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| Alpha channel | An image channel in addition to the R, G, and B color channels that is used to store transparency information for compositing. |
| Anchor point | The point that is used to center changes to a clip’s geometry when using motion effects. |
| A-roll edit | An edit of clips that contain audio data from the base track or a narration. |
| Audio clip | A media clip containing audio tracks. |
| Audio meter | A meter that lets you monitor audio output levels from your computer. |
| Audio track | A track in the Timeline into which you can edit audio clip items. |
| Batch capture | A process in which previously logged clips’ media is captured from a VTR or camcorder to your hard disk. |
| Bin | A container (or folder) inside of the Browser that can contain clips, sequences, transitions, effects, and generators. |
| Browser | The central storage area in Final Cut Pro, where you organize all of the source material used in your project. |
| Canvas | In Final Cut Pro, this window is the equivalent of a record monitor in a tape-to-tape editing system. |
| Capture | To move NTSC or PAL video or audio from tape to a digital format for use by Final Cut Pro. |
| Clipping | Distortion occurring during the playback or recording of digital audio because of a signal that exceeds the maximum sample value of 0 dBFS. |
| Color correction | A process in which the color of clips used in an edited program is evened out so that all shots in a given scene match. |
| Crop | To mask a specified amount from the total frame size of an image. |
| Cut | An edit in which one clip immediately follows another, with no transition effect. This is the simplest type of edit. |
| Duration | The length of time between a clip’s In and Out points. |
| Filters | Effects you can apply to video or audio clip items. |
| Handles | Extra footage beyond a clip’s In and Out points. |
| Importing | The process of bringing files of various types into a project in Final Cut Pro. |
| In point | The edit point that specifies the first frame of a clip to be edited into a sequence. |
| Insert edit | An edit in which a clip item is added to a track in the Timeline at a specified point, moving clips (or parts of clips) after that point to the right. |
| Jog | To move forward or backward through video or audio one frame at a time. |
| Keyframe | A special-purpose control that denotes a change in value in a filter or motion parameter. |
| Link | To connect video and audio clip items in the Timeline so that when one item is selected, moved, or trimmed, all other items linked to it are affected. |
| Logging | The process of entering detailed information about the clips that you want to use from your source tapes, in preparation for capturing them from videotape. |
| Markers | Points of reference in clips and sequences. |
| Media | A generic term for elements such as movies, sounds, and pictures. |
| Motion path | Lines displayed in the Canvas showing the direction a clip will travel based on positional keyframes applied to the clip. |
