Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1958)

attenuate To lower an audio signal’s level.
audio channel indicator An icon in the Edit to Tape window that indicates which audio
tracks are being output.
audio clip A media clip containing audio tracks.
audio meter A meter that lets you monitor audio output levels from your computer. You
use the audio meters in Final Cut Pro when you capture, mix, and output your program.
Audio Mixer A tab in the Tool Bench window. The Audio Mixer is the primary tool in
Final Cut Pro for mixing multiple channels of a program’s audio in real time.
audio track A track in the Timeline into which you can edit audio clip items.
Audio Units The standard real-time audio filter format for audio applications used with
Mac OS X.
Auto Render A feature that allows Final Cut Pro to render open sequences whenever a
specified number of idle minutes have passed.
average loudness The average audio level in decibels. Determines the apparent volume
of an audio signal to a listener.
averaging meter A meter that displays the average audio level. Unlike peak meters,
which always show the exact level of an audio signal including every peak, averaging
meters have weighted ballistics so that they give a more readily apparent representation
of the average loudness of an audio signal.
AVI (Audio-Video Interleaved) Microsoft’s older standard format for digital video.
axis The pitch, roll, and yaw of a camera shot determines its axis. In an edited sequence,
the axis can be used to determine visual continuity from shot to shot.
back light A light source that comes from behind and above the subject. It outlines the
subject and differentiates it from the background. Also called a rim light.
batch capture A process in which previously logged clips’ media is captured from a VTR
or camcorder to your hard disk. Remote device control is used to automatically cue source
tapes to the timecode location of each clip.
batch compression A process in which multiple clips or sequences are automatically
compressed to new media files, so you don’t have to compress each file individually.
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