Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started - Manual (Page 154)

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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.
sequence A structured collection of video, audio, and graphics clips, edit information,
and effects.
sequence clip A clip that has been edited into a sequence. Compare to master clip.
snapping A setting in the Timeline that affects the movement of the playhead. When
snapping is enabled, the playhead “snaps,” or moves directly, to markers or edit points
when it is moved close to them.
superimpose edit An edit in which an incoming clip is placed into a track adjacent to
a clip that’s already in the Timeline at the position of the playhead. If no In or Out
points are set in the Timeline and Canvas, the previously edited clip’s In and Out points
are used to define the duration of the incoming clip. Superimposed edits are used to
overlay titles and text onto video, as well as to create other compositing effects.
tail clip The last clip in a sequence, or the clip on the rightmost side when looking at
an edit point between two clips.
three-point editing Final Cut Express HD uses three-point editing, so you only need to
specify three edit points to define where a new clip should be edited into your
sequence. Final Cut Express HD automatically calculates the fourth point.
timecode A format for assigning each frame of video a unique, sequential unit of time.
The SMPTE format is hours: minutes: seconds: frames.
title safe area Part of the video image that is guaranteed to be visible on all
televisions. The title safe area is the inner 80 percent of the screen. To prevent text in
your video from being hidden by the edge of a TV set, you should restrict any titles or
text to the title safe area.
track header The Timeline column containing each track’s name and its destination
track controls.
tracks Layers in the Timeline that contain the audio or video clips in a sequence. Also
refers to the separate audio and video tracks on tape. Final Cut Express HD allows up
to 99 video and 99 audio tracks to be used in a single sequence.