FCP 5 - Q&A - Part 2
LESSON FOUR – FCP 5 - Marking in the Timeline
1. What are the shortcuts for setting In and Out points in the Timeline?
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Press I to set and In point and O to set an Out point
2. What is the shortcut for marking the duration of a clip in the Timeline?
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You can press X to mark the duration of a clip in the Timeline
3. What does the Auto Select control in the Timeline track area determine?
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If the Auto Select control is toggled on for a track, the clips between the edit points of that track will be highlighted and will be included in the selection
4. What track priority do the Auto Select control follow?
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They follow the priority of V1 through V99 and then A1 through A99
5. When you mark an area of the Timeline and press Delete, will you leave a gap? What is the name of this type of delete?
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Pressing Delete alone leaves a gap where the material was edited. This type of delete is referred to as a Lift
6. What happens to the marked area of the Timeline when you press Shift-Delete of the Forward Delete key?
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Pressing Shift-Delete or Forward-Delete removes both clips and gap within the marked area. This type of delete is referred to as Ripple Delete
7. On what menu do the Lift and Ripple Delete functions appear?
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The Lift and Ripple Delete functions appear on the Sequence menu
8. When the playhead moves through a gap in the Timeline, what do you see in the Canvas?
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When you play through gaps between clips in the Timeline, they look like black clips
9. What mark is necessary in the Viewer when backtiming a source clip into a marked area in the Timeline?
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The Out point of a source clip in the Viewer is necessary to backtime it into the Timeline edit points
10. Name two ways to change the volume of a clip
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You can change the volume of a clip in the Viewer before you edit it into the Timeline, or you can double-click the clip in the Timeline to open the sequence clip in the Viewer and change the volume there
11. What are three ways to access the Import Files command?
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You can import a clip by choosing File > Import > Files, pressing Cmd-I, or Ctrl-clicking in the Browser and shoosing Import > Files from the shortcut menu. Importing a folder does not have a keyboard shortcut
12. How do you link a video clip to a separate audio clip?
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You select the clips in the Timeline and shoose Modify > Link, or press Cmd-L
LESSON FIVE – FCP 5 - Trimming Edit Points
1. What tools can you use to drag an edit point in the Timeline?
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Use the default Selection tool and the Ripple tool
2. How do you drag a clip vertically in the Timeline without moving it horizontally?
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It allows you to lengthen a clip without bumping into a bordering clip on either side
3. What is the advantage of editing on the V2 track?
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It allows you to lengthen a clip without bumping into a bordering clip on either side
4. What does toggling off linked selection in the Timeline do?
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It allows you to select and trim one track of a linked clip
5. What does the Ripple tool do when you use it for trimming?
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It ripples the trim amount through the unlocked tracks in the sequence
6. What keys can you use as shortcuts to ripple a clip's edit point by a few frames?
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Use the left and right bracket key [ and ] and the < and > keys
7. What is one advantage of trimming a clip in the Viewer?
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You can view the material outside the marked area.
8. What tracks does the Razor Blade tool cut through when you click a clip?
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It cuts throught all the tracks of a linked clip when linked selection is on
9. What is the keyboard shortcut for extending an edit?
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The E key extends and edit
LESSON SIX – FCP 5 - Adjusting Edit Points
1. What two edit points does the Roll tool adjust?
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The Roll tool adjusts one clip's Out point and the adjacent clip's In point
2. What two edit point does the Slip tool adjust?
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The Slip tool adjusts the In and Out point of the same clip
3. How many clips are affected when you apply the Slide tool?
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The Slide tool affects three clips.
4. Extending two edit point is a lot like rolling, slipping or sliding edit points?
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Extending changes an edit point in the same way rolling does.
5. What modifier key is essential to reposition a clip in a sequence without overwriting any other material?
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The Option key is used to repostition a clip and move all other clips down in the sequence
6. What does Option-dragging a clip do?
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Option-dragging creates a copy of a sequence clip and repositions the copy to a different location, leaving the original sequence clip in place
7. How do you open the Trim Edit window?
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Double-click an edit point in the Timeline to open it in the Trim Edit window
