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■ GLOSSARY
sample data The media data created by record-
ing or digitizing from a physical source. A
sample is a unit of data that the recording or
capturing device can measure.
sample plot The representation of audio as a
sample waveform.
sample rate The frequency of the sampled units.
saturation The amount of chroma in an image.
Colorfulness.
scale bar A control in the Timeline window
that allows you to expand and contract the
Timeline area centered around the blue posi-
tion indicator.
scanner Also known as a film scanner, flying
spot scanner, or telecine scanner. The physi-
cal machine where the film passes through a
scanner and is converted to video.
scene-by-scene telecine A method of telecine
transfer in which color is carefully corrected
for best exposure of a film, and continuity
between scenes is also carefully calibrated.
Unnecessarily expensive for editing, a scene-
by-scene is sometimes used after a cut has
been made of a film for video distribution or
promotion.
SC phase Subcarrier phase—the color burst
portion of a composite video signal.
SC/H phase In composite video, subcarrier to
horizontal phase. The phase relationship
between subcarrier burst and the horizontal
blanking reference point in a video signal.
Used to time two or more video signals to
prevent horizontal picture shifts.
screening Any viewing of a film program, a
video program, or raw footage.
script supervisor The person responsible for
maintaining script notes and circled takes.
Produces facing pages and notes for editing.
scrubbing The process of shuttling through
and monitoring segments of audio at various
speeds. Originates from earlier analog audio
days when audiotape media was “scrubbed”
against the play head of an ATR to monitor
cue points.
SDTV Acronym for standard-definition televi-
sion. Refers to current television standards,
such as NTSC, PAL, PAL-M, and SECAM.
Opposite of high-definition television (HDTV).
sequence Another term for an edited master,
cut, or program created in a nonlinear
editor (NLE).
search pattern The target for a motion tracking
effect, also known as the region of interest.
SECAM Acronym for Séquential Couleur à
Memoire. The second color television stan-
dard developed (after NTSC) and used in
France and its former colonies, Eastern
Europe, and the Middle East.
secondary color correction Color correction that
applies to specific parts of an image defined
by hue and saturation values. Secondary
color correction allows the user to affect col-
ors within a specific range without altering
any other colors in the image.
segment A section of a track or clip in the
Timeline.
sequence Avid term for an edited composi-
tion. Can also refer to a series of shots or
scenes within a film.
serial timecode A type of SMPTE timecode
that is recorded on an assigned address track
of a videotape. Also called longitudinal time-
code (LTC) or address track timecode.
setup A reference point in the North Ameri-
can version of the National Television Stan-
dards Committee (NTSC) analog video
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