Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual
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broadcast Refers to signals intended for delivery on television, as well as network delivery
to a wide audience. Broadcasters may have strict guidelines for the signal quality of
programs for broadcast. Broadcast quality is a phrase often used when referring to these
guidelines.
broadcast legal Broadcast facilities have limits on the maximum values of luma and
chroma that are allowable for broadcast. If a video exceeds these limits, distortion can
appear, resulting in unacceptable transmission quality. You can use the Final Cut Pro
video scopes and range-checking options to make sure that the luma and chroma levels
you set stay legal.
B-roll A term used to describe alternate footage shot to intercut with the primary shots
used in a program. B-roll is frequently used for cutaway shots.
Browser The central storage area in Final Cut Pro, where you organize all of the source
material used in your project. The Browser lists all elements—video and audio clips,
graphics clips, and sequences—in a project. Each project is represented by a tab that
contains that project’s file. You can further organize your media clips within a project
using bins, which are similar to folders.
BWF (Broadcast Wave Format) An extension of the WAVE file format that includes
additional metadata such as timecode and production information.
calibrate To adjust a feature for accuracy.
Canvas In Final Cut Pro, the Canvas is the equivalent of a record monitor in a tape-to-tape
editing system. It works with the Timeline, displaying the frame at the position of the
playhead in the Timeline and showing what your edited sequence looks like when it is
played. Changes you make to a sequence in the Timeline are seen when you play back
that sequence in the Canvas. If you modify clips in the Canvas, the changes are stored
with the clips in the Timeline. You can also use the Canvas to perform edits.
capturing The process of moving NTSC or PAL video or audio from tape to a digital
format for use by Final Cut Pro. An older term for capturing is digitizing. Captured video
clips appear on the specified scratch disk as a series of QuickTime movie files. See also
.
center point Defines a clip’s location in the x and y coordinate space in the Motion tab
of the Canvas.
CG Abbreviation for Character Generator. A specialized hardware device used for creating
titles.
channel 1 Typically the left audio channel in a stereo recording.
channel 2 Typically the right audio channel in a stereo recording.
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