? - correct answer Deactivate the audio track selector(s) What do you enable before you directly adjust a transition effect's duration or Timeline position? - correct answer The Transition Manipulation tool The Transition Corner display shows the first, middle, and last frames of the transition's A-side and B-side handle - correct answer True What does the Transition corner display? - correct answer The first, middle, and last frames of the transition's A-side and B-side handle What happens if you drag a transition effect from the Effect Palette onto an existing transition in the Timeline? - correct answer The new transition effect replaces the existing one If you add a Dip to Color transition effect, how do you change its color? - correct answer Adjust the Background Color in the Effect Editor Drag and drop the Color effect on top of the Dip to Color transition Can you save a transition as a template? If so, how? - correct answer Yes, drag the effect icon from the Effect Editor to a bin How do you add audio crossfades to your sequence? - correct answer Click the Quick Transition button and set your desired options If you add audio crossfades to multiple cut points and an Insufficient Source dialog box appears, what's caused this? - correct answer One or more clips in the marked region doesn't have enough Handle How do you apply an effect to multiple segments? - correct answer In Effect mode or Segment mode, select multiple segments. Then double-click an effect in the Effect Palette After a clip is stabilized, you can disable active parameter groups in the Effect Editor to compare the stabilized version with the original video - correct answer True How do you lock down a shot with the Stabilize effect? - correct answer Disable SteadyGlide in the Tracking window When setting up for automatic color correction, what is the suggested HSL correction order? - correct answer HSL Auto contrast, then HSL Auto Balance (HSLAC, then HSLAB) When setting up for automatic color correction, what is the suggested Curves correction order? - correct answer Curves Auto Balance, then Curves Auto Contrast (CAB, then CAC) Which effect can hide jump cuts? - correct answer FluidMorph Is FluidMorph a real-time effect? How do you determine this? - correct answer No, a blue dot appears next to the effect icon in the Timeline What does the Reduce button do in the Effect Preview monitor? - correct answer Reduces the Effect Preview monitor's area to make working outside the boundaries of the visible frame easier How can you scale and maintain a clip's aspect ratio while resizing it in the Effect Preview monitor? - correct answer Drag the control handle in the upper-right corner of the image To delete a keyframe, click it in the Effect Preview monitor's position bar and press the delete key - correct answer True How do you delete a keyframe? - correct answer Click it in the Effect Preview monitor's position bar and press the delete key How do you add an effect to a clip in the Timeline on top of an existing effect? - correct answer Alt-drag a segment effect from the Effect Palette onto a clip with an existing effect in the Timeline What is the procedure called that lets you add an effect on top of an existing effect? - correct answer Auto-nesting What is Auto-nesting? - correct answer A procedure that lets you add an effect on top of an existing effect. What are the two different ways to view the effects inside a nest? - correct answer Simple nesting Expanded nesting Simple nesting view lets you view lower effects in isolation - correct answer True What does Simple Nesting View do? - correct answer Lets you view lower effects in isolation Expanded nesting view let's you simultaneously view all sequence content and access nested effects in the Timeline - correct answer True What does Expanded Nesting View do? - correct answer Let's you simultaneously view all sequence content and access nested effects in the Timeline Which of the following activates a nesting view? - correct answer Click the Step In button to activate simple nesting view Alt-click the Step In button to activate expanded nesting view You can monitor sequence audio in simple nesting view - correct answer False You CANNOT monitor sequence audio in simple nesting view How do you change the effect order within a nest? - correct answer Drag an effect icon up or down in the Effect Editor What are the three types of motion effects? - correct answer Freeze Frame, Motion Effect, Timewarp Effect How do you create a freeze frame clip within Media Composer? - correct answer Load a clip in the Source monitor and go to Composer Freeze Frame To produce a high-quality result that doesn't jitter, it's important to set how the freeze frame processes the two fields in interlaced footage - correct answer True How do you create a constant speed motion effect? - correct answer In the Source Monitor, click the Motion Effect Editor button you mapped How many marks do you set to create a Fit to Fill motion? - correct answer Four - two in the Source monitor and two in the Record monitor When creating a motion effect, which render method works best for 24p footage? - correct answer Both Fields (Duplicated Field and Interpolated Field) You want a clip to play back at twice its normal speed. Which of the following will generate that result? - correct answer 200% You use the Fit to Fill option to fit a 2-second clip into a 4-second gap in the Timeline. Which of the following is true? - correct answer The new segment will play back at 50% speed You want a title to cover multiple Timeline segments. How do you efficiently set up Avid Titler+ for this? - correct answer Add a track, set IN and OUT marks, add Avid Titler+ to the new track Once you set up your timeline for creating a title, how can you open the Avid Titler+ tool? - correct answer Click the Avid Titler+ button in the Timeline palette Go to Tools Avid Titler+ go to Effect Palette title category and drag the Avid Titler+ effect to a segment or a marked Filler section in the timeline Once you type text in the Effect Preview monitor, how can you switch from Text mode to Move mode? - correct answer Press the Escape key Click the Avid Titler+ tool and Press the M key click outside of the text box What do these two buttons do? [ T ] [ ╬ ] - correct answer Text mode tool for typing text Move mode tool for modifying the title layer To center justify two lines of text, triple-click the text in the Effect Preview monitor and press the Horizontal Justify button in the Avid Titler+ tool - correct answer True How do you center justify two lines of text? - correct answer Triple-click the text in the Effect Preview monitor and press the Horizontal Justify button in the Avid Titler+ tool You try to adjust the Size parameter in the Avid Titler+ tool but nothing happens. What do you need to do? - correct answer Ensure Move mode is active and the title is selected in the Effect Preview monitor You created a name/location lower-third title. How do you save it as a template to apply to additional interview subjects? - correct answer Click and drag the Avid Titler+ icon from the Effect Editor to a bin Which of the fllowing features can fade a title in and out? - correct answer Fade Effect Quick Transition Where can you find the Export command? - correct answer Go to File Output Export to File Right-click the Record monitor and choose Export How do you access the Export settings dialog box? - correct answer Click the Options button in the Export As dialog box Which Export As menu option work best for YouTube upload? - correct answer MP4 You want to select a preset in the Image section that matches your project's resolution. What are two ways to verify your sequence's image size -- 1920x1080 for example? - correct answer Look at the project format in the Timeline's name display area Review the Source Raster section in the UME File Export (Export Settings) dialog box Which video codec family does Youtube recommend? - correct answer H.264 When exporting a video for Youtube upload, select the Scale from Legal to Full Range button in the Color Space section - correct answer False DO NOT select the Scale from Legal to Full Range button in the Color Space section Your sequence contains audio but the exported MP4 file does not. Which option in the UME File Export (Export dialog box) could have caused this? - correct answer Use Selected Tracks checkbox Include Inactive Audio tracks checkbox (unchecked) Does Media Composer include an export template option? - correct answer Yes, click the Save As button in the lower-left corner of the UME File Export (Export Settings) dialog box Do clips in your bin contain the actual video and audio media? - correct answer No The Avid MediaFiles folder is stored in the following location on an internal drive: drive:UsersPublicDocumentsAvid Media ComposerAvid MediaFilesMXF[numbered folder(s)] - correct answer True Avide MediaFiles folder is stored there Which function do you use to find the media for a clip? - correct answer Reveal File What does Media Offline mean? - correct answer Media Composer can't find a clip's corresponding media file on any drive Some of your media is offline. Which of the following are god troubleshooting steps? - correct answer Check media drive connections Delete the database files -- msmFMID.pmr and msmMMOB.mdb verify that the Avid media directory wasn't renamed or otherwise changed Where can you find the database files? - correct answer OS level: Avid MediaFilesMXF1 Which function do you use to reconnect to imported media files? - correct answer Relink Your linked clips go offline. What are two ways you can relink to the camera-native media files? - correct answer Select the offline clips and use the Source Browser to locate and link to the camera-native media files Alt or Option drag the camera-native files from the OS level to the bin containing the offline clips Where does Media Composer store backups of a project's bins? - correct answer The Avid Attic What's the difference between deleting from a bin versus the Media Tool? - correct answer You can delete clips and media from a bin but only media from the Media Tool What does this button do? |[::::] (Trim Mode) - correct answer Activates Trim Mode What does this button do? -*_.._ (Effect Mode) - correct answer Activates Effect Mode What does this button do? ≡/::::/ (Motion Effects Editor) - correct answer Activates Motion Effects Editor What does this button do? [::II] (Quick Transition) - correct answer Activates Quick Transition What does this button do? ] [ (Mark Clip) - correct answer Marks Clip What does this button do? | ][ | (Clear Both Marks) - correct answer Clears both marks What does this button do? [ /o/ ] (Transition Manipulation) - correct answer Activates Transition Manipulation What are the names of the three Frame Views? - correct answer Text View Mode Frame View Mode Script View Mode