Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 849)

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Using Built-in Generated Clips
Final Cut Express HD can generate several types of clips for
you to use in your sequences, including bars and tone,
placeholders, and backgrounds.
This chapter covers the following:
 What Is a Generator Clip? (p. 849)
 Different Ways to Use Generators in Your Sequence (p. 850)
 Graphical Video and Audio Generators Available in Final Cut Express HD (p. 851)
 Creating and Adding Generated Clips to Sequences (p. 853)
Note: For details about creating titles using text generators, see Chapter 58, “ Creating
Titles ,” on page 855.
What Is a Generator Clip?
Generators behave the same as other clips, but their content is actually generated
internally in Final Cut Express HD. Therefore, generators never reference media files on
the scratch disk, so they can never be offline as can clips that reference media. Because
generators are generated by Final Cut Express HD, their aspect ratio, dimensions,
resolution, and codec are determined by the sequence they are edited into (unlike
video and audio clips in which these characteristics are based on the media files they
reference).
Note: Generators are actually coded in the Final Cut Express HD FXScript language, so
you can modify or create your own generators using the FXScript language. For more
information about FXScript, see the Apple Developer website.