General Adobe After Effects MCQs

1. What is the keyboard shorcut for the Zoom tool?

2. What is the keyboard shorcut for type tools?

3. How do you add a video file(s) to an After Effects project?

4. Which window is used to control text properties?

5. Which Keyboard shortcut plays the timeline?

6. What type of object creates a single-color layer for use as a backdrop?

7. What is the shortcut to Precompose?

8. What tool on the icon bar is used to zoom in and out?

9. What is the correct term for additional effects, generally bought from a 3rd party, that are added in to AE?

10. What does the 'Depth of Field' function control within the Camera tool?

11. A movie rendered to a quicktime format will be saved with what file extension?

12. What makes the combination of keys 'Ctrl' + 'D'

13. What is a composition?

14. What is Opacity?

15. What does 'H' and 'S' stand for in the color palette?

16. What results from using Ctrl+A (Command+A)

17. What tool is used to create a mask path?

18. What is the shortcut for copying?

19. What is the shortcut for paste?

20. What is the keyboard shorcut for the hand tool?

21. What term describes transparency?

22. What is a camera layer?

23. What happens to a layer when you turn on its 3d layer switch?

24. What is the keyboard shorcut for select all?

25. What is the keyboard shorcut to exit the program?

26. What is the shortcut key for RAM preview?

27. What do the diamonds on the timeline denote?

28. In AE's default color space , which three colors make up all the color information?

29. To animate any effects or properties I need to use ...

30. What is the keyboard shorcut for duplicate selected layers?

31. What is the keyboard shorcut for open project?

32. What is the keyboard shorcut for undo?

33. Where,s the Glow effect located?

34. What is the shortcut to Duplicate?

35. Which icon button enables 3D properties on a layer?

36. Which of these is an effect used to work on green screen footage?

37. Which key would you hold to select multiple objects at once?

38. What is the opposite of Blur?

39. When trying to control an object with a null point, the object must be:

40. Keyframes are used for what?

41. Which is the easiest way to apply an overall color correction to your composition?

42. What property would you enable on footage to speed up one section of it while slowing down another section.

43. What are the diamond markers on the timeline called?

44. What is the Pen tool used for?

45. What is the keyboard shorcut for RAM preview?

46. The shortcut to select the Type tool is ___________; (this also toggles between the Horizontal and Vertical Type tools.)

47. The 'Output Module Settings' window is present during which process?

48. If I wanted to make size changes to the composition I'm already on I would ...

49. What function does the mouse scroll wheel control?

50. X is to Width as Y is to:

51. What is a 'Mask'?

52. Which of these is a valid way to import a file?

53. Where must the footage be dragged to in order to edit it?

54. Selecting _________ will bring up a dialog to set up the basic working parameters of your blank canvas.

55. The 'Glow' effect is found under which effects subcategory?

56. Which tool is used to connect two layers?

57. To render the audio and video of a portion of your timeline and play it back at normal speed as a test, you would use?

58. What point on a layer is all movement is based around?

59. Which set of buttons are used to begin tracking a track point?

60. The 'Ramp' effect is what under what category?

61. What does 'Ctrl (Cmd) + Shift + C' do?

62. What is an 'Anchor Point'?

63. What does the Orbit Camera tool do?

64. What category of effects would be used to shape, bend or otherwise deform a layer?

65. Color Depth is also known as what?

66. Which keyboard shortcut brings up 'Position'?

67. What is the feature that can be used to get rid of shadows?

68. What does the 'Stabilize Motion' feature do?

69. The quickest way to create a closed mask is to use:

70. What is a 'Null Object'?

71. Planar Tracking is used for:

72. What does the 'Z' axis control?

73. Which of these tools can be used to cast shadows?

74. What cursor tool is used by default to move and change an object?

75. What Tool is used to cutomize contrast?

76. What tool is used to connect a parameter/expression to an effect in order to mirror that expression?

77. What does the 'Bezier Keyframe' do?

78. If you import an asset that is partially transparent upon dropping it into your comp, this layer...

79. After creating a new comp, which two panels will display your comp’s name across the top?

80. When rendering out my projects, what 'view' will After Effects render out?

81. Which tool moves the viewpoint rather than the picture?

82. When automating particles, which two features control the start and end size?

83. What is the size of PAL D1/DV Square pixel

84. How do you add an expression to a layer’s property?

85. Which of these most accurately defines the term 'Animation' in After Effects?

86. What tool would I use to create a path for my text?

87. What shortcut is pressed on the stopwatch next to the parameter in order to create an expression?

88. What is the tool for fine-tuning the edge of a Roto Brush selection?

89. How is a specific property set back to default?

90. To constrain the proportions of an object when scaling it manually, you would hold down...

91. What is the keyboard shorcut for selection tool?

92. What's the easiest and fastest way to add complex animation to a text object?

93. In what order are effects applied to the composition?

94. Which of these icon buttons enables 'Motion Blur'?

95. What is a Normal Map?

96. If more than one layer has an audio track enabled, rendering a preview will ___

97. What is one way to add an effect to a layer?

98. While working with the Light tool, if the shadows are facing the wrong way what feature must be used?

99. What does the Specular Feature do?

100. What type of object acts as an invisible layer and is used to apply effects to everything visible below it?

101. Which camera setting DOES NOT effect the Depth of Field?

102. What tools is used to correct gamma?

103. To import a single file:

104. How is a new composition created?

105. What does Motion Tracking do?

106. Which of these can you enable to help speed up a render?

107. What area sets/shows exact coordinates?

108. Which window contains the video and image files?

109. How is the black created from the blur effect cleared?

110. Which of these tools can be used to move the Anchor Point of a layer?

111. What is the keyboard shortcut for Brush tool?

112. Technically the 3d layer in After Effects does not process ' true 3D' but instead processes as:

113. What do 'Transfer Modes' do?

114. How would you create a new composition with the exact size and length of your footage?

115. When 'Auto-Open Panels' is checked in the Tools Panel and you select the Type Tool, _________ Panels will open automatically.

116. What key entirely disables refresh/rendering temporarily.

117. What icon enables automation and keyframes?

118. What key is pressed to enable an expression once it is written?

119. Does the 'Slider Control' effect create any changes in a piece of footage directly?

120. What shortcut sets the beginning and end of the section to be rendered?

121. What is the standard width in pixels for a new NTSC DV composition?

122. What shortcut is used to show all properties having animation?

123. What is the main purpose of creating a 'proxy footage'?

124. In the composition settings, what is the default frame rate for video?

125. While working with particles, what does velocity control?

126. What happens to the presets which are tied to a parameter when you duplicate it?

127. In a Standard preview (without rendering a RAM preview) After Effects will render each frame as fast as it can – which usually means playing them much _______ than the comp’s frame rate.

128. You can only create a mask by using the pen tool or the rectangle tool?

129. What is the keyboard shorcut for redo?

130. The Unsharp Mask effect will blur the image.

131. Which of these would allow you to change the name of a layer?

132. How can a whole set of keyframes be retimed?

133. What parameter tracks the progress of randomly generated patterns/sequences within an effect? (For example, “fractal noise” or “cell pattern”)

134. What keys do you press to just listen to the audio track in an After Effects composition?

135. What will occur when higher ray-tracing quality values are used in rendering?

136. Which tool allows the anchor point to be moved?

137. To optimize contrast across every frame of a scene automatically, what effect would you use?

138. What two keys set the first and last frame of your render region?

139. What happens when you turn a layer into a Guide Layer?

140. On what programming language is the After Effects expression language based?

141. Audio levels for a layer can be adjusted and automated within a range of:

142. What color do the parameters turn when an expression is enabled?

143. Which option restores a selected effect or parameter to default?

144. Which transfer mode is likely to darken the overall composition the most?

145. Which of the following is not a Transfer Mode available in After Effects?

146. How can you view a panel in full-screen?

147. What are the two larger boxes in the character window?

148. TRUE OR FALSE - After Effects automatically separates fields for D1 and DV video footage items. You can manually separate fields for all other types of video footage in the Interpret Footage dialog box

149. Which of these will replace a piece of footage from the timeline with a new one? (Retaining all properties/characteristics/keyframes/effects)

150. What is the shortcut of audio level?

151. What happens when you copy a path from Illustrator and paste it onto a composition in After Effects?

152. Skip Existing Frames is an option available ONLY when:

153. Which shortcut would you use to create a New Project?

154. What is the shortcut of mask feather?

155. Which is not an option for Spatial Interpolation?

156. What is the keyboard shorcut for new project?

157. Where would you find the option to alter the 'Samples Per Frame' with regards to motion blur?

158. What is the keyboard shorcut to move the selected layers down?

159. To create a Halo light effect on a surface, what feature might you adjust?

160. What is the keyboard shorcut for move selected layers up?

161. What is the keyboard shorcut for puppet tool?

162. Which window displays all the properties of the composition's final product?

163. What is the shortcut to make an object 'Fit to Comp Size'?

164. A 2D Layer’s Rotation translates to which property of a 3D Layer?

165. What happens if you hold down the Shift key and then go to the General preferences panel?

166. What is the maximum composition size?

167. To make the “Fractal Noise” effect continue to shift its look, what parameter would you automate?

168. What does the '=' sign in the expression feature represent?

169. How would you adjust the frame rate of a specific video file?

170. What is the standard frame rate for a motion picture?

171. Exponential Fade works on

172. What is the keyboard shorcut for the Pan Behind Tool?

173. What does the 'Split Layer' command do?

174. How can the Bits Per Channel be changed?

175. If a footage item uses nonsquare pixels:

176. What values do X and Y represent in this expression: wiggle(X,Y)

177. How can you create a marker in the timeline?

178. What is the hotkey to give you the Pen Tool?

179. Which keyboard shortcut brings up the Title Safe box?

180. The Camera Tool is defaulted at what mm?

181. If something is a Guide Layer, what does that mean?

182. This command is similar to the existing Copy With Property Links command, except that it creates expressions that do not reference the source composition by name.

183. What is the difference between the resolution options in found in the time control window and those in the composition window?

184. Which of these can you not create from the Layer dropdown?

185. Which one of these is a keying tool?

186. What is the default composition preset?

187. Which of the following is NOT one of the Expression Controls you can apply to layer?

188. Which of these tools is used to move objects while maintaining their relative scale?

189. What is the keyboard Shortcut for 'Add to Render Queue'?

190. What is the cumulative opacity of a any 2 layers with 50% opacity each ?

191. What is the keyboard shortcut for the rotation tool?

192. What category of effects will add content onto footage without changing the source footage at all?

193. By default, what does shift+0 do ?

194. Adobe After Effects CC can import and manipulate 3D models (3D objects) in several popular formats.

195. What happens if you highlight a keyframe and press Ctrl+Shift+F9 ?

196. Which is a Supported import formats

197. Which of the following is not a mask option?

198. What is the shortcut of Erase in Adobe After Effects?

199. Which hotkey adds a grid to comp window?

200. How can you quickly zoom to a specific section of the timeline in the composition window?

201. What is the limit for a composition duration?

202. What is the keyboard shorcut for the shape tool?

203. What do the numbers in the expression wiggle (12,25) mean?

204. what is the shortcut to render

205. What is the shortcut for Material Options?

206. Which is the shortcut to pre-composite a layer?

207. The positions of effect points are based on the coordinate system of the layer and not on the coordinate system of the composition.

208. Which Transform option should be chosen to rotate a layer along a motion path?

209. Which among the following is not a mask mode?

210. At least _________ layers should be selected in order to distribute layers.

211. Which among the following is not a render effect?

212. What would happen, if the feather width is set to 25, using the mask feather property?

213. Which audio effects repeats the sound in audio footage after a specified amount of time?

214. Why is the film strip format used?

215. Which layer property has the preserve frame aspect ratio feature?

216. Open path cannot create transparent area for a layer.

217. What is the maximum composition resolution supported by After Effects?

218. How can the result in Figure B be achieved from the given in Figure A in the diagram?

219. Still Image layer cannot be time stretched.

220. When a color value is keyed out, all pixels that have similar color become transparent. What is this technique called?

221. Trimming a still image layer simply changes the length of time the image displays in the composition, without affecting the displayed portion of the image.

222. What would be the outcome if drop shadow effect is applied in photoshop layer and then files are imported into After Effects?

223. Which effect is used to adjust an image's position in an imaginary 3D space, add depth or create an adjustable z-axis?

224. ____________ are used primarily to create and control animation in After Effects.

225. Which of the following layers will be used for applying an effect to many layers at once?

226. What is the standard sampling rate for compact disc audio?

227. What settings should be made in the path text to shift the text as in Figure A to that as in Figure B, in the given diagram?

228. What render settings should be used if only the part of the composition should be rendered?

229. What is speeding up or slowing down a layer in After Effects called?

230. Which options renders one ninth of the pixels contained in the full resolution image in the composition setting dialog box?

231. What tracks the specified range of bumpy movement and then adjusts the layer anchor point or rotation?

232. Which of the following is not a shape type for Path text?

233. Which of the following command is not true?

234. Which among the following is not the method to create a mask in After Effects?

235. Which channel contains the transparency information?

236. Which among the following is a visual effect and not an audio effect and must be applied to a video layer?

237. A mask cannot be locked.

238. What would be used to add color to a background or create simple graphic images using mask and layer properties?

239. What should be done to refresh a window or to remove red border around the composition window as shown in the given diagram?

240. What quality option should be used if rendering should be done at reduced resolution?

241. Which of the following text types will be used in order to animate the text along the perimeter of the circle?

242. What does the term 'nesting' mean in After Effects?

243. For which file format does After Effects automatically convert empty area in to an alpha channel?

244. Which mask is previewed and rendered faster than any other kind of drawn mask?

245. The lock layer can be moved by alignment or distribution option.

246. What is the maximum number of masks that can be applied to a single layer in an After Effects 7.0 composition?

247. What does select label group mean?

248. Which among the following is not a type of mask and cannot be drawn?

249. Which effect cannot be applied to a mask shape?

250. Which masking mode is used in the given diagram?

251. Which effect has been applied on Figure B from the given as in Figure A in the diagram?

252. What would happen if the capture speed is set to 50% of motion sketch as in the given diagram?

253. In the given diagram, which part is being denoted by A?

254. Which type of mask is shown in the given image?(Based on Adobe After Effects 7.0)