Specifications
Trimming: May refer to setting the In and Out points of a clip (usually with handles) or
to actually removing unwanted portions of clips.
Uncompressed: Raw digitized video displayed or stored in its native size.
Vertical resolution: e number of horizontal scan lines (counting from top to bottom)
that the electron beam draws across a television screen to form the picture.
Video capture card (or board): Installed inside a computer, adds the functionality
needed to digitize analog video for use by the computer. Using a hardware or soware
codec, the capture card may also compress video as it is captured and decompress video
as it is played or transferred back to a videotape.
Voice over: A voice, such as a narrator, coming from o camera.
Widescreen: Any aspect ratio for lm and video wider than the standard 4:3 format;
previously used to refer to wide-aspect lm formats; now typically used to refer to the
16:9 format, which is the standard aspect ratio for HDTV.
XLR connector: A connector with three conductors used in professional audio applica-
tions, typically with a balanced signal.
Y/C video: A video signal in which the chrominance and luminance are physically sepa-
rated to provide superior images (synonymous with S-Video).
YCrCb: A video signal comprised of three components: luminance (Y) and two chromi-
nance (Cr and Cb).
YUV: Another term for YCrCb.
Zooming: Enlarging or decreasing the apparent size of the subject within the frame by
either optical or digital means.
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