Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 468)

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matte Sometimes referred to as a holdout matte. An effect that uses information in one layer of
video to affect another layer. Mattes are useful when you want to use one clip to selectively hide
or reveal part of another; for example, you could use a round spotlight shape to reveal parts of
a video layer. Matte effects can be used by themselves to mask out areas of a clip or to create
alpha channel information for a clip in order to make a transparent border around the clip that
can be composited against other layers. See also alpha channel, compositing.
media A generic term for elements such as movies, sounds, and pictures.
media browsers Media that you import into events in Final Cut Pro is accessed from the Event
Library and the Event Browser, but Final Cut Pro also includes a collection of media browsers
you can use to add clips to your project. The media browsers provide access to the effects, titles,
and transitions supplied with Final Cut Pro as well as to video, audio, and still-image files in other
applications on your computer. For example, you can use the Photos Browser to access video and
still-image files in the iPhoto and Aperture libraries. Other media browsers include the Effects,
Music and Sound, Transitions, Titles, Generators, and Themes Browsers. The media browsers
appear in the Media Browser pane in the lower-right corner of the Final Cut Pro main window.
media handle Additional media available before a clip start point or after a clip end point.
media stems Audio or video files that are usually exported separately for audio mixing or post-
production, or to match specifications when delivering files to broadcast networks. For example,
you may need to deliver a multitrack QuickTime file along with separate dialogue, music, and
effects stems.
mixing The process of adjusting the audio levels of all audio clips in an edited program,
including the production audio, music, sound effects, voiceovers, and additional background
ambience, to turn all of these sounds into a harmonious whole.
monochrome An image presented in shades of a single color, most often as the shades of gray
in a black-and-white image.
MP3 Refers to the MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3 compression standard and file format. Like
AAC, MP3 uses perceptual audio coding and psychoacoustic compression to remove superfluous
information that the human ear doesn’t hear.
MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) A group of compression standards for video and audio,
which includes MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4.
multicam clip A set of clips grouped together and synchronized by a common sync point. You
can use multicam clips to edit footage from multicamera shoots or other synchronized footage
in real time. While the active angle plays in the Viewer, you can also view all angles playing
simultaneously in the Angle Viewer and easily cut and switch between them.
Music and Sound Browser A media browser in Final Cut Pro that allows you to access your
iTunes content as well as sound effects and loops from Final Cut Pro and iLife.
nested sequence See compound clip.
NLE Short for nonlinear editor. See also nonlinear editing.