Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel User Manual
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GLOSSARY
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Best Light:
This generally refers to a color correction which is not quite
a scene-by-scene color correction and not a one-light color
correction. It’s generally a correction which is designed to
be finished later in a tape-to-tape correction.
Bit:
A name which is applied to one fragment of digital data.
Buffer:
This term refers to data storage within RAM.
Byte:
A name which pertains to a group of eight memory bits.
C
CinemaScope:
A trademarked name for an anamorphic wide screen
process originally developed in France by Professor Henri
Chretien. The rights to the format were later purchased by
20th Century Fox Film Corporation in 1952. The basis for
the process involved shooting material with special optics
that recorded a squeezed or anamorphic image on the film.
When the image was projected, another lens was applied
to the projector which un-squeezed the material and
displayed a wide screen image.
Cineon:
A term which is generally applied to a data file with a “.cin”
extension. It is a 10-bit log file.
Clapperboard:
A term which is applied to a board which is shown at the
beginning of each uncut film scene. It is used for the purpose
of identification and manual sound synchronization.
Clip:
A term which is applied to a single file or scene within a
non-linear timeline.
Clipped Whites:
A term which is associated with a luminance correction
that is so high that the detail is cut off or clipped.
Color Balance:
The overall adjustment of the scene’s color information.
Clipping:
Refers to a method of retaining levels within legal limits.
Color Bars:
A test signal made up of eight color bars which is recorded
on a tape to ensure the levels remain consistent when
played on other equipment.
Color Depth:
A term which pertains to the image’s range of color.
Color Correction:
The process of adjusting an image’s color balance
Color Correction Computer:
A device used for adjusting and storing color corrections.
Color Grading:
This generally refers to the process of balancing the
image’s color balance.