Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1513)

About Icons and Project Elements in the Browser
Icons appear next to the name of each project element in the Browser. The following
table explains what kind of Final Cut Pro project elements each icon represents.
Description Name Icon
A clip represents a media file. A clip is created
when a media file is captured or imported into
Final Cut Pro. This icon is also used for merged
clips (clips created by merging audio and video
clip items together). Clip
A clip that refers to an audio media file such as an
AIFF, WAVE, or a QuickTime media file that
contains only audio tracks. Audio clip
A clip that contains multiple clips grouped
together as angles. You can switch and cut
between each angle in real time. Multiclip
A clip whose media file cannot be located on disk,
or whose media file has not yet been captured. Offline clip
A kind of clip that refers only to a portion of a
media file instead of the whole thing. Subclips
conveniently create the illusion that your media
file is shorter than it really is, so you can work with
a shorter portion of your media file. You can
remove these artificial media start and end point
limits from your subclip at any time, at which point
the subclip is simply considered a clip again,
because it refers to the entire length of the media
file. Subclip
An object that represents a single frame, or a
duration of time, in a clip (or sequence). Markers
can be used as reminders and notes in your clips
and sequences. For example, you can mark
sections that need color correction, potential edit
points, important moments of action in a scene,
beats of music, and so on. Because markers simply
denote portions of a clip (instead of the whole
clip), they can easily be converted into subclips.
Markers are shown hierarchically within the clip
they belong to. Marker
A clip that refers to a graphic media file on disk,
or to a single frame in a video media file. Still Image or Freeze
Frame
A clip that generates its appearance without a
media file, used for commonly needed movie
elements such as slug (solid black), color mattes,
gradients, and titles. Video generator
A clip connected to a Motion template file that
has custom parameters such as text and clip wells. Template clip
1513 Chapter 89 Elements of a Final Cut Pro Project