Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 1097)

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scene A series of shots that take place at the same time in the same location. A series
of scenes make up a program.
scratch disk The disk or disk space you allocate in Final Cut Express HD for digital
video capture and editing, as well as for the storage of a project’s render files.
script A set of instructions that performs a specific function, similar to programming.
FXScript allows you to create custom scripts for use in Final Cut Express HD. You can
use FXscript to create custom filters, transitions, and generators.
scrub To move through a clip or sequence with the aid of the playhead. Scrubbing is
used to find a particular point or frame.
scrubber bar The bar at the bottom of the Viewer and the Canvas. You can speed up
or slow down playback in forward or reverse by moving the playhead along the
scrubber bar.
Scrub Video tool A tool used to change the thumbnail of a clip displayed when the
Browser is in icon view.
SECAM (Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire) The French television standard for
playback. Similar to PAL, the playback rate is 25 fps and the frame size is 720 x 576.
sequence An arranged series of video, audio, and graphics clips, edit information, and
effects edited together to create a program. A sequence can contain your entire edited
program or be limited to a single scene. Sequences can also be edited into other
sequences, referred to as nested sequences.
sequence clip A clip that has been edited into a sequence. A sequence clip is typically
an affiliate clip whose master clip is located in the Browser. Compare to master clip.
Selection tool In Final Cut Express HD, the default arrow-shaped pointer, which allows
you to select items in the interface. For example, you use it to select a clip or edit point.
You can choose the Selection tool by pressing the A key.
SGI An uncompressed image file format popular on the IRIX operating system on SGI
workstations. Stores images with millions of colors+. Can contain an alpha channel.
shortcut menu A menu you access by holding down the mouse button and the
Control key, or by pressing the right mouse button.
shot A segment of uninterrupted captured video. A shot is the smallest unit of a program.
shuffle edit An edit in which a clip is moved from one position in an edited sequence
to another by insertion. All clips between these two positions are moved to the left or
right to fill the space left by the clip you moved. The shuffled clips don’t change their
duration, so the overall duration of your sequence is not affected.