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| Ration of width to height in the dimensions of a fram | aspect ratio |
| process whereby overlay cards display video on the screen and one of the colors become transparent; | chroma key |
| compression/decompression programs used to reduce the size of the files | Codec |
| two adjacet video clips with no transition | cuts |
| setting length of clip/image | duration |
| a dissolve to or from a background color (often black0 | fading |
| A single sill image in a video or animation | frame |
| 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 | frame size |
| How many frames (or individual pictures) display in one second | (FPS) frames per second |
| To bring information into a computer or computer program | import |
| Editing in a sequential order--ie VHS | 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 | PAL - Phase Alternation Line |
| Creating and editing 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 ad fade out, that can be set to occur between frames in an animation. | Transition |
| Making changes to taped footage | video editing |
| A strip of magnetic media onto which video and audio signals can be recorded | Video Home System (VHS) tape |
