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emulsion layer

Entertainment; Video

(1) Broadly, any light-sensitive photographic material consisting of a gelatin emulsion containing silver halide together with the base and any other layers or ingredients that may be required to ...

fade

Entertainment; Video

A video editing term that describes switching from one video source to a black level or from black to a video signal. This is commonly called a “fade to black” or “fade from black.” Fade to ...

a) In interlaced scan systems, the information for one picture is divided up into two fields. Each field contains one-half of the lines required to produce the entire picture. Adjacent lines in the ...

fielding

Entertainment; Video

Refers to the size of the area on the artwork which falls within the sight of the camera. Thus, a 12 field is roughly 12 inches across and a 9 field is 9 inches across. Even though a drawing or cel ...

fill light

Entertainment; Video

Fill lights, commonly referred to as “scoops,” provide a softedged field of light used to provide additional subject illumination to reduce harsh shadows or areas not highlighted by the key ...

filtering

Entertainment; Video

A process used in both analog and digital image processing to reduce bandwidth. Filters can be designed to remove information content such as high or low frequencies, for example, or to average ...

flicker

Entertainment; Video

a) Flicker occurs when the refresh rate of the video is too low and the light level on the display begins to decrease before new information is written to the screen to maintain the light level. To ...