Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1977)

pull-down pattern A method of inserting frames and fields into a video stream to output
23.98 or 24 fps video to an NTSC or PAL device. See also
2:2:2:4 pull-down , 2:3:2:3
pull-down , 2:3:3:2 pull-down , 24 @ 25 pull-down , 24 @ 25 repeat .
QuickTime Cross-platform multimedia technology from Apple. Widely used for editing,
compositing, CD-ROM, web video, import and export, and more.
QuickTime Streaming The streaming media addition to the QuickTime architecture. Used
for viewing QuickTime content in real time on the web.
QuickView tab Provides an alternative way of viewing effects in a sequence outside of
the Canvas as you work. It takes advantage of the ability of Final Cut Pro to cache frames
of your sequence as you play it. This is useful for fast previews of complex composites
and effects. It’s also a good way to see how your final composite looks if you are zoomed
in to the Canvas while making adjustments.
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) A method of providing nonlinear editors
with many gigabytes (GB) of high-performance data storage by formatting a group of
hard disks to act in parallel as a single drive volume. There are different ways of creating
a RAID, but for digital video editing the most common is referred to as a Level 0 RAID. The
performance of a group of hard disks striped together as an array is much higher than
that of the individual drives.
RAM (random-access memory) A computer’s memory capacity, measured in gigabytes
(GB), which determines the amount of data the computer can process and temporarily
store at any moment.
range checking Options that turn on zebra striping to immediately warn you of areas of
a clip’s image that may stray outside of the broadcast legal range.
raw data Uncompressed data.
razor blade edit An edit in which a single clip is cut into two clips.
real-time effects Effects that can be applied to clips in an edited sequence and played
back in real time, without requiring rendering first. In Final Cut Pro, the real-time effects
architecture is known as RT Extreme.
recapture To capture a clip’s media file again. Usually done to eliminate unused material
in order to capture only the media files necessary to create your finished program at full
resolution.
record monitor In a linear editing suite, a monitor that displays the edited master tape.
A record monitor corresponds to the Canvas in Final Cut Pro.
redigitize To digitize clips again. Also referred to as recapturing.
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