What are the shortcuts for setting In and Out points in the Timeline?
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What is the shortcut for marking the duration of a clip in the Timeline?
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What does the Auto Select control in the Timeline track area determine?
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What track priority do the Auto Select controls follow?
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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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What happens to the marked area of the Timeline when you press Shift-Delete or the Forward Delete key?
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On what menu do the Lift and Ripple Delete functions appear?
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When the playhead moves through a gap in the Timeline, what do you see in the Canvas?
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What mark is necessary in the Viewer when backtiming a source clip into a marked area in the Timeline?
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Name two ways to change the volume of a clip.
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What are three ways to access the Import Files command?
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How do you link a video clip to a separate audio clip?
Answers
A1:
Press I to set an In point and O to set an Out point.
A2:
You can press X to mark the duration of a clip in the Timeline.
A3:
If the Auto Select control is toggled on for a track, the clips between the edit points on that track will be highlighted and will be included in the selection.
A4:
They follow the priority of V1 through V99, and then A1 through A99.
A5:
Pressing Delete alone leaves a gap where the material was edited. This type of delete is referred to as a lift.
A6:
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.
A7:
The Lift and Ripple Delete functions appear on the Sequence menu.
A8:
When you play through gaps between clips in the Timeline, they look like black clips.
A9:
The Out point of a source clip in the Viewer is neccessary to backtime it into the Timeline edit points.
A10:
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.
A11:
You can import a clip by choosing File > Import > Files, pressing Cmd-I, or Ctrl-clicking in the Browser and choosing Import > Files from the shortcut menu. Importing a folder does not have a keyboard shortcut.
A12:
You select the clips in the Timeline and choose Modify > Link, or press Cmd-L.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Delete
Lifts an item or section from the Timeline and leaves a gap
Shift-Delete (or Forward Delete)
Removes an item or section from the Timeline and ripples the following edits up the duration of the gap
X
Marks the full length of a clip
Cmd-L
Links together the audio and video tracks of clips in the Timeline
