ADOBE - PREMIERE: CERTIFICATION EXAM REVIEW
NOTE: Unfortunately a legal version of Premiere is not available for free but can be purchased for as little as $19.99/mo for only the months you need it here. Also, there is a program called OpenShot that is available for free and is in many ways similar to Premiere; you can download OpenShot here.
40 QUESTIONS
50 MINUTES
PASS = 700/1000
TOPICS COVERED:
Listed by question
- Editing Title text
- Types of moving Titles (Static, Crawl, Lower Third, Upper Third, Roll, Side Bar, etc)
- Understanding Premiere panels (Program Monitor, Source Monitor, Timeline, Sequence, etc)
- Exporting portions of a sequence
- Working with intellectual property rights
- Describing storyboards
- Defining D-roll footage
- Importing media to the project and timeline
- Importing psd files with layers
- Exporting all or part of a sequence (Sequence In/Out, Entire Sequence, Work Area, Custom)
- Exporting part of a sequence
- Adjusting Premiere’s preferences
- Creating a project and setting up a sequence
- Types of Titles (Static, Crawl, Lower Third, Upper Third, Roll, Side Bar, etc)
- Creating new sequences
- Defining audio terms (Ambient Sound, Sound Effects, Voice-Over, Dialogue)
- Using Source Monitor to set In Points and Out Points
- Using the Source Monitor to transfer only a portion of the original clip to the timeline
- Adjusting how you view material in the Project Pane (List View, Icon View)
- Defining the Program Monitor tools (Step Back, Step Forward, Extract, Go to, Lift, etc)
- Using the Crossfade tool to fade in and fade out audio clips
- Understanding what tools do (Selection Tool, Rolling Edit Tool, Track Select Forward Tool, Slip Tool)
- Working with clients; what to ask and how to respond
- Understanding the postproduction process (Rough Cut, Final Cut, etc)
- Understanding the use of design concepts (extreme long shot, close up, etc)
- Inserting video clips without their audio component
- Applying video effects to clips (black and white)
- Understanding the characteristics of the Program Monitor
- Understanding image file types (bmp, png, jpg, tif)
- Trimming clips using the razor tool
- Adjusting the volume of audio clips
- Using Chroma Key to remove/replace backgrounds
- Defining the Source Monitor tools (Insert, Overwrite, Mark In, Mark Out)
- Types of Workspaces available in the Window Menu
- Exporting sequences in different formats and qualities
- Applying effects to groups of clips in one step (Linking and Grouping clips)
- Understanding file organization (where and how files are saved) in Premiere
- Applying Cross Dissolve video transitions
- Adjusting and saving Workspaces
- Planning shots to use Chroma Key