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60 frames per second

Entertainment; Video

Frame rate of Showscan and some progressively scanned ATV schemes.

alpha mix

Entertainment; Video

A way of combining two images. How the mixing is performed is provided by the alpha channel. The little box that appears over the left-hand shoulder of a news anchor is put there by an alpha ...

alphanumeric

Entertainment; Video

Set of all alphabetic and numeric characters.

abort

Entertainment; Video

Halts the program and returns control to the operator or operating system.

ambient lighting

Entertainment; Video

Light that emanates from no particular source, coming from all directions with equal intensity.

absolute time code

Entertainment; Video

Absolute time code (ATC) is generally recorded in the subcode or control track region of any digital tape. This is the code that digital tape machines use to locate specific points on a tape for ...

A representative sample of background audio (such as a refrigerator hum or crowd murmur) particular to a shooting location. Ambient sound is gathered in the course of a production to aid the sound ...