| Term | Definition |
| Browser | The central storage area where you organize all of the source material you'll use in your project. |
| Viewer | Acts as your source monitor. Used to watch individual source clips and mark In and Out points in preparation for editing them into your sequence. You can also customize transitions, modify filters, and view and edit various effects. |
| Canvas | equivalent of a record monitor and shows what your edited sequence looks like when it is played. |
| Time Line | displays a chronological view of an open sequence. |
| Tool Palette | contains tools for editing, zooming, cropping, and distorting items in the timeline. |