Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 1131)

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match-on-action 1091
Match option 230
Match pop-up menu 230
Matrix Wipe transition 522
Matte Choker filter 680, 683, 810, 811, 822
Matte generator 850
mattes 822–824, 1091
alpha channels and 807, 822
described 805
filters 682–683
Garbage Matte filters 822
Matte Choker filter 822
media
described 1091
importing 199–206
organizing 219–226
playing at varying speeds 105–106
source media 1099
Media End points. See Media Start and Media End
points
media files
clips and 47–49
compared to clips 901
connections to clips 934
described 39
dragging to Timeline 202
file formats vs. codecs 982
filenames 49
finding files for clips 268
found during batch capture 191
importing into Final Cut Express 199–203
locations 47
master clips and 921
media management and 921
names 902
offline 934
opening 925
organizing 203
properties 931
QuickTime media files 911
reconnecting 935–942
reconnecting clips to 266
reconnecting to clips 48
search folder settings 953
for sequence clips 555
shooting ratio 154
source tapes 48
subclips and 253
“Media limit” message 491
media management
critical techniques 901
described 899–900
independent clips and 926
independent sequence clips and 556
master and affiliate clips 921
reasons for using 900
steps 901–902
strategies 902
“Media Offline” message 934
Media Start and Media End points 255, 289
memory
allocated to Final Cut Express 1074, 1075
described 1094
maximizing real-time playback 870
Undo levels and 946
voiceover requirements 627
Memory & Cache tab 955–956
menus on DVDs 971
merged clips
described 47, 1091
as master clips 923, 929
sync relationships and 397, 404
messages
“Break in the Timecode” 1073
“Media Offline” 934
“Servo Can’t Lock” 1073
“Video card not supported for RT Effects” 1070
messages. See alert messages
metadata 257
microphones 444, 574, 624, 655
midrange frequencies (sound) 581, 641
mids 1091
Mids slider 840, 842
midtones 1091
mini-DV camcorders 205
mini-DV cassettes 1091
Mirror filter 684
missing files
compared to offline 935
ignoring 943
Mixdown command 876, 887, 889
mixing audio 33
mixing audio.
See audio mixing
mixing down. See downmixes
mixing process 1091
M-JPEG codec 986
M-JPEG format 153
monitors
16:9 button 1060
4:3 monitors 1067
audio 565, 569, 570, 576–578
Digital Cinema Desktop feature 163–165
external 966
levels 577
problems with 1070, 1073
real-time effects and 870
record monitors 1095
refresh rates and 1071
resolution 138
source monitors 1099