Avid Media Composer 6

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How do you copy?

Back 1

Option-Drag
Any changes will apply to master clip as well.

Front 2

How do you duplicate?

Back 2

Right click clip and duplicate.
You can make any changes not bothering the master clip files.

Front 3

Keystroke for overwrite edit?

Back 3

B or click the red arrow button in composer window

Front 4

What is the maximum # of clips in clip name menu?

Back 4

20

Front 5

T/F
The toggle source/record in timeline button needs to be on to see the audio in the timeline?

Back 5

True

Front 6

What does it mean when the position indicator is Green or Blue?

Back 6

Green: Source Mode
Blue: Edit Mode

Front 7

Why is the raster size for projects so small?

Back 7

So it can fit on a DVD

Front 8

What does J-K-L keystrokes do?

Back 8

L= Play
K= Stop
J= Rewind

Front 9

Keystroke "V"

Back 9

Splice-In Edit

Hint 9



Front 10

Keystroke "X"

Back 10

Extract Edit

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Keystroke "B"

Back 11

Overwrite edit

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Keystroke "Z"

Back 12

Lift edit

Front 13

Keystroke to mark In and Out

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I= In
O= Out

Front 14

Keystrokes to clear IN and OUT

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D= Clears IN
F= Clears OUT
G= Clears both IN and OUT

Front 15

Keystroke to get back to the beginning of sequence

Back 15

HOME key or fn + up arrow

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Keystroke to enlarge and reduce

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CMD+L= Enlarge
CMD+K= Reduces

Front 17

Keystroke to marks a clip

Back 17

T

Front 18

Keystroke to toggles between Source and Record monitors

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ESC

Front 19

Keystroke that plays between IN and OUT point

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6

Front 20

What is AMA?

Back 20

Avid Media Access
Plug-in architecture that allows you to link directly to master lips from third-party volume.

Front 21

What are the three different bin views?

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Text= clip information all in text
Frame= images that display first frame of each clip
Script= has both image and columns of information.

Front 22

Which windows are showing by default in the Source/Record editing workspace?

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Project window, Composer window and Timeline

Front 23

Where are clips stored in the Media Composer interface?

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In the bins in the Project windows Bin's pane

Front 24

Three different project locations?
(Asked when you first launch Avid Media Composer)

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Private: Only you have access to these projects.

Shared: All users on the computer have access to the project.

External: Select this option to choose a project stored outside of Avid Projects folder.

Front 25

How do you return to default editing workspace?

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Choosing windows> Workspaces> Source/Record editing

Front 26

What does it mean if an open bin has an asterisk next to the bin name?

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The bin has unsaved changes

Front 27

What does the center duration display show in the composer?

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The length (duration) of the sequence

Front 28

How do you create a new sequence?

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Several different ways. You can create a new bin then right click the empty space inside and choose new sequence.

Front 29

Keystroke to open up closed timeline?

Back 29

CMD+0

Front 30

Very beginning of a clip in source monitor will have jagged vertical overlay, what is this?

Back 30

Teeth marks= Either the IN point overlay or OUT point overlay

Front 31

Splice-In Edit

Back 31

Always extends the duration of active tracks
"V"

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Overwrite Edit

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Write over material already added, or to adds material to end of sequence
"B"

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What is Marking on the fly?

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Mark by feel (visual timing)
While watching clip add IN and OUT point

Front 34

How many audio and video tracks can you have in a sequence?

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24 of each of them

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How do you create a new Audio track?

Back 35

CMD+U