

In Final Cut Pro, you can import clips with embedded captions, then extract them to display those captions as separate, editable elements in the timeline. If the user places an effect on the individual role, then we can keep the audio separated by role when playing back and when exporting.”Īpple’s Help states: This icon is for captions. This is done since an effect at the clip-level will mix all of the audio from all of the clip’s audio components. That is, the user placed an audio effect at the clip-level as opposed to the audio component level and so the clip is mixing down to a single role. This means that you’ve applied an audio effect to an audio clip that has more than one Role assigned to the audio channels it contains.Īpple’s Help states: “It signifies that there is a clip-level audio effect. Once the import is done, the icon goes away. Restart the import by choosing File > Import > Reimport from Camera/Archive. This happens if you stop the import using the Background Tasks window or remove the camera cord (or card) while importing. The small camera icon means the underlying media for the clip still resides on the camera. This icon disappears when creating these auxiliary files is complete. That little circle in the lower left of your clip indicates how much of a newly imported clip still needs to have thumbnails and waveforms created. Modify > Retime > Automatic speed enables slow-motion playback.) This icon indicates source footage that was shot at a high frame rate to enable high-quality slow motion most commonly shot on an Apple iPhone. Proxies can be created at anytime ( File > Transcode Media).Ī Synchronized clip, which combines a separate audio and video clip to act as though they were one clip. This will appear if you switch to Proxy mode in the Viewer and proxies were not created for this file. Similar to this is the “Missing Camera” icon which indicates that a media file was captured from a camera or camera card, which is now missing. Generally caused when the file was renamed, moved or deleted. The ghosted-back waveforms indicate Reference Waveforms, enabled in Preferences.Ī file that was linked to the project is now missing.


Keyword Collection associated with an Event.Ī yellow box means the clip, or a portion of the clip, is selected.Ī green bar at the top means the clip, or a portion of the clip, is a Favorite.Ī red bar at the top means the clip, or a portion of the clip, is Rejected.Īn orange bar at the bottom of the clip means the clip, or a portion of the clip, is used in the Timeline.Ī blue bar at the top indicates a clip, or portion of a clip, with keywords applied.Įarlier versions of Final Cut also displayed a purple bar, indicating the clip had been analyzed, generally during import. NOTE: For the most part, I excluded icons which you click to do something in other words, buttons.īlue indicates something that is active (turned on), gray is something that is inactive.Ī folder in the Library containing Smart Collections or, in an Event, containing keyword or smart collections used for organization.Ī Smart Collection, whether associated with the Library or an Event. So, here are more than 50 icons and indicators, grouped by the panel in which they appear, with a short description of what they mean. Still, I had some extra time this weekend and decided to put together an illustrated list. I don’t think there is anyone outside of Apple who knows what all the icons, symbols and alerts in Final Cut Pro X are, much less what they mean.
