| A | B |
| Importing | bringing in pics, music or video |
| Exporting | taking the completed video project out of the program |
| Dissolve | transition between two sources of video |
| Cut | Sharply going from one video source to another |
| Fade | Video dips to White or Black-Type of Transition |
| VO | Voice Over |
| Broll | Secondary Video |
| Aroll | Primary Video |
| Jump Cut | Two shots cutting next to each other that look very similar |
| Chyron | what we call the TITLE of the person that is on the "lower 3rd" of the screen) |
| Burning | the act of creating the DVD or file |
| Converting | the act of change file types |
| Audio | What we hear |
| Video | What we see or shoot |
| Transitions | Cuts, Wipes, Dissolves, Fades |
| Backgrounds | A look or backdrop to any video or graphic |
| Soundbite | A Particular part of an interview that is chosen to be included in the edit |
| SOT | Stands for SOUND ON TAPE |