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NTSC (NATIONAL TELEVISION STANDARDS COMMITTEE)
Standard of color TV broadcasting used mainly in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Japan, featuring
525 lines per frame and 60 frames per second. See PAL and SECAM.
OUTLINE
Narrow line that surrounds a character and provides it with an edge. Useful for delineating characters to help
them stand out from the background.
OUTPUT
Similar to the preview in concept except that the resulting output is the final signal which goes "on the air."
Also called "program out."
PAGE
The lines that will be displayed together when the titles are played. Each page is presented with its effects,
then the next page is displayed, etc. FireWriter allows the user to separate text into hundreds of pages.
PAGE INDEX
Compact display that shows many pages on one screen. Each line in the Page Index represents a page in
the Editing Screen. See EDITING SCREEN.
PAGE SYMBOLS
Row of symbols on the Editing Screen that separate pages and indicate characteristics of the page.
PAL (PHASE ALTERNATE LINE)
The European color TV broadcasting standard featuring 625 lines per frame and 50 frames per second. See
NTSC and SECAM.
PATTERN
In FireWriter, an array of dots, lines, or colors that create a pattern that can be used for backgrounds, letters,
outlines, and borders.
PIXEL PATTERN
Pattern comprised of small dots and/or lines. FireWriter patterns include star-field patterns, grids, and
random patterns.
PLAY
Show finished titles, for display or recording.
PLAY SCREEN
Screen that displays titles pages in finished form, ready for recording or display.
POST-PRODUCTION
All editing done after the video footage has been recorded. Editing, titling, special effects insertion, image
enhancement, enriching, fine tuning and other production tasks are done during post-production.
PREVIEW
In FireWriter, an output that allows the operator to create and edit titles out of the audience's view. The
regular output carries the untitled video input while the operator edits the titles. When titles are played, both
outputs carry the titled video.
PROGRAM
See OUTPUT.
PROJECT
The memory of FireWriter can be divided into any number of projects. Projects keep titles separate. One
project can be modified without affecting others and text can be copied and moved between projects.
RAINBOW PATTERN
Pattern composed of color gradients.
RCA CONNECTOR
A type of jack used on consumer VCRs and camcorders to carry composite video signals.
"REAL-TIME" CLOCK
An effect in which a running clock/calendar is capable of being superimposed over all background possibili-
ties, including live video. See Effects In.
VIDEONICS FIREWRITER
VIDEONICS FIREWRITER
RECORDER
VCR connected to FireWriter output, used to record titles.
RESOLUTION
A measure of the ability to reproduce detail. Generally, referred to as horizontal resolution and evaluated by
establishing the number of horizontal lines which are clearly discernible on a test pattern. In FireWriter, the
term refers to the fineness of the characters and determines how smooth they are. FireWriter has high
resolution with a specification of 720x480 in NTSC or 720x580 in PAL (70 ns).
SATURATION
One of three numbers used to define a color in FireWriter. Specifies strength of color, ranging from pale to
colorful. See HUE, LIGHTNESS.
SCROLL
An effect in which a page of titles slides smoothly on to the screen from the bottom, continuing to slide up until
all the titles slide off the top of the screen. See SLIDE.
SECAM (SEQUENTIAL COULEUR A'MEMORIE)
The video standard used mainly in France, Eastern Europe, Russia and surrounding countries. In countries
using the SECAM standard, most video production is done using PAL and converted to SECAM prior to
transmission. MESECAM is a very similar format used in some Middle East countries. See NTSC and PAL.
SHADOW
Boundary around a character which is wider in one direction to convey the impression of a shadow, making
the character look three-dimensional.
SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (S/N)
The ratio in decibels (dB), of an audio or video signal, from the signal's maximum peak-to-peak voltage to the
measured voltage in absence of a signal.
In video, the higher the ratio, the less snow is visible. In audio, the higher the ratio, the cleaner the sound.
FireWriter has a very low noise signal with a specification of 60 dB.
SLIDE
Effect in which a page of titles slides on or off the screen in any of four directions. A slide starts off the screen
and stops when it is fully on the screen; or it starts on the screen and slides completely off. See SCROLL.
SNOW
A general term used to describe interference in a video image. It manifests as random colored or black and
white dots.
SPACING
See LETTERSPACING.
STYLE
Any of several characteristics that can be assigned to characters. In FireWriter, these include outline,
shadow, letter spacing, and bold.
SUB-MENUS
Portions of a menu. Each sub-menu is used to define a different characteristic or to provide another way to
set characteristics. MARK START or TAB makes different sub-menus active.
SUPERIMPOSE
To place in front of video, e.g., placing text over a video signal.
S-VIDEO
Abbreviation for Super-Video, this term describes a video system which transmits the chrominance (color)
and luminance (black and white) information over separate conductors to minimize color fringing, dot crawl,
and other artifacts of color and black and white interaction.
TITLE GENERATOR, TITLER
Device such as FireWriter, used to generate video titles.
TITLING
The addition of text to a video image. Titles may be added to a video scene during shooting or in post-production.
Sophisticated titling devices, such as the Video FireWriter, allow the user to prepare text and graphics in various
sizes, fonts and colors to be triggered later, one-by-one, at appropriate places within a production.
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