Best file format for photographs because it contains millions of colors and has efficient compression (no transparency)

Windows media audio

Adobe Illustrator file. This is a great options because of the tight integration of the Adobe applications.

Best file format for images with transparency because it contains thousands of levels of transparency

This is a uncompressed file format for audio that is commonly used in video editing

This is a common file format for audio that uses compress to scale the file size

An older video/audio file format (1992) that used to be the standard

Uncompressed image file format, will make larger but higher quality images.

Windows media video

Adobe Photoshop file. This is a great options because of the tight integration of the Adobe applications.

Adobe After Effects. This is a great options because of the tight integration of the Adobe applications.

The section of the timeline panel where most editing takes place

A way to plan a video by placing clips or digital assets in the order you plan to have them play

This panel plays back the sequence and includes the extract and lift buttons for removing sections of the timeline that have been marked with in and out points.

This panel is like a cutting board where you set your in and out points before placing the clip on the sequence using the insert button, the overwrite button or drag and drop.

This is where you import and organize all your media, titles and sequences. You can switch between list view that contains information about your media or icon view that lets you see the media

This is where you control or adjust your Effects. It is often nested under the Source monitor.

This panel is where you assemble, edit and apply effects/transitions to build your video.

This panels show the volume of your audio represented by colored bars.

This is the panel that contains all the editing tools.