Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1519)

36 Part I Media and Project Management
Clip Properties
A clip has many properties, or characteristics, some of which you can customize, and
some of which are automatically inherited from the media file that a clip references.
Some properties may be left blank while others are always defined. Some properties,
such as comments, log notes, and labels, are stored only within the clip object that
resides in your Final Cut Pro project file. Other properties, such as the frame dimensions
and data rate, reside in the media file itself, since they describe characteristics inherent
to the media.
Clips imported from Cinema Tools have additional film properties used for matching
your clips back to original film negatives. These properties can only be modified in the
Cinema Tools database that they refer to. For more information, see the documentation
that came with Cinema Tools.
You can view and modify clip properties in the following locations:
 Browser columns
 Item Properties dialog (choose Edit > Item Properties)
 Modify Timecode dialog (choose Modify > Timecode)
Locked bin The contents of a locked bin cannot be changed. In Final Cut Pro,
the only locked bins are the ones in the Effects tab, which contain
the installed effects. The one exception in the Effects tab is the
Favorites bin, which is not locked so you can store your favorite
effects and transitions there.
Video filter Effects filter that can be applied to a video clip.
Video
transition Transition effect that can be applied between two consecutive clips
in a video track.
Audio filter Effects filter that can be applied to an audio clip.
Audio
transition Transition effect that can be applied between two consecutive clips
in an audio track.
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