Final Cut Pro X Exam Preparation Guide
Final Cut Pro X Exam Preparation Guide
November 4, 2014
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Contents
About This Guide ..............................................................................................................4
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distinguishing you as an Apple Certified Pro, and you’ll have the right to
use the Apple Certified Pro logo on your business cards or website—so
you can leverage the power of the Apple brand.
After you pass a certification exam, you’ll receive an email with a PDF
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• If you have any questions, you can post them to the Final Cut Pro
Discussion Forum, hosted by Apple.
Answers
1. Import: The ingest process of storing your story’s source media files
and organizing the clips that represent those source files. Edit: The
creative process of assembling, trimming, and effecting clips to tell a
story. Share: The export process of distributing your completed story to
various platforms.
2. The options presented are to upgrade all projects and events into one
library per volume, to allow you to selectively upgrade now, or to
return to the upgrade process later.
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B:
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1. The library is the largest of the media containers.
2. The criteria are whatever you choose: A scene of a film, a segment of a
news-magazine show, a webisode, stock footage, raw media from an
SD card, all versions of the projects, and so on. An event is a flexible
storage container that can be as all-encompassing or as granularly
compartmentalized as your raw media and projects.
3. The Create Archive command creates a clone of your source media
device, preserving the folder structure and metadata along with the
source media files.
4. Camera archives may be stored anywhere. However, to reduce the
chance of a single-point failure taking down an entire editing job,
camera archives should be stored on a volume physically separate
from the media storage volume you use for editing.
5. Filmstrip and list view. The two views are available when importing
from a recognized camera card file structure. Otherwise, only the list
view is available in the browser of the Media Import window.
6. All. The setting defines the time length represented by each thumbnail
of the clip.
7. The keyboard shortcuts are Command-Shift-I and Command-Shift-O.
Holding down Command while skimming a clip also marks ranges.
8. B. “Copy to library” creates managed media while “Leave files in place”
creates externally referenced media.
9. Apple ProRes 422
10. Final Cut Pro > Preferences
11. “From folders”
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1. Yes
2. The Info inspector
3. Unrated
4. Hide Rejected
5. In the Libraries pane, select the Library. From the Filter pop-up menu,
choose All Clips. Clear the Browser’s search field.
6. Keyword combinations are searchable only by clicking the magnifying
glass in the search field and using the Keywords criteria rule in the
Filter HUD.
7. In the Libraries pane, double-click the Smart Collection.
8. Clips may be assigned a role at any time in the workflow. However,
roles assigned to clips shortly after import are carried with the clip
throughout the editing workflow.
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7. When in filmstrip view, which modifier key do you hold down to edit
clips into the project in the order that you select the clips in the
Browser?
8. When performing an insert edit, what marks the Timeline location for
the edit: The playhead or the skimmer?
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12. With the primary storyline determining the project’s timing, what
generic clip can be inserted to “create” time between storyline clips?
13. In the image below, what type of edit was performed in one
command?
Before:
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After:
14. In the images below, identify the edit functions indicated by the
mouse pointer
A:
B:
C:
15. To append edit a clip into a connected story, what must be selected
and what must not be selected before pressing E?
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16. What does the “-15 dB” indicate in the image below?
17. Identify the interface element that displays the Audio meters.
18. Using the image below for reference, describe what will occur during
playback of this transition.
19. Which interface element can you use to export a file of your project
that’s compatible with iOS and Apple TV?
Answers
1. Automatic Settings conform the project’s resolution and frame rate to
the first video clip added to the project.
2. Projects are stored within a designated event.
3. Append
4. Insert
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18. The GOPR0009 clip will fade in from black, but halfway through the
transition, Mitch’s interview will cut in and be visible until the GoPro
clip becomes fully opaque.
19. The share pop-up menu
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4. In the image below, what action results from the displayed indication
in the Dashboard?
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1. Duplicate Project: Creates a “live” version that updates its compound
and multicam clips used in other projects. “Duplicate Project as
Snapshot”: Produces a complete freeze of the project at the time of
the duplication.
2. The Replace edit command
3. Skimming (S): Enable/disable the video skimmer. Audio Skimming
(Shift-S): Enable/disable audio skimming (skimming must be enabled).
Solo (Option-S): Monitor the audio playback of the selected clip(s).
Snapping (N): Magnetically align the skimmer/playhead while
dragging to the start of clips, keyframes, and markers.
4. The playhead will move three seconds to the left. This adjustment was
performed by pressing Control-P.
5. The Tags Index found in the Timeline Index pane
6. The Solo command, Option-S
7. Position tool
8. Roles may be assigned in the Info inspector or in the Modify menu.
9. Commonly used for multiple takes of an on-camera performance or of
an audio-only VO, the audition clip collects whatever clip types you
add to the audition.
10. A spotlight badge identifies and is an access point to an audition clip.
11. Trim to Selection, Option-\
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5. How do you access an effect’s parameters to adjust the look (or sound)
of that effect?
6. What are the steps to reset an effect’s parameters, disable the effect,
and delete an effect from a clip?
7. What does the red bracket indicate in the image below?
10. How do you replace a project transition with a transition from the
Transition Browser?
11. Which two interface elements may be used to activate the Viewer’s
onscreen Transform controls?
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1. Retime pop-up menu
Retime Editor
3.
Ripple trim changes the clip’s duration without changing the
set speed rate.
4. The Blade Speed command from the Retime pop-up menu
5. First, the effect must be applied to a project clip. Second, the
clip must be selected or the playhead cued over the clip to
access the parameters in the Inspector pane.
6. Reset the parameters by clicking the effect’s Reset button (the
hooked arrow).
With the effect’s title bar selected, press the Delete key.
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8. Use the Slip trim tool and drag left on the starting clip. Or,
using the Roll trim tool, drag the edit point right to create a
media handle prior to the clip’s start point. The use of either
method depends on available media handles on the opposite
point—the end of the starting clip and the end of the ending
clip, respectively.
9. C
10. You may drag the new transition to the existing transition
similar to performing a replace edit. Or, with the existing
transition selected, double-click the new transition in the
Transition Browser.
11. In the Viewer
In the Inspector
12. Paste: Applies the copied clip and its attributes, similar to a
replace edit. Paste Attributes: Allows you to select the desired
attributes of the copied clip—such as a particular effect or a
specific parameter such as speed—to apply to another clip.
13. Double-click the compound clip
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1. The title is selected, the playhead cues to a frame where the text
elements are visible, and the first line of text is automatically selected,
ready for text entry.
2. Press the Escape key to exit text entry
3. An audio-only, connected clip or an audio/video expanded clip may be
trimmed at the subframe level.
4. Option
5. Expand Audio/Video
6. Clip Skimming
7. With the clip selected, the Channel Configuration section of the Audio
inspector
8. Look in the Timeline Index for roles that have been minimized and
deselected (disabled)
9. Range Selection
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10. Color balancing a Not Analyzed clip will create the color balance
calculation based on the frame under the playhead. With an Analyzed
clip, the color balance correction is based on the average color cast in
the entire clip.
11. Waveform
12. In the Color Board, drag the Highlights puck toward positive yellow, or
drag the Highlights puck down toward negative blue.
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1.
The Share window’s compatibility checker
2. Click the Background Tasks button in the Dashboard to see
details of the upload’s progress.
3. With the project selected in the Browser, look in the Share
inspector
4. The Bundle destination preset
5. Roles as: Multitrack QuickTime Movie
6. File > Export Project XML
7. The Compressor Settings destination preset in the Share pop-
up menu and the File > Send to Compressor command
8. File > Send to Compressor
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4. How can you find the File Information section shown in the image
below?
Answers
1. Managed media files gives Final Cut Pro the responsibility of storing
your source media files inside the library you designate. Storing media
externally saddles you with the responsibility of watching over the
source media files. In either case, you determine where the media files
are physically stored. The difference is who’s responsible for tracking
that media: Final Cut Pro or you.
2. External media is referenced inside an event through the use of
symlinks.
3. The first answer is “Leave files in place”; however, “Copy files into” can
designate an external folder outside a library, which would also result
in external media.
4. With the event selected in the Libraries pane, you’ll find File
Information in the Info inspector.
5. Consolidate the library as a managed library, delete render files, and
don’t include optimized or proxy media.
Lesson 10 Objectives
After completing Lesson 10, “Advancing Your Workflow,” you should be
comfortable performing the following tasks:
• Identifying manual options for new projects
• Synchronizing dual system recordings
• Creating a chroma key
• Explaining the multicam workflow
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1. The Format parameter must be set to Custom using the manual
settings.
2. Apple ProRes 422
3. Synchronize Clips
4. Open in Timeline
5. The foreground clip should be placed in a lane above the background
clip.
6. Set the Strength slider to 0
7. Angle Editor
8. Clicking Show Angles reveals the Angle Viewer
9. Yellow indicates the active video and audio angle. Blue indicates the
active video angle. Green indicates the active audio angle.
Appendices A and B
Final Cut Pro X 10.1: Professional Post-Production includes 10 lessons and two
appendices. The content in the appendices isn’t covered on the end user
exam. But all lessons and appendices are included on the trainer version of
the exam.
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How long must I wait before retaking a certification exam if I fail?
You don’t need to wait to take the certification exam after taking the
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candidates are limited to one try per week. Pearson VUE defines one week
as seven 24-hour periods after you ended your first attempt.
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After passing your exam, you’ll receive an email with a PDF certificate,
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take an exam without attending the recommended course.
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We offer accommodations to students under the Americans with
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blindness, dyslexia, deafness, and quadriplegia may be eligible for time
extensions when taking a certification exam. If you believe that you’re
eligible, send the details to your AATC at least seven business days before
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provide an exam code that will allow you the appropriate time extension.
Your AATC can provide you with a list of qualified conditions and standard
accommodations that are in accordance with the ADA.
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