AVID Media Composer 101 – Beginner’s Guide to Video Editing
Where does Media composer store the project les for private projects?
Correct answer: OS Documents folder
Which button in the Select Project Dialogue Box is used to navigate to the location of an
external project?
Correct answer: The Folder Browse Button
Name the 3 principle windows of the AVID interface
Correct answer: Composer Window, Bin Container, Timeline Window
Name the 3 views of a bin
Correct answer: Text, Frame, Script
Explain AMA linking
Correct answer: AMA means the media is linked to an external location.
How can you save the entire project?
Correct answer: Click on the bin container - then CTRL + S
Short cut key for jumping to the rst frame in the timeline
Correct answer: Home Key
Name the modier for dragging AMA footage into the bin
Correct answer: Alt + drag
,What are ways to create a sequence?
Correct answer: Right click in the timeline >New>Sequence
Timeline>Sequence
What type of edit does Splice-in perform
Correct answer: Insert. All segments move downstream
To snap to the head of a segment
Correct answer: CTRL + left click the mouse
To turn on the waveforms
Correct answer: Open Track Control Panel>click on the waveform icon
How do you solo an audio track? What is the result?
Correct answer: Click the small S icon next to the audio track. All other audio tracks are
muted.
What is Digital Audio scrub? How is it enabled?
Correct answer: Realtime audio playback on the timeline while scrubbing. Shift key & drag
or map to the keyboard
Purpose of the Add Edit
Correct answer: Cuts the segment
What is Match Frame
, Correct answer: An edit point created by the Add Edit function & no change has been
made
Purpose of the Sync Lock
Correct answer: Locks the sync on any track for audio & video recorded separately
Shortcut for Undo
Correct answer: Ctrl Z
How can you reduce/increase the size of the waveforms?
Correct answer: ALT + CTRL + K or L
What two items make up the project's format?
Correct answer: Raster & Frame Rate
A blue dot on an eect
Correct answer: The eect isn't real time and must be rendered
To create an eect template
Correct answer: Open the Eect Editor>drag the eect icon to a bin
To change the Interface
Correct answer: 1. File>Settings>User>Interface
2. Windows>settings
Short cut for trim mode
Where does Media composer store the project les for private projects?
Correct answer: OS Documents folder
Which button in the Select Project Dialogue Box is used to navigate to the location of an
external project?
Correct answer: The Folder Browse Button
Name the 3 principle windows of the AVID interface
Correct answer: Composer Window, Bin Container, Timeline Window
Name the 3 views of a bin
Correct answer: Text, Frame, Script
Explain AMA linking
Correct answer: AMA means the media is linked to an external location.
How can you save the entire project?
Correct answer: Click on the bin container - then CTRL + S
Short cut key for jumping to the rst frame in the timeline
Correct answer: Home Key
Name the modier for dragging AMA footage into the bin
Correct answer: Alt + drag
,What are ways to create a sequence?
Correct answer: Right click in the timeline >New>Sequence
Timeline>Sequence
What type of edit does Splice-in perform
Correct answer: Insert. All segments move downstream
To snap to the head of a segment
Correct answer: CTRL + left click the mouse
To turn on the waveforms
Correct answer: Open Track Control Panel>click on the waveform icon
How do you solo an audio track? What is the result?
Correct answer: Click the small S icon next to the audio track. All other audio tracks are
muted.
What is Digital Audio scrub? How is it enabled?
Correct answer: Realtime audio playback on the timeline while scrubbing. Shift key & drag
or map to the keyboard
Purpose of the Add Edit
Correct answer: Cuts the segment
What is Match Frame
, Correct answer: An edit point created by the Add Edit function & no change has been
made
Purpose of the Sync Lock
Correct answer: Locks the sync on any track for audio & video recorded separately
Shortcut for Undo
Correct answer: Ctrl Z
How can you reduce/increase the size of the waveforms?
Correct answer: ALT + CTRL + K or L
What two items make up the project's format?
Correct answer: Raster & Frame Rate
A blue dot on an eect
Correct answer: The eect isn't real time and must be rendered
To create an eect template
Correct answer: Open the Eect Editor>drag the eect icon to a bin
To change the Interface
Correct answer: 1. File>Settings>User>Interface
2. Windows>settings
Short cut for trim mode
