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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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Pre-roll

Software; Video editing

The number of frames (or seconds and frames) between the cue point and the edit point which allows ACE to synchronise transports prior to an edit.

Scanning

Software; Video editing

The process of breaking down an image into a series of elements or groups of elements representing light values and transmitting this information in time sequence.

Surface asperities

Software; Video editing

Small, projecting imperfections on the surface of the coating that limit and cause variations in head-to-tape contact. A term useful in discussions of friction and modulation noise.

Vector interrupt

Software; Video editing

See Interrupt Vectoring.

Path length

Software; Video editing

The amount of time it takes for a signal to travel through a piece of equipment or a length of cable. Also called propagation delay.

Slapback

Software; Video editing

Discrete repeats created by either digital or tape delay.

Time base corrector (TBC)

Software; Video editing

A) Device used to correct for time base errors and stabilise the timing of the video output from a tape machine. Machines like VHS players where a single pass of the video head represents many video ...

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