Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 916)

916 Part XI Project Management and Settings
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 and notes, are stored only within the clip object that resides in
your Final Cut Express HD 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.
You can view and modify clip properties in the following locations:
 Browser columns
 Item Properties dialog (choose Edit > Item Properties)
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.
Icon Name Description
Name of property Description
Name Name of the clip.
During logging, the name property is usually created automatically
from a combination of the Description, Scene, Shot/Take, and
Angle properties, which are entered in the Capture window.
You can change a clip’s name in the Browser or Item Properties
window at any time. However, changing the name of a clip doesn’t
change the name of the clip’s media file on the hard disk, so be
careful when doing this as it may complicate media management
later on in your project.
Alpha Shows how a clip’s alpha channel is handled—None/Ignore,
Straight, Black, or White.
Graphics or animation files created outside Final Cut Express HD
may have an alpha channel. Although Final Cut Express HD usually
discerns the correct alpha channel type when you import media
files, you can change the type if necessary.