| Term | Definition |
| capture now | allows you to capture all the footage you shot; not the best option for capturing |
| the reel name | identifies the tape or source material |
| Log and Capture | allows you to digitize clips you filmed onto tape |
| Log and Transfer | allows you to capture clips caught to a disk, rather than a tape |
| Color Correction, Audio Mixing, Two Up | these are some of the options available under Window |
| Wireframe | This cross hair indicates that Final Cut is ready to move your image as an object |
| The percentage view | makes the visible area of your clip larger or smaller and, if smaller,allows you to reveal the space outside of your clip |
| The title safe line | indicates where the outside parameters of where text should go to safely play |
| When doing color correction | the most important thing is to set the black levels first. |
| Excess Luma | indicates that your whites are too bright. |
| Audio Levels for speaking voice | should fall between -6 and -12db |
| Audio Levels for sound | should fall between -12 and -15 db |
| Audio Levels for music beds | d fall between -15 and -18 db |
| To create animated effects | double click on a clip and open up the motion tab in the viewer |
| A keyframe | indicates a place where a clip can begin to change or stop changing. |
| Shift K | will advance you to the next keyframe |
| Option K | will move you to the previous keyframe |
| To physically modify a motion path | you will need to use the Image Wireframe viewer in the Canvas |
| Cropping, Opacity, Motion, Rotation | are just some of the changes you can set keyframes for |