3. Terms To Remember

Folder - (The Blue book icon) The very first step in editing that you create. Make a folder either in your hard drive or desktop first and then transfer it to hard drive. This folder is your main rented house in a hard drive where you will store all your raw stuffs like media files, audio files, stills, music etc. Even your Project will be saved here.




Project - This is the master file that Final Cut pro creates to store all information needed to edit your video - except the actual media itself. Once you create or open a project, it appears as a tab in the Browser. There’s no limit to the number of items, including clips and sequences, that can be stored in your project in the Browser.



Media Files - Media files are the raw materials you use to create your movie. A media file is a video, audio, or graphics file on your hard disk that contains footage captured from videotape or originally created on your computer. Before you can edit in Final Cut Pro, you need to capture media files from a video deck or camcorder to your folder in your hard disk/drive.

Clips - Once you have media files on your hard disk, you need a way of working with them in Final Cut Pro. A clip is the most fundamental object in Final Cut Pro. Clips represent your media, but they are not the media files themselves. A clip points to, or connects to, a video, audio, or graphics media file on your hard disk.

Sequence - A sequence is a container for editing clips together in chronological order. The editing process involves deciding which video and audio clip items to put in your sequence, what order the clips should go in, and how long each clip should be. Sequences are created in the Browser. To edit clips into a sequence, you open a sequence in the Timeline from the Browser.