Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1786)

Glossary 435
slug A generator in Final Cut Pro used to create black video in a sequence. A slug can
be used to represent a video clip that has not yet been placed.
SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) The organization
responsible for establishing various broadcast video standards. Established the SMPTE
standard timecode for video playback.
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.
Snapping button A button icon in the upper-right corner of the Timeline that you
click to turn snapping on and off.
SOT (sound on tape) Audio recorded on analog or digital video formats (audio and
video).
soundtrack The audio that accompanies a program’s video.
sound bite Typically a short excerpt from an interview clip, as used on news shows.
sound effects Specific audio material, such as the sound of a door closing or a dog
barking, from effects libraries or from clips you recorded. Sound effects can be used to
replace sounds in the location audio of a program, or to add sound that wasn’t
originally recorded.
sound recordist The individual on a film or video crew responsible for setting up the
audio recording equipment, and for setting the levels and managing the audio
recording during a shoot.
source media files The original QuickTime files captured to disk. The clips you use in
Final Cut Pro are pointers that represent your media files, but changes made to clips
within Final Cut Pro do not affect the media files on disk.
source monitor In a linear editing suite, a monitor that displays source tapes before
recording them to the master tape. In Final Cut Pro, the Viewer acts as the source
monitor.
source tape The video and audio tapes that were originally recorded during a shoot.
Media files are captured from the source tapes, edited, and ultimately output to a final
master tape.
special effects Visual effects applied to clips and sequences, such as motion effects,
layering, and filters.
speed indicators Display the speed of clips in a sequence using tic marks. The spacing
and color of these tic marks indicate the speed and playback direction of the clips.