Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 17)

16 Part I An Introduction to Final Cut Pro
Step 4: Postproduction
Postproduction is where you organize and assemble your production footage, putting
scenes in proper order, selecting the best takes, and eliminating unnecessary elements.
Production sound is synchronized (with the picture), edited, sometimes rerecorded,
and mixed. Music is composed and added. Footage is color-corrected and special
effects are created. The final movie is output to tape, film, or some other high-quality
media format.
Step 5: Distribution
Distribution is when you release a movie for viewing. This may involve theater
screenings, video and DVD releases, festival submissions, or web delivery.
The Postproduction Workflow
The postproduction phase begins with the raw source footage and ends with a
completed movie, ready for making distribution copies. As technology evolves,
postproduction continues to proliferate into an increasing variety of jobs and tasks.
Where there was once a single editor who was responsible for the majority of the
postproduction process, there may now be a whole special effects team, an audio
department, a colorist (responsible for color correction), and a number of assistant editors
keeping track of all the footage. Final Cut Pro is at the heart of the postproduction
pipeline, allowing you to organize and assemble media from multiple sources into a
finished product.