Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1959)

476 Glossary
track strips In the Audio Mixer, each audio track in the currently selected sequence is
represented by a track strip, complete with solo and mute buttons, a stereo panning
slider, and a volume fader.
Track Visibility control A control at the very beginning of each track that you click to
enable or disable a track. Disabled tracks don’t play in the Canvas or on an external
monitor, nor will they be rendered or output to tape. When a track is disabled, it
appears darkened in the Timeline, but its contents remain in your sequence and you
can still edit them.
Transition Editor A specialized editor that appears in the Viewer when you double-click
a transition in the Timeline. You can use it to make detailed changes to a transition’s
timing and effects parameters.
transitions Effects that are applied to edit points to smooth out a change from clip to
clip. In Final Cut Pro, you can choose from a variety of video transitions, such as a
dissolves or wipes, or you can add an audio cross fade between audio clips.
trimming (1) Precisely adjusting and defining the In and Out points of a clip. (2)
Modifying an edit point in the Timeline by moving it earlier or later. (3) Fine-tuning an
edited sequence by making small adjustments to many edits.
Trim Edit window A window in Final Cut Pro that displays both sides of an edit point.
For example, if Clip A cuts to Clip B, the Out point of Clip A is shown on the left and the
In point of Clip B is shown on the right. You can use this window to adjust the edit
point between two clips very precisely, frame by frame.
two shot A scene that includes two people in the frame.
underscan To display the entire video frame on a video monitor, so that no part of
the frame is masked. Computers display underscan video. Some broadcast monitors
have a setting that can enable an overscan video signal to display as underscan.
Compare with overscan.
U-Matic A 3/4” analog tape format once popular for broadcast.
variable speed Speed that varies dynamically, in forward or reverse motion, in a
single clip.
VCR Abbreviation for videocassette recorder. Generally refers to consumer equipment
used for recording video from various sources. Sometimes referred to as VTR.
VDU Abbreviation for Video Disk Unit. This is a FireWire disk recorder that uses a hard
disk drive as its recording media. The drive attaches directly to professional quality
DVCAM camcorders through FireWire, and is capable of recording up to 3 hours of
video/audio signals in parallel with tape recording.