Apple Final Cut Express 4 User Manual
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Index
1133
Mask Shape filter 678, 858
Master Clip property 946
master clips 68, 678
affiliate clips and 947
copied clips and 575
creating 945, 949–950
creating from pasted sequences 301
described 294
duplicating 946
editing 945
identifying 946
independent clips and 950
locating 947
properties 297
sequence clips and 588–590
Source property 946
subclips and 277, 280
master shots 701
Match Color indicator 715
match cuts (matching on action) 502
Match Frame button 87
match frame operations
opening media files 589
replace edits 375
sequence clips 589, 590
match frames 87, 100
Match Hue controls 714
Match Hue eyedropper 715
matching criteria for searches 257
Match option 256
Match pop-up menu 257
Matrix Wipe transition 552
Matte Choker filter 842, 854
Matte generator 862
mattes 854–857
alpha channels and 839, 854
described 837
Garbage Matte filters 854
Matte Choker filter 854
media
file-based 219
importing 205–214
organizing 245–252
playing at varying speeds 107–108
Media End points. See Media Start and Media End
points
media files
clips and 47–49
connections to clips 958
described 39
dragging to Timeline 208
file formats vs. codecs 1004
filenames 49
finding files for clips 254, 296
importing into Final Cut Express 205–209
locations 47
offline 958
organizing 209
reconnecting 959–965
reconnecting clips to 294
reconnecting to clips 48
search folder settings 980
for sequence clips 589
shooting ratio 156
source tapes 48
subclips and 279
“Media limit” message 521
media management
independent sequence clips and 590
“Media Offline” message 959
Media Start and Media End points 282, 319
Media Start and Media End properties 297
memory
allocated to Final Cut Express 1111
Undo levels and 971
voiceover requirements 641
Memory & Cache tab 981–982
menus on DVDs 1041
messages. See alert messages
metadata 192, 283
microphones 474, 638
midrange frequencies (sound) 655
Mids slider 713, 716
mini-DV camcorders 212
missing files
Mixdown command 897, 908, 909
mixed-format sequences
described 919
working with 922–928
mixer automation
mixing audio 33
M-JPEG codecs 1008, 1043, 1081
M-JPEG format 156
monitors
16:9 button 1096
4:3 monitors 1103
audio 597–599, 601
Digital Cinema Desktop Preview feature 167–169
levels 598
problems with 1106, 1109
real-time effects and 892
refresh rates and 1107
resolution 140
standard definition (SD) 798
mono audio