Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1964)

destination track The track a particular source item is edited into in the Timeline, as
defined by the Source and Destination controls in the Timeline patch panel.
destination track controls Source and Destination controls in Timeline tracks that allow
you to specify which tracks source clip items are edited into in the Timeline.
device control Technology that allows Final Cut Pro to control an external hardware
device, such as a video deck or camera. Three protocols are used most frequently to
control video devices: serial device control via the RS-422 and RS-232 protocols, and
FireWire for DV camcorders and decks.
dialogue The recorded audio of one or more people speaking in a video clip. The
designated dialogue track in an editing project is likely to include most of the location
audio that was captured along with the video.
digital A description of data that is stored or transmitted as a sequence of 1s and 0s.
Most commonly, refers to binary data represented using electronic or electromagnetic
signals. QuickTime movie files are digital. See also
analog .
Digital-8 A standard definition consumer digital video format that records a DV video
signal onto Hi-8-style tapes.
Digital Betacam A standard definition digital videotape recorder format with
approximately 2:1 video data compression and 4:2:2 color sampling. Supports four tracks
of audio with 20-bit, 48 kHz audio sampling.
digital full scale The full audio signal range that can be recorded digitally without
distortion.
Digital-S See D9 .
digital video Video that can be captured, manipulated, and stored using a digital format,
such as QuickTime. A digital video camcorder, for example, is a video camera that records
images digitally on a medium such as tape. Because the signal is digital, it can be easily
transferred to your computer.
digitize To convert an analog video signal to a digital video format. A method of capturing
video. See also
capturing .
disabled track A track that has been disabled using the Track Visibility control. Disabled
tracks are not output to tape or rendered into a QuickTime file for output.
disclosure triangle A small triangle you click to show or hide details in the interface.
distort To change the shape of a clip by moving a corner point independently of the
other corner points. Also, to squeeze a clip horizontally or vertically to change the ratio
of its width to its height (the aspect ratio).
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