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Real-time effects and the render status bar – Apple Final Cut Express 4 User Manual

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Part II

Learning About the Final Cut Express Interface

 Stereo pair indicators (within clip items): Two pairs of triangles indicate that two audio

clip items are linked as a stereo pair. If you select an audio clip item that is part of a
stereo pair, the other clip item in the pair is also selected. This is useful when you are
working with stereo audio clips such as music or sound effects. For more
information, see Chapter 32, “

Audio Editing Basics

,” on page 455.

Real-Time Effects and the Render Status Bar

 RT pop-up menu: Allows you to adjust the playback quality of real-time effects in

Final Cut Express. Using the options in this menu, you can decide which is more
important to you—visual playback quality, or maximizing the available effects that
can be played back in real time. For more information on the options in the
Real-Time Effects pop-up menu, see Chapter 56, “

Using RT Extreme

,” on page 881.

Speed change is shown
as a percentage.

Stereo pair indicator

RT pop-up menu