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64 Glossary
Drag & drop
Enables files and objects to be moved freely between various applications (or
within an application) by dragging the object and letting it drop using the
mouse cursor.
F
Fader
Used for visual input of values. Similar to volume control on a mixing board,
you can control various parameters by sliding the fader. A very common
example for this is the zoom slider that lets you see a picture in more detail.
Field
A half-image, two of which combine to produce a frame (see interlace).
Flip menu
Drop down menus create menus consisting of lists of selectable choices. They
look very similar to text input fields, but have a button with a downward-
pointing symbol on the right-hand side.
Frame
A frame is a single image from a video sequence which also called a full
image.
A PAL video contains 25 frames per second; NTSC contains 29.97 frames.
H
Handles
Handles are the five little rectangles at the edges of selected objects. All curve
points can be moved by holding down the left mouse button.
Length handles: Bottom right and bottom left. You can use them to change
the length of an object.
Fade handles: Top right and top left. These can be used to softly fade an
object in or out.