Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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Color Board  The Color Board allows you to manually adjust a clip’s color properties. It contains 
separate panes for adding or subtracting a color tint, controlling the intensity of the color, and 
controlling the brightness of the video. In addition to an overall control, each pane has individual 
controls for the highlight, midtone, and shadow areas of the image.
color cast
  An unwanted color tint in the image, usually caused by lighting issues.
color correction  A process in which the...

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cutaway shot  A shot that is related to the current subject and occurs in the same time frame 
(for example, an interviewer’s reaction to what is being said in an interview). Often, a cutaway 
shot is used to eliminate an unwanted visual section of another shot. The audio usually remains 
continuous during the cutaway, helping to make the edit less noticeable.
Dashboard
  The Dashboard appears in the center of the toolbar and provides a timecode display 
as well as icons showing audio...

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DVCPRO  A standard-definition (SD) digital videotape recorder format that records an 8-bit, 5:1 
compressed component video signal using 4:1:1 color sampling (PAL uses 4:2:0). Supports two 
tracks of audio with 16-bit, 48 kHz audio sampling.
DVCPRO50
  A standard-definition (SD) digital videotape recorder format that records an 8-bit, 
3.3:1 compressed component video signal with 4:2:2 color sampling. Supports four tracks of 
audio with 16-bit, 48 kHz audio sampling.
DVCPRO HD
  A...

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fade  A common type of transition in both video and audio. For video, a fade-out begins with 
a shot at full intensity and reduces until it is gone. A fade-in begins with a shot at no intensity 
and increases to full intensity. These are the common “fade to black” and “fade up (from black)” 
transitions. Audio fade-ins begin with silence and increase to full volume, and fade-outs begin at 
full volume and decrease to silence.
filmstrip
  Your video clips appear as filmstrips in the Timeline...

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Generators Browser  A media browser in Final Cut Pro that provides access to all video 
generators included with Final Cut Pro.
Hand tool  The editing tool that allows you to scroll in the Timeline. You can select the Hand tool 
by pressing the H key.
H.264
  H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 or AVC (Advanced Video Coding) is a video compression standard 
in widespread use for recording, distribution, and Internet streaming of high-definition video.
HDCAM
  A high-definition (HD) digital videotape...

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inspectors  Final Cut Pro provides a number of inspectors you can use to view and change the 
attributes of selected items. For example, you can adjust video effects and apply color corrections 
in the Video inspector. Other inspectors include the Audio, Audio Enhancements, Info, Transition, 
Title, Text, Generator, Library Properties, and Share inspectors. The inspectors appear in the 
Inspector pane in the upper-right corner of the Final Cut Pro main window.
interlaced video  A scanning...

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lower third  A television industry term for a graphic placed in the lower area of the screen, 
usually to convey details about subjects or products. A common use of lower thirds is to identify 
individuals on the screen with their names and job titles.
luma
  A value describing the brightness of a video image. A luma channel is a grayscale image 
showing the range of brightness across the whole clip.
luma key
  An effect used to key out pixels of a certain luma value (or a range of luma...

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MP3  Refers to the MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3 compression standard and file format. Like 
AAC, MP3 uses perceptual audio coding and psychoacoustic compression to remove superfluous 
information that the human ear doesn’t hear.
MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group)
  A group of compression standards for video and audio, 
which includes MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4.
multicam clip  A set of clips grouped together and synchronized by a common sync point. You 
can use multicam clips to edit...

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outgoing clip  The clip a transition segues from. For example, if Clip A dissolves to Clip B, Clip A is 
the outgoing clip. See also incoming clip.
Out point
  See edit point.
overwrite edit
  In an overwrite edit, one or more source clips overwrite any clips in the primary 
storyline or a selected storyline, starting at a range selection start point or at the skimmer or 
playhead position. No clip items are rippled forward, so the duration of your project remains the 
same. Overwriting is...

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QuickTime  Cross-platform multimedia technology from Apple. Widely used for production, post-
production, and distribution of video, audio, and interactive programs.
range
  Instead of selecting whole clips, you can select a range within any clip in the Timeline or 
the Browser. You can trim range selections, mark them with ratings and keywords, and modify 
them in other ways. You can adjust the range start and end points by dragging either side of the 
selection. In the Timeline, you can...