Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1789)

438 Glossary
thumbnail The first frame of a clip, shown as a tiny picture for reference. In
Final Cut Pro, the thumbnail is, by default, the first frame of a clip. You can change the
frame, known as the poster frame, used as that clip’s thumbnail by using the Scrub
Video tool.
thumb tabs (1) Small tabs between the audio and video scroll bars in the Timeline that
define separate groups of audio or video tracks with their own scroll bars. For example,
if you have more audio tracks than video tracks, you can use the thumb tabs between
your audio and video scroll bars to allocate more space to your audio tracks. (2) Small
tabs on either side of the Zoom slider that you drag to zoom in or out of a sequence.
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) A widely used bitmapped graphics file format,
developed by Aldus and Microsoft, that handles monochrome, grayscale, 8- and 24-bit
color. Can have alpha channels.
timecode A signal recorded with your video that uniquely identifies each frame on
tape. The SMPTE format for timecode is hours: minutes: seconds: frames.
timecode gap An area of tape with no timecode at all. Timecode gaps usually signify
the end of all recorded material on a tape, but timecode gaps may occur due to user
error, such as fast-forwarding too far past a section of previously recorded material and
recording additional footage. Video occurring after a timecode gap begins with a
timecode value of 00:00:00:00. See also reset timecode break.
Timeline A window in Final Cut Pro that displays a chronological view of an open
sequence. Each sequence has its own tab in the Timeline. You can use the Timeline to
edit and arrange a sequence. The order of the tracks in the Timeline determines the
layering order when you combine multiple tracks of video. Changes you make to a
sequence in the Timeline are seen when you play back that sequence in the Canvas. If
you modify clips in the Canvas, those changes can be seen in the Timeline. Note that
the Canvas and Timeline only display sequences that are currently open.
Timeline patch panel The section at the left of the Timeline containing the Audio,
Source and Destination, Track Visibility, Lock Track, and Auto Select controls.
time remapping The process of moving a frame in a clip to another time relative to
the Timeline. All frames in that clip from the beginning of the clip to that keyframe are
either sped up or slowed down to accommodate the new duration that’s been
specified.
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. Compare with action safe area.