Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1785)

434 Glossary
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.
shuttle To drag the slider on the shuttle control to the right to fast-forward and to the
left to rewind. Playback speed varies depending on the distance of the slider from the
center of the control.
shuttle control The slider control located at the bottom of the Viewer and the Canvas.
This control is useful for continuous playback at different speeds, in fast and slow
motion. It also shifts the pitch of audio as it plays at varying speeds.
signal-to-noise ratio The ratio between the average loudness of the subject and the
background noise in a recording. Background noise can be many things—tape hiss, the
rustle of clothes, or the rumble of traffic. It’s important that the signal-to-noise ratio of
your recorded clips be fairly high, so that actors’ voices are comprehensible and clear.
slate A small board shot at the beginning of a scene, which identifies the scene with
basic production information such as the take, date, and scene number. The slate may
also contain a chip chart to aid in color correcting the scene. A clapper provides an
audiovisual cue for synchronization of dual system recordings.
slide edit An edit in which an entire clip is moved, along with the edit points on its left
and right. The duration of the clip being moved stays the same, but the clips to the left
and to the right of it change in length to accommodate the new position of the clip.
The overall duration of the sequence and of these three clips remains the same.
slider In Final Cut Pro, an interface element that can be dragged forward or backward
in order to make an adjustment. Sliders can be found in the Motion tab of the Viewer,
as well as in filters and generators applied to a clip.
slip edit An edit in which the location of both In and Out points of a sequence clip are
changed at the same time, without changing the location or duration of the clip. This
is referred to as slipping because you slip a pair of In and Out points inside the
available footage.