Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.1.2) - Manual (Page 482)

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cutaway shot A shot that is related to the current subject and occurs in the same time frame
(for example, an interviewer’s reaction to what is being said in an interview). Often, a cutaway
shot is used to eliminate an unwanted visual section of another shot. The audio usually remains
continuous during the cutaway, helping to make the edit less noticeable.
Dashboard The Dashboard appears in the center of the toolbar and provides a timecode display
as well as icons showing audio levels and the status of background tasks.
data rate The speed at which data can be transferred, often described in megabytes per second
(MB/sec.) or megabits per second (Mbps). The higher a video file’s data rate, the higher quality it
is, but the more system resources (processor speed, hard disk space, and performance) it requires.
Some codecs allow you to specify a maximum data rate for a movie during capture.
decibel (dB) Unit of measurement for sound levels; a logarithmic scale used to describe the
loudness of sound as perceived by the human ear. (1 dB corresponds to approximately the
smallest volume change that the average human ear can perceive.) For digital audio, dBFS is the
standard decibel unit of sound level measurement.
destination A set of preconfigured export settings that you can use to share a project or clip
from Final Cut Pro. Destinations make it easy to export your movie for viewing on Apple devices
such as iPad and iPhone, publish your movie to websites such as YouTube or Facebook, or burn
your movie to a disc. Final Cut Pro comes with a variety of destinations, and you can also modify
destinations and create new destinations. You add and modify destinations in the Destinations
pane of Final Cut Pro preferences.
Disk Utility Disk Utility is an Apple application that performs disk-related tasks in OS X. It’s
located in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder.
downmixing The process used to combine multiple audio channels into a single stereo (or dual
mono) pair. Also referred to as mixing down.
downstream Refers to clips to the right of the current clip in the Timeline. When you perform
actions that ripple the project, downstream clips are affected; upstream clips are not.
drop frame timecode NTSC timecode that skips ahead in time by two frame numbers each
minute, except every tenth minute, so that the timecode agrees with the actual elapsed clock
time. (Timecode numbers are skipped, but actual video frames are not skipped.) This skipping
corrects for NTSC’s actual frame rate of 29.97 fps, which causes non-drop frame timecode to lag
behind actual elapsed time by 3 seconds and 18 frames per hour. To avoid confusion, drop frame
timecode should be avoided in film-based productions. See also non-drop frame timecode.
drop shadow An effect that creates an artificial shadow behind an image. Typically used with
graphics and text.
DV A standard-definition (SD) digital videotape recorder format that records an 8-bit, 5:1
compressed component video signal with 4:1:1 color sampling (PAL uses 4:2:0). Supports two
tracks of audio with 16-bit, 48 kHz audio sampling, or four tracks of audio with 12-bit, 32 kHz
audio sampling.
DVCAM A standard-definition (SD) digital videotape recorder format that records an 8-bit, 5:1
compressed component video signal with 4:1:1 color sampling (PAL uses 4:2:0). Supports two
tracks of audio with 16-bit, 48 kHz audio sampling, or four tracks of audio with 12-bit, 32 kHz
audio sampling.
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