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Video editing

Of or pertaining to software that is made to organize raw video footage using editing techniques and special effects in order to create a finalized motion picture.

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Hybrid CD-ROM

Software; Video editing

A single disc containing files for both a Windows PC and a Macintosh. See CD-ROM.

Underscan

Software; Video editing

Most televisions use overscanning, resulting in some of the video being lost beyond the edges of the screen. Underscanning modifies the video timing so that the entire video signal appears in a ...

Palette

Software; Video editing

The limited set of colours that a computer can simultaneously display. A typical palette contains 256 unique colors, chosen from over 16 million possible colors. An “optimized palette” refers to a ...

Quantizing error

Software; Video editing

Inaccuracies in the digital representation of an analogue signal. These errors occur because of limitations in the resolution of the digitising process.

Signal amplitude

Software; Video editing

The nominal video signal amplitude shall be 1.0 volt peak-to-peak (140 IRE units).

Television, digital (for studios)

Software; Video editing

An extensive family of compatible digital coding standards for studio use with current television systems is defined by CCIR Red 601-2, equally applicable to component encoded 525/60 Hz and 625/50 Hz ...

Storyboard

Software; Video editing

A storyboard is an animator’s sketch, or rough of all the keyframes involved in a particular piece of animation. Used as a visual script or shooting plan.

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