Final Cut Pro X - Training and Certification - Apple

Final Cut Pro X Level One and Associate-Level Exam Preparation Guide
• Add a lower third
• Display the title safe and action safe zones
• Make changes in the Inspector
• Reposition titles in the Viewer
• Add bumpers and credits
• Import still images to bumper/opens
• Work with generators
• Understand Gap Clips vs. Placeholders
• Explore title themes
Please note that the Associate Level Exam does not include any questions
on the keyboard shortcuts used in this lesson.
Lesson Nine review questions
After completing Lesson Nine, you should be able to answer the following
questions.
1. How do you open the Titles Browser?
2. How do you insert a title between two clips in the Timeline?
3. How would you superimpose a lower third title over a
Timeline clip in the primary storyline?
4. How do you change the text in a title in your Timeline?
5. How do you display the title safe and action safe zones?
6. How do you adjust the color of a title?
7. How would you reposition a title in the Viewer?
8. What is an easy way to find a specific title in the Timeline?
9. How can you find and replace specific text in a title, for
example in a long credit roll?
10. What happens when you double-click a generator in the
Generators Browser?
11. Why would you use a Placeholder generator instead of a gap
clip?
12. How do you assign an image to a drop zone in a theme?
Answers
1. In the toolbar in the upper-right corner of the Timeline, click
the Titles Browser button.
2. Drag a title from the Titles Browser to the edit point between
the clips. Alternatively, you can insert a title by positioning the
playhead where you want to insert the title, selecting the title
in the Browser, and pressing W.
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