Glossary: Glossary

alpha channel

alpha channel / opacity value

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beat

musical timing base unit

color model

mathematical approach of describing a color

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hsl

hsl color model, comprised of hue, luminance and saturation.

rgb

Red Green Blue color model

YCrCb

television/video based color model. also referred to as YUV.

DAW

Digital Audio Workstation. A computer(ized) system which enables the production of digital audio output.

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effect container

Effect containers are tracks which can be used to contain effect tracks, restricting them to a certain area.

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fourcc

codec (compression) identifier

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interlace

the alternative scaning of odd and even lines in video which results in a temporal displacement of odd and even lines in a video frame and nasty artifacts.

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Linear

sequential, from start to end.

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luma

the brightness of a color, used in both hsl and yuv color model.

mixer

the combining (object) of more/multiple media tracks into few (usually one).

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Motion PNG

AVI with all frames being a PNG still image (key frame)

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NonLinear

indexed, seekable, capable of being randomly positioned

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NRT

non-real-time

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picture sequence

An image/picture sequence is a directory (folder) on a disk drive containing multiple pictures of one particular type. This sequence of pictures, when shown in rapid succession, typically result in an animation or video.

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progressive scan

proper scanning of video frames top to bottom, never skipping a line, resulting in coherent freeze-frames.

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track

input unit for mixer. basic component of zs4 project tree

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