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1. Hdv

A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.Multiplatform - Multimedia Web Streaming File Format From Real Networks (.Rm - .Ram). Download.

2. Out Point

A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.Multiplatform - Multimedia Web Streaming File Format From Real Networks (.Rm - .Ram). Download.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd Resolution

3. High-definition (Hd)

A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.Multiplatform - Multimedia Web Streaming File Format From Real Networks (.Rm - .Ram). Download.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd Resolution

4. Streaming Media

A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.Multiplatform - Multimedia Web Streaming File Format From Real Networks (.Rm - .Ram). Download.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.

5. Pixel

Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionThe Individual Picture Elements - Or "Dots" Of Color - That Are Arranged In A Two-dimensional Array To Define A Digital Image Or Video Frame. The Dimensions Or Resolution Of An Image Are Described In Terms Of The Horizontal And Vertical Pixel Count.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.

6. Crop

A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.A Length Of Time. For A Clip - The Length Of Time That It Will Play - Determined By Its Overall Length. Or If The Clip Has Been Trimmed - The Difference In Time Between Its In Point And Out Point. See Also Timecode.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd Resolution

7. Split Edit

A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The End Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - In Point.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd Resolution

8. Matte

An Image Which Defines Areas In A Frame To Be Used As A Transparency Key Or Matte. Each Pixel In The Mask Image Indicates The Degree Of Transparency To Be Used For The Corresponding Pixel Position In Each Frame. See Key - Matte.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.

9. Blue Screen

A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.Extra Information Stored With An Image To Define Transparent Areas Used For Keying And Superimpositions. Also Called An Alpha Mask. Sometimes Present In Files Prepared Using A Tool Such As Adobe Photoshop Or Illustrator. See Also Key.

10. Windows Media Audio (WMA)

The Microsoft Windows Media Native Audio File Format. Used For Compressing - Storing - And Organizing Cds And Downloaded Audio In Albums On Disk. Also Used To Download Audio To Portable Audio Players. Some Consumer Audio Players And Set-top Dvd Players Can Play WMA Audio Files Stored On Cd-r/Rw Discs. See Also Mp3 - Wav - Windows Media.A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd Resolution

11. Hdv

Video Recording Technology That Uses Mpeg Compression To Record A 1440 X 1080 Image Using Only 19 Megabits Of Recording Memory Space Per Second.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd Resolution

12. Mpeg-2

A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Tv-quality Digital Video Compression Format Developed In The Mid-1990s By The Moving Picture Experts Group. Mpeg-2 Video Provides High-quality Full-screen Full-rate Video (720x480 Resolution For Ntsc) With Smaller File Sizes Than Mpeg-1. Used For Dvd Discs - And Also Scales To High-definition Resolution And Bitrates.

13. USB (Universal Serial Bus)

Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Digital Data Interface Standard Providing A Plug-and-play Interface For Personal Computers. Typically Used For Lower-speed Peripherals Such As Mice - Keyboards - Printers - And Scanners. Also Used For Interfacing To Digital Cameras. The Existing Usb 1 Standard Provides Up To 12mbps (Million Bits Per Second) Data Rate. The New Usb 2 Standard Supports Up To 480mbps Data Rate. See Also Firewire.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.

14. Duration

A Style Of Video Editing In Which You Edit Together Clips In Pairs - A And B - Typically With A Transition From One To The Next. This Style Is Useful For Assembling A Program With Simple Drag-and-drop Convenience. See Also Single-track Editing.A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.

15. Superimpose Track

A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.To Layer Multiple Tracks Onto The Timeline. To Composite Portions Of Multiple Clips Into The Final Production By Overlaying Clips With Transparent Regions To Allow The Underlying Tracks To Show Through. See Also Key.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.

16. L-cut

A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.A Split Edit In Which The In Point Of A Clip Is Adjusted To Overlap The Preceding Clip So That The Audio Portion Of The Later Clip Starts Playing Before Its Video As A Lead-in To The Visual Cut. Also Called An Audio Lead. See Also L-cut.A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd Resolution

17. Waveform Monitor

A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.A Piece Of Testing Equipment That Measures Every Aspect Of An Image - Including The Brightness And Darkness Of The Video Signal.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.

18. Cathode Ray Tube (Crt)

Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.A Video Display Device That Creates An Image Using A Cathode That Fires Electrons At A Phosphor-coated Surface - Which Results In Glowing Dots On The Screen.A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.

19. Mask

To Specify A Region Of An Image Or Video Clip To Be Used As A Mask For Transparency. Used To Make Part Of The Scene Transparent Or Semitransparent - And Then Composite It With Other Superimposed Images Or Video Tracks. The Region Can Be Specified Using Features Such As Color (A Color Key) Or Intensity - Or With A Separate Alpha Mask Or Image Matte. See Also Blue Screen - Matte.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.

20. Transcode

A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.To Convert From One Compression Format To Another (That Is - From Dv Video From A Camcorder To Mpeg-2 For Dvd). Preferably Done Intelligently To Minimize Loss Of Quality From Repeated Compression - And Not Requiring Fully Decompressing The Input And Then Recompressing To The Output.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.

21. Four-point Edit

A Split Edit In Which The Audio Out Point Of A Clip Is Extended Beyond The Video Out Point - So That The Audio Cuts After The Video And Continues Playing Over The Beginning Of The Next Clip. See Also J-cut.A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd Resolution

22. DLP (Digital Light Processing)

Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Television That Uses A Light Projection System To Create The Image On The Screen.A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.

23. J-cut

A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionTo Adjust The Video And Audio Portions Of A Clip Separately So That They Start Or End At Different Times. Used For Audio Cross-fading So That The Audio Can Lead In Or Fade Out Independently From The Cut In The Video. See Also L-cut And J-cut.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.

24. OLED (Organic Light Emitting Device)

A Television That Uses A Type Of Led In The Form Of A Layer Of Film Made From Organic Compounds To Create The Image On Screen.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.A Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.

25. Codec

A Video Or Audio Compression Component That Can Both Compress And Decompress (Encode And Decode) Files. Media Formats And Players - Such As Windows Media - Realmedia - And Quicktime Have A Selection Of Codecs Built In - And Can Add Additional Codecs To Support New File Formats. See Also Compression.Hd On Dv - Mpeg-2 Video In Hd ResolutionA Placeholder Used To Mark A Specific Timecode As The Starting Point Of A Segment In A Longer Sequence. You Can Use In And Out Points To Mark A Clip To Be Captured From A Source Tape - To Mark Part Of A Clip To Be Trimmed - Or To Mark A Portion Of The Timeline To Be Played. See Also Marker - Out Point.A Digital Television In 16;9 Aspect Ration Format. 1080 X 720 And 1920 X 1080 Are Common Resolution Formats. Also Called Hidef.

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