Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1943)

460 Glossary
jog To move forward or backward through video or audio one frame at a time.
jog control A control at the bottom of the Viewer, Canvas, and Log and Capture
window that allows you to move forward or backward through audio or video as slowly
as one frame at a time. Useful for carefully locating a specific frame.
JPEG A popular image file format that lets you create highly compressed graphics files.
The amount of compression used can be varied. Less compression results in a higher
quality image.
jump cut A cut in which an abrupt visual change occurs between two shots, with no
continuity from one to the other.
keyframe A special-purpose control that denotes a change in value in a filter or
motion parameter. When two keyframes with different values are set in Final Cut Pro, a
transition from one value to another is calculated, resulting in a dynamic change to
that parameter. For example, two center point keyframes with different values will
result in animated motion for that clip.
keying A technique used to eliminate specific background areas of video in order to
isolate and composite specific foreground elements against a different background.
See also blue or green screening and luma key.
keyframe graph Located in the Control and Filters tabs of the Viewer, displays all
keyframes and parameter values of a clip’s motion and filter attributes.
labels Terms such as “Best Take” and “Interview” that appear in the Label column of the
Browser. You can assign labels to clips and media to help distinguish and sort them.
Each label has an associated color that is also applied to clips.
layout Refers to the size and location of windows in Final Cut Pro. Final Cut Pro comes
with a selection of predefined layouts, and you can create and save custom layouts.
Choose a layout that maximizes your screen space in the best way for your source
material, editing focus, screen resolution, and monitor type.
L-cut See split edit.
lift edit An edit in which one or more items is deleted and a gap appears where the
deleted items existed. Does not affect other clips in the sequence.
linear editing A video editing style in which a program is edited together by copying
shots from the original source tapes to a master tape, one by one. Because the
assembly is linear, any changes in duration made to an earlier point of the tape require
reassembling the movie from that point forward. Compare with nonlinear editing.
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.