An effect in which the picture gradually transitions to black.
Faders
In the Audio Mixer, vertical sliders used to adjust the audio levels of clips at the position of the playhead.
Favorite
A customized effect that is used frequently. You can create favorites from most of the effects in Final Cut Pro.
Field
Half of an interlaced video frame consisting of the odd or the even scan lines.
Field Dominance
The choice of whether field one or field two will be displayed on the monitor first. The default should be Lower (even) for DV and Targa captures.
Filters
Effects you can apply to video and audio clips or group of clips that change some aspect of the clip content.
Finishing
The process of fine tuning the sequence audio and video levels and preparing the sequence for output to tape or other destination, such as the Web or DVD. Finishing may also involve recapturing offline resolution clips at an uncompressed resolution.
FireWire
Apple's trademark name for the IEEE 1394 standard used to connect external hard drives and cameras to computers. It provides a fast interface to move large video and audio files to the computer's hard drive.
Fit to Fill edit
An edit in which a clip is inserted into a sequence such that its duration matches a predetermined amount of specified track space.
Frame
A single still image from either video or film. For video, each frame is made up of two interlaced fields.
See also [Interlaced video]
Frame blending
A process of inserting blended frames in place of frames that have been duplicated in clips with slow motion, to make them play back more smoothly.
Framing
Composing a shot for the best presentation of the subject, taking into consideration the size of the subject in the frame and how it is centered.
Frequency
The number of times a sound or signal vibrates each second, measured in cycles per second, or hertz.
