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AVID Media Composer 101, Exams of Advanced Education

University of OxfordAdvanced Education

AVID Media Composer 101AVID Media Composer 101

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AVID Media Composer 101
What are the three principal windows of the Avid interface? - correct answer
Timeline Window, Composer Window, Bin Container Window
Which window serves as the central hub of your project? - correct answer Timeline
Window
What is a bin? - correct answer A container file that holds the assets in your project
How do you combine one open bin with another open bin? - correct answer Open
two bins in one window. Double click on a bin in the left hand panel, which by
default opens the bin on the same bar under a different tab. Click and drag to
subdivide.
What are the two ways to create your own user profile? - correct answer 1. File Menu
> Settings > User Tab
2. Select Project Window
How can you save changes to a workspace? - correct answer 1. Windows >
Workspaces > Save Current.
2. Workspace toolbar on right side of user interface
3. Disclosure Triangle under the currently selected workspace has an option to Save
Current, and the small triangle in the circle at the bottom of the toolbar.
Which setting allows you to change the look of your interface? - correct answer File
> Settings > User Tab
What is saved during an auto-save? - correct answer A copy of your bins in the
backup file called the Attic.
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What are the three principal windows of the Avid interface? - correct answer Timeline Window, Composer Window, Bin Container Window Which window serves as the central hub of your project? - correct answer Timeline Window What is a bin? - correct answer A container file that holds the assets in your project How do you combine one open bin with another open bin? - correct answer Open two bins in one window. Double click on a bin in the left hand panel, which by default opens the bin on the same bar under a different tab. Click and drag to subdivide. What are the two ways to create your own user profile? - correct answer 1. File Menu > Settings > User Tab

  1. Select Project Window How can you save changes to a workspace? - correct answer 1. Windows > Workspaces > Save Current.
  2. Workspace toolbar on right side of user interface
  3. Disclosure Triangle under the currently selected workspace has an option to Save Current, and the small triangle in the circle at the bottom of the toolbar. Which setting allows you to change the look of your interface? - correct answer File > Settings > User Tab What is saved during an auto-save? - correct answer A copy of your bins in the backup file called the Attic.

What is the difference between linking and importing media? - correct answer Importing creates new media (copies and moves), linking does not. True or false: When linking media, you can remove the original source drive or camera card containing the media and your media will remain online. - correct answer False Where can you get additional AMA plug-ins? - correct answer Download new AMA plug-ins > Avid Link > AMA plug-ins. If you want to drag clips from the desktop to a Media Composer bin, and you want to link the clips rather than import them, which modifier key must you press? - correct answer Option What are two ways to load a clip in the Source monitor? - correct answer Double click the clip icon. What function is associated with the spacebar by default? - correct answer Play What is the value of using the J-K-L keys to control playback? - correct answer Mouse free scrubbing: normal speed, reverse, frame by frame What are the default keys for marking IN and OUT marks? - correct answer I and O How can you save your work? - correct answer Work saves automatically, but to save it manually you can:

  1. CMD+S
  2. File>Save All
  3. Just a bin: CMD+SHIFT+9.
  4. Fast Menu What is the principal goal of a rough cut? - correct answer To get all the best footage (audio and video) in the timeline in chronological order.
  1. Click the checkbox next to the tools icon Why might two images in a four-frame display appear identical? What type of edit is being performed? - correct answer 1. The display during dragging is set to four frame
  2. A splice-in edit What determines the active tool while working in the Timeline? - correct answer In smart-tool mode, the mouse's position determines which tool is enabled while working on the Timeline What are two ways to add audio or video tracks to a sequence? - correct answer 1. Dragging or dropping in Splice or Overwrite
  3. Splicing or overwriting with keyboard keys How do you enable the Solo option on an audio track? - correct answer Click the S button next to the track to solo it If the music in a sequence is too loud, how can you lower the volume of just the music? - correct answer 1. Open the Track Control panel
  4. Click the Audio Data button to enable Clip Gain.
  5. Solo the track and adjust the slider icon Why is Segment Mode Lift/Overwrite (RED) well-suited for editing audio? - correct answer They are least likely to break sync Why is it useful to see audio waveforms while editing? - correct answer They are a visual representation of all the sounds in a clip and allows faster editing What is one method or shortcut to adjust the clip gain in the Timeline besides dragging the mini fader? - correct answer SHIFT+OPTION+up arrow/down arrow What is Digital Audio Scrub? How do you enable it? - correct answer 1. Plays the Audio samples associated with each frame
  1. To temporarily activate: SHIFT-drag through Timeline. How do you remove a shot from the sequence and leave a gap (or filler)? - correct answer Use Lift/Overwrite tool to select and delete What does this button do? - correct answer Adds an edit in the middle of a segment What does the link Selection Toggle do? - correct answer It keeps the audio and video segments that were imported together in sync Why is the yellow segment mode often well-suited for video and the red for audio? - correct answer The red is better at keeping sync What is the danger of performing an edit with the Ripple Trim tool? - correct answer It closes the gap so may break sync What is Sync Lock? - correct answer It locks audio to video What is the shortcut for Undo? - correct answer Command+Z What is a match-frame edit? How do you remove one or more of them? - correct answer 1. The edit point created by the add edit button
  2. Add marks in and out and select timeline > remove match frame edits
  3. If no in out points are used it will delete all match frame edits What impact does Ripple Trim have on a track and/or sequence? - correct answer The segment either gets longer / shorter which effects all following materiel What are the steps to remove a segment from a sequence using Lift/Overwrite Segment Mode tool? What is the result? - correct answer 1. Select by clicking, pressing T, or marking I and O. Then press Lift/Overwrite (D in Red)
  4. Selected clip is replaced with filler
  1. Double click the effect in the effects palette After a clip is stabilized, how do you compare the stabilized version with the original video? - correct answer 1. Use green enable buttons for active parameters in the effects editor
  2. Reclick the enable button to disable How do you lock down a shot with the Stabilize effect? - correct answer 1. Effects palette>image category>stabilize effect
  3. Allow tracking, click SteadyGuide button When using automatic color correction, what is the suggested order of corrections in HSL? - correct answer Contrast then balance When using automatic color correction, what is the suggested order of corrections inCurves? - correct answer Balance then contrast Under what category is the FluidMorph effect located in the Effect Palette? - correct answer Illusion FX Is FluidMorph a real-time effect? - correct answer No What do the Enlarge and Reduce buttons do in the Effect Preview monitor? - correct answer Change size of the viewing area in the effect preview monitor, making it easier to work beyond the boundaries of the visible frame Using a Resize effect, how can you scale a clip in the Effect Preview monitor but maintain the aspect ratio? - correct answer Control handle in the upper right corner How do you delete a keyframe? - correct answer Click and delete How do you add an effect to a clip in the Timeline on top of an existing effect? - correct answer Use option to drag another effect

What is this procedure called? - correct answer Auto-nesting What are the two different ways to view the effects inside a nest? - correct answer Simple and expanded ensting view What is an advantage of simple nesting? - correct answer Allows you to step into the nest What is an advantage of expanded nesting? - correct answer Allows you to see the sequence and nest, but takes away audio How do you change the order of effects within a nest? - correct answer Reorder in effects editor by dragging effects editor What are the three types of motion effects? - correct answer Free frames, motion effects, and timewarp effects Why is it important to set how the freeze frame processes the fields in interlaced footage? - correct answer Motion that is noticeable prior to creating the freeze frame which can cause jitter How many marks are required to create a Fit to Fill motion effect? - correct answer Four: two in the source monitor, two in the timeline What are the four types of processing methods available for creating motion effects? When should you use each one? - correct answer 1. Duplicated Field default method for lower quality image without need forrender and only for offline use.

  1. Both Fields: shots without interfiled motion, with progressive video, or still shots.
  2. Interpolated used for interlaced video containing motion.
  3. VTR-Style used for smooth motion effects at very slow speeds with a slight vertical jitter

What does media offline mean? - correct answer Media composer can't find the corresponding media What are three reasons media can be offline? - correct answer 1. The media file folders were removed or renamed

  1. The files were somehow deleted
  2. If the drive has ceased True or false: The master clip in your bin contains the actual video and audio media.
  • correct answer False True or false: If you delete a master clip using the Media Tool, you delete the media file(s). - correct answer False Which function is used to reconnect to imported media files, and where is it found in theMedia Composer interface? - correct answer Relink (found when you right click on an offline imported clip in an activated bin) What are the first three letters of the media database file? - correct answer MSM In which folder (directory) are the media database files found? - correct answer Choose drive>open>AVID files>MXF>file Which is more valuable in a project—the media or the metadata (clips or sequences)? - correct answer Clips Which tool allows you to rearrange segments in the timeline without moving any frames? - correct answer Yellow arrow (doesn't overwrite) When exporting a quicktime movie which button would you click to set custom video and audio settings such as video codec and audio sample rate - correct answer Format options

Imagine you wish to recompose a shot to hide a microphone that appears at the edge of the frame which effect allows you to achieve this - correct answer Resize Titles created with avid titler plus must be rendered before they can be played in the media composer timeline - correct answer false With the bin in frame view which of the following keys changes a clips representative frame? Assume default keyboard mapping - correct answer 1 and 2 If you want to add a segment effect to multiple segments, what tool can you use to first select the segments? - correct answer Segment mode lift overwrite or segment mode extract splice If you add a dissolve centered on the cut what handles will you need on the outgoing (A) and incoming (B) sides of the edit - correct answer Both the a and b sides need handle lengths equal to the duration of the transi What does the fit to fill function allow you to d - correct answer Create a motion effect of the same duration as a marked section of the timelin The master clip in your bin contains the actual video and audio medi - correct answer false Which button is used to step into an effects nest - correct answer down arrow Where do you set up the format for a proje - correct answer The new project button in the select project window Which button performs an overwrite edit (leaves gap) - correct answer Red arrow In trim mode, what does the spacebar d - correct answer Play loop