- PAL (Phase Alternating Line)
The European color TV broadcasting standard consisting of 625 lines per frame, running at 25 frames per second, and 720 x 546 pixels per frame.
- Pan
To move a camera left or right without changing its position.
- Parade Scope
A modified Waveform Monitor that breaks out the red, green, and blue components of the image, showing them as three separate waveforms. Useful for comparing the relative levels of reds, greens, and blues between two clips, especially in a graphics situation.
- Paste Attributes
The ability to copy attributes from one clip and transfer (paste) them to another clip of the same type.
- Patch panel
The section of the Timeline containing the Audio, Source, Destination, Track Enabling, Locking, and Edit Select controls.
- Peak
Short, loud bursts of sound that last a fraction of a second and can be viewed on a digital audiometer that displays the absolute volume of an audio signal as it plays.
- Phase
An attribute of color perception, also known as hue.
- PICT
The native still-image file format for Macintosh developed by Apple Computer. PICT files can contain both vector images and bitmap images, as well as text and an alpha channel.
- Pixel
Short for "picture element," one dot in a video or still image.
- Pixel aspect ratio
The width-to-height ratio for the pixels that compose an image. Pixels on computer screens and in high-definition video signals are square (1:1 ratio). Pixels in standard-definition video signals are nonsquare.
- Playhead
A navigational element on the scrubber bar that shows you on what frame you are in the Timeline, Canvas, or Viewer. You drag the playhead to navigate through a sequence.
- Post-production
The phase of film, video, and audio editing that begins after all the footage is shot.
- Post-roll
The amount of time that a tape machine continues to roll after the Out point of an edit, typically between 2 and 5 seconds.
- Poster frame
The representative still frame of a clip that is the Thumbnail image.
- Pre-roll
A specified amount of time, usually 5 seconds, given to tape machines so they can synchronize themselves to the editing computer before previewing or performing an edit.
- Preview
To play an edit to see how it will look without actually performing the edit itself.
- Print to Video
A command in Final Cut Pro that lets you render your sequence and output it to videotape.
- Proc amp (processing amplifier)
A specific piece of equipment that allows you to adjust video levels on output.
- Project
In Final Cut Pro, the top-level file that holds all the media associated with a program, including sequences and clips of various kinds.
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