Lesson Review 269
But don’t despair; you know how much work went into constructing that
perfect edit and you’ve done it in the service of the movie you’re making.
And even if they don’t realize it, your viewers will appreciate the results.
Lesson Review
1. Where can you access videos shot with a still camera or otherwise
imported into iPhoto?
2. Does inserting a clip cover up existing footage?
3. Does a cutaway cover up existing footage?
4. How many ways are there to replace a shot?
5. If you replace a five-second shot with a ten-second shot, how long will the
resulting shot be?
6. How do you open the Clip Trimmer?
7. How do you open the Precision Editor?
8. Can you modify both clips in the Precision Editor at the same time?
9. Can the Precision Editor modify audio or just video?
Answers
1. In the iPhoto Videos section of the Event Library.
2. No. It pushes the old footage out of the way to make room for the new shot.
3. Yes. Cutaways cover the footage under them.
4. There are four: Replace, Replace from Start, Replace from End and Replace
at Playhead.
5. It depends on which kind of replace you choose. A simple replace will
result in the whole ten-second new clip. All the other replace methods
will result in a five-second clip.
6. Select Clip Trimmer from the Action pop-up menu for any clip.
7. Select Precision Editor from the Action pop-up menu on any clip, or
double-click the space between two clips.
8. Yes. Drag the blue ball in the gray edit bar.
9. The Precision Editor can trim both audio and video.