Real-time effects and the render status bar – Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual

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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

“Audio Editing Basics.”

Speed change is shown
as a percentage.

Stereo pair indicator

Real-Time Effects and the Render Status Bar

Following are the Timeline’s real-time and render items.

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

Final Cut Pro. 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

“Using RT Extreme.”

RT pop-up menu

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Timeline Basics

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