Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started - Manual (Page 141)

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Importing Stills
In addition to capturing video and audio clips from tape, you can import a variety of
digital video and audio file types into your Final Cut Express HD projects. Imported files
appear as clips in the Browser and, like video and audio clips, are references to the
corresponding source files on your computer’s hard disk.
Because Final Cut Express HD supports many file formats, you typically won’t have to
save media files in a different format before importing them into Final Cut Express HD.
Also, you don’t have to make backup copies of your original media files since
Final Cut Express HD is a nondestructive editing application.
You can import the following file formats into Final Cut Express HD projects and
sequences:
• BMP
• FlashPix
• GIF
• JPEG/JFIF
• MacPaint (PNTG)
• Photoshop (PSD)
• PICS
• PICT
• PNG
• QuickTime Image File (QTIF)
• SGI
• TARGA (TGA)
• TIFF
When you import a still image, it becomes a clip that’s approximately two minutes of
identical video frames, with a default duration of ten seconds between the In and
Out points.