Thumbnail playback

A log that has been generated from digital data some time after the actual acquisition of the data. It is distinct from the acquisition log. Some of the parameters for processing ...

playback

Software; Globalization software service

A technique in which a history of all or part of a program is recorded. The recording allows the user to regenerate the input and output in either the forward or backward ...

playback

Software; Video editing

The reproduction of sound previously recorded on a tape.

playback

Software; Operating systems

The replay of a digital media file.

rubber lens-mount gasket

Photography; Professional photography

A flexible rubber gasket that forms a seal between the lens and the camera body.

subject-to-camera distance information

Photography; Professional photography

The data supplied to the camera by the lens indicating the distance from the camera to the subject. This information makes possible advances like 3D Color Matrix Metering II and ...

vignetting

Photography; Professional photography

A loss of brightness or saturation at the periphery of an image; usually not desired, but sometimes used to create a vignette framing the subject at the center of the image.

special effects mode

Photography; Professional photography

A mode in which the user can create artistic results simply by adding special effects to still images and movies. To select an effect, the user rotates the mode dial to EFFECTS ...

still picture

Photography; Professional photography

A photograph (static image) as opposed to a movie (moving picture).

stop-motion

Photography; Professional photography

Generic term for an animation technique which makes static objects appear to move. This is done by recording each movement of the object as an individual frame, when each frame ...