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