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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Aspect Ratio | Ratio of width to height in the dimensions of a frame, i.e. frame aspect ratio of NTSC video is 4:3, some motion-picture frame size use a more elongated aspect of 16:9 |
| What is Chroma Key | Process whereby overlay cards display video on the screen and one of the colors becomes transparent; any place the transparent color appears, you see the video input |
| What is Codec | Compression/decompression programs used to reduce the size of files |
| What is Cuts | Two adjacent video clips with no transition, one clip is immediately replaced with another |
| what is Duration | Setting length of a clip/image |
| what is Fading | A dissolve to or from a background color (often black) |
| what is Frame | A single still image in a video or animation |
| What is Frame Rate | The speed at which frames appears on a display, measured by frames per second |
| what is Frame Size | Also referred to a resolution, expressed by a horizontal and vertical dimensions, in pixels of a frame, i.e., 640 by 480 pixels |
| what is Frames Per Second (FPS) | How many frames (individual pictures) display in one second |
| what is Import | To bring information into a computer or computer program |
| what is Linear Editing | Editing in a sequential order, i.e., VHS, cassette tapes. |
| what is National Television Standard Committee (NTSC) | the standard broadcasting system in the united states and Japan |
| what is Nonlinear Editing | Not editing in a sequential order, i.e. VHS, cassette tape |
| what is Phase Alternation Line (PAL) | The standard broadcast system used in the Europe and Australia. |
| what is Production | Creating and editing video |
| what is RCA cable | Cable that usually has a yellow, a red, and a white plug that is used to connect a camcorder to a VCR, DVD, or capture card on a computer. |
| what is Render | To build a preview or project |
| what is Scrubbing | Manual preview |
| what is Superimpose | Layering images or video |
| what is timeline | Part of a video editing window that displays tracks |
| what is Title | Adding words to video |
| what is Transition | Special effects, such as fade in amd fade out, that can be set to occur between frames in an animation |
| what is video capture | The process of transferring video to the computer |
| what is Video Editing | Making changes to taped footage |
| what is Video Home System (VHS) | A strip of magnetic media-usually consisting of a plastic/Mylar base, a layer a metallic particles, and a bonding agent-onto which video and audio signals can be recorded. |
| what is Voice Overlay | A voice track over music or video |