Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual
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batch list A tab-delimited text file that contains information about offline clips that you
want to capture and use in your project. Batch lists can be exported from or imported
into your Final Cut Pro project file. After you import a batch capture list into Final Cut Pro,
your project contains a series of offline clips, one for each entry in the batch capture list.
You then need to recapture or reconnect the clips to their media.
batch recapture A process in which you recapture, at a higher resolution, the parts of
logged clips that you actually use in your sequences. Batch recapturing helps to conserve
disk space.
Betacam SP A high-end, standard definition component analog video format that supports
four tracks of analog audio.
Betacam SX A standard definition, 8-bit digital videotape recorder format with 4:2:2 color
sampling and 10:1 video compression using MPEG-2 compression. Supports four tracks
of audio with 16-bit, 48 kHz audio sampling.
Bezier curve In its simplest form, a line defined by two end points and two associated
control points, or “handles.” Pulling the control points adjusts the line into a curve. Named
after Pierre Bezier, who discovered the mathematical formula for these curves. In
Final Cut Pro, Bezier curves are used to adjust keyframed effects and to create curves in
motion paths.
Bezier handles Controls that let you modify the curve of a line segment between a handle
and the next point on either side of it. The farther a handle is dragged from its vertex
point, the more it bends or curves the line segment. Used for smoothing keyframes.
bin A container (or folder) inside the Browser that can contain clips, sequences, transitions,
effects, and generators. You use bins to organize these elements, sort them, add comments,
rename items, and so on.
black level An analog video signal’s voltage level for the color black, represented by IRE
units. Absolute black, or setup, is represented by 7.5 IRE for NTSC in the United States
and 0 IRE for NTSC in Japan and for PAL.
blue or green screening A special effects technique that allows you to derive an alpha
channel or matte from the blue or green background of a video clip in order to make it
transparent for purposes of compositing against other clips. Blue-screen technology is
what makes weather forecasters appear to be standing against an animated map, when
in reality they’re standing in front of a blue wall. Also known as chroma keying. See also
boosting The act of raising an audio level.
boundary Refers to either the In or Out point of a clip in the Timeline.
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