Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 5

Name three ways to open a clip.

How do you mark a clip?

How do you set a specific duration from the In point or head of the clip?

How do you readjust an edit point using In or Out marks?

When viewing an audio clip, what do you see instead of a video image?

Which keyboard shortcuts can be used to move the playhead directly to an edit point? Which do you use to remove edit points?

Name three ways to create a new sequence.

When you open a clip in the Viewer, what do you see in the Timeline track area?

Before making an edit, what two things should you do to ensure proper placement of the clip?

List three ways to edit a marked clip as an Overwrite edit.

List three ways to insert a clip into a sequence.

How do you edit a sound clip into a sequence?

How do you duplicate a sequence?

Double-click the clip in the Browser, drag it to the Viewer, or select it and press Return.

Use the Mark In and Mark Out buttons in the Viewer, or the keyboard shortcuts, I and O.

Enter the amount in the Timecode Duration field.

Drag an In or Out mark in the Viewer.

You see a waveform display of the sound. All marking functions are the same.

Press Shift-I or Shift-O to go to an In or Out point. Press Option-I or Option-O to remove an In or Out point. Press Option-X to remove both marks at the same time.

Choose that option from the File menu, press Cmd-N, or Ctrl-click in the Browser and choose New Sequence.

The representative source tracks from the clip appear as source controls in the Timeline track area.

Position the playhead where you want to place the clip in the sequence, and patch the source controls to the desired destination track.

You can drag the marked clip into the Canvas and drop it into the Overwrite section of the Edit Overlay, click the red Overwrite button, or press F10.

You can drag the clip into the Insert section of the Edit Overlay, click the yellow Insert button, or press F9.

Click the appropriate edit button or shortcut.

Ctrl-click in the Browser and choose Duplicate from the short cut menu.

I

Sets an In point

O

Sets an Out point

X

Marks the entire clip length

Shift-I

Moves the playhead to the In point

Shift-O

Moves the playhead to the Out point

Option-I

Removes an In point

Option-O

Removes an Out point

Option-X

Removes both In and Out points together

Shift-P

Plays the clip from the playhead to the Out point

Shift-\

Plays from the In to the Out point

\

Plays around the current playhead location

Cmd-Z

Undoes the last action

Shift-Z

Shows the entire sequence in the Timeline

Ctrl-L

Enables Loop Playback

Cmd-O

Opens a project

Ctrl-click

Brings up a shortcut menu

Cmd-S

Saves the current status of a project

F10

Makes an Overwrite edit

F9

Makes an Insert edit