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dB

Abbreviation for decibel.

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1.85
10-bit image
16-bit image
16mm film
2:3 pulldown
2:3 pullup
2.35 format
2.5D (21⁄2 D)
24p
2D
2D graphics
2D motion blur
2D tracking
2k resolution
3:2 pulldown
3:2 pullup
32-bit image
35mm film
3D
3D film
3D glasses
3D graphics
3D motion blur
3D tracking
3DoF
4:1:1 compression
4:2:2 compression
4:4:4 compression
4D
4k resolution
65mm film
6DoF
70mm film
8-bit image
8mm film
anaglyph
anaglyph glasses
analog
anamorphic
anamorphic format
anamorphic lens
animated
animatic
animation
animation rig
animator
anisotropic
answer print
anti-aliasing
aperture
API
apparent motion
Array System
articulate matte
artifact
ASA rating
ASC Manual
ASCII
ASCII file
aspect ratio
Association for Computing Machinery
atmosphere
Augmented reality (AR)
autostereoscopic
B-spline
background
backing color
BAFTA
bake in
baked out
banding
barrel distortion
base
batch compositing
Bayer mosaic pattern sensor
beamsplitter
beauty pass
Bézier curve
BG
bicubic interpolation
bilinear interpolation
Binary Space Partition (BSP)
binocular
bipack
bit
bit depth
bitmapped image
black point
bleach bypass
blue record
blue screen
blue screen photography
blue spill
bokeh
bounce light
box filter
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
British Society of Cinematographers (BSC)
burn-in
C-scope
C-stand
camera aperture
camera frustum
camera mapping
Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC)
cardboard effect
CBB
CC
CCD
CDL (Color Decision List)
cel animation
center extraction
centroid
CG
CG feature
CG Supervisor
CGI
channel
characteristic curve
chroma-keying
chromatic aberration
chromatic resolution
chrominance
CIE XYZ
Cinemascope
cinematographer
Cineon
circle of confusion
circular polarization
clean plate
clip
clipping
clone
cloud tank
cloud-based rendering
CLUT
CMY
codec
color bars
color contamination
color correction
color difference method
color lookup table
color management
color resolution
color script
color space
color temperature
color timer or grader (colorist)
color timing or grading
color wedge
complementary color
complementary matte
component
component video
composite video
compositing
compositing engine
Compositing Supervisor
compositor
computer graphics
Computer Graphics Supervisor
computer-generated imagery (CGI)
conform
conjugate points
contact shadow
continuity
contouring
contrast
control points
convergence
conversion
convolution filter
convolution kernel
convolution mask
convolve
cool
corresponding points
CPU
crawling
creature shop
cropping
crosstalk
CRT
cukaloris
cursor
curve editor
D-Cinema
D-max
D-min
D1 format
D2 format
D5 format
dailies
day for night
dB
DCI
DCP
decibel (dB)
decimation
Deep compositing
Deep data
Deep images
deinterlace
densitometer
density space
depth channel
depth cue
depth of field (DOF)
depth of focus
depth range
desaturation
detail generator
DI
difference matte
diffusion
digital
digital artist
digital cinema
digital cinema package (DCP)
digital cinematography
digital compositing
Digital Effects Supervisor
digital imaging technician (DIT)
digital intermediate (DI)
Digital Light Processing (DLP)
digitization
dilation
DIN rating
diopter
Dirac filter
director
disparity
dissolve
dither
DOD
domain of definition (DOD)
DoP, DP
dots per inch (DPI)
double exposure (DX)
double framing
DPX
drop frame
dubbing
dust busting
DVE
DX
dynamic range
dynamic resolution
E-fan
E-split
ECU
edge detection algorithm
edge matte
edge numbers
edge quality
editing
EDL
effects animation
effects filter
EI
eight-perf
element
emulsion
encoder
ENR
erosion
Estar film stock
exposure index (EI)
exposure latitude
exposure sheets
exposure split
exposure wedge
EXR
extrastereoscopic cues
eyeline
f-stop
FACS
fade
fast Fourier transform (FFT)
FFT
FG
field
field chart
field dominance
field of view (FOV)
field-sequential
file format
fill light
film gauge
film recorder
film recording
film speed
film weave
film-out
filter
final
fix it in post
fixed matte
flare
flashing
flat
flat lens
flatbed
flicker glasses
flip
float
floating point
floating windows
floor effects
flop
focal length
focus
folding
foot-lambert (fL, fl or ft-L)
forced perspective
foreground
format
Forward Kinematics
four-perf
four-point track
FOV
fps
fractal compression
frame
frame rate
freeze
freeze frame
fringing
frustum
frustum culling
full aperture
fusion
G-matte
Game engine
gamma
gamut
garbage matte
Gas Plasma Screen
Gaussian blur
Gaussian filter
gel
generation loss
geometric transformation
ghosting
GIF
global illumination
glue code
Go-Motion photography
gobo
GPU
grading
grain
graphical user interface (GUI)
gray card
gray scale image
greeblies
green record
green screen
green spill
greenlit
grid chart
guesstimate
GUI
halation
handles
haptic arm
HD resolution
HDR
HDRI
HDTV
Hermite curve
High Definition
high dynamic range (HDR)
high-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI)
high-pass filter
histogram
histogram equalization
histogram sliding
histogram stretching
HIT
HLS
HMD
hold
hold-out matte
homologous points
hot
hot head
HSB
HSI
HSL
HSV
hue
Huffman coding
ICC
IDT
IK
image processing
IMAX
impulse filter
in-betweening
in-camera effects
indexed color
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
interactive lighting
Interaxial distance (IA)
interframe coding
interlacing
intermediate
internal accuracy
International Color Consortium (ICC)
internegative (IN)
interocular distance
interpolation
interpositive (IP)
interpositive film stock
interpupillary distance
Inverse Kinematics (IK)
ISO index
IT
JPEG
kernel
key
key code
Key light
keyer
keyframe
keyframe animation
keyframing
keying
Keykode numbers
Keylight
keystone distortion
kukaloris
LAD
large-format camera
large-format film
latency
latent image
layering operation
LBE
LCD (liquid-crystal display)
LCOS (Liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS or LCOS))
LED (Light emitting diode)
Leica camera
Leica lenses
lens artifact
lens assembly
lens flare
lens mapping
letterboxing
LIDAR (light imaging detection and ranging )
Light Box
light emitting diode
light pass
lighting reference
linear color space
linear encoding
linear interpolation
linear polarization
linear space
Lineup (lineup sheet)
Liquid-crystal-display televisions (LCD TVs)
locked cut
locked-off camera
log space
long lens
lookup table (LUT)
lossless compression
lossy compression
low-pass filter
lowball bid
luma-keying
luminance
LUT
LZW compression
Macbeth chart
Mach banding
macro
mandrel
maquette
mask
matchmove
matte
matte channel
matte extraction
matte line
matte painting
matte pass
maximum density
median filter
Medusa Head
miniaturization
minimum density
Mitchell filter
MoCap
moco
monochrome
monocular cues
morphing
MOS
motion artifact
motion blur
motion control
motion control camera
motion graphics
Movieola
MPEG
MR
multimedia
multiplane compositing
multiple-camera rig
multiple-pass photography
multiple-pass rendering
multiplexing
naming conventions
ND filter
nearest-neighbor filter
neutral density filter
Newton’s rings
NG
NLE
nodal point
node view
non-square pixel
Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline (NURBs)
nonlinear color space
nonlinear editing
nonlinear encoding
normalized value
NTSC
NURBs
o-neg
occlusion
ODT
off-line compositing
OLED (organic light-emitting diode)
Omnimax
on-line compositing
on-set previs
one-point track
opaque
OpenEXR
OpenGL
optical compositing
optical flow analysis
optical printer
original negative (O-neg)
orthographic
orthographic view
overcrank
oversampling
paint software
paintbox
PAL
palette
pan and scan
pan and tile
Panavision
Pantone Matching System (PMS)
parallax
parallax budget
particle system
pattern matching
peg registered
perf
perforation
performance capture
periscope lens
Periwinkle effect
persistence of vision
perspective
perspective compensation
photogrammetry
photorealism
picture element
pincushion distortion
pipeline
pitchvis
pixel
pixel analyzer
pixel aspect ratio
pixelation
pixelation animation
planar
plano-stereoscopic
Plasma Display, also known as Plasma display panel (PDP)
plate
playback speed
polarized glasses
post-house
post-production
posterization
postmove
postvis
PPD
practical effects (floor effects)
pre-production
precomp
preliminary composite
premultiplied image
previs
Primatte
prime lens
print
procedural paint
processing
producer
production sense
progressive scan
projection mapping
projection speed
ProRes (Apple ProRes)
proxy
pull a matte
pulldown
pullup
quantization
quantization artifact
quantizing
R&D
Ramsdell rig
raster graphics
raw stock
RDBMS
real time
rear projection (RP)
record
Rectilinear lens
red record
reference spheres
reflection pass
region of interest (ROI)
release print
render
render farm
render queue
RenderMan
reposition
resampling
resolution
resolution independence
retinal disparity
retroreflective curtain
RGB
RGBA
ride film
rig
ringing
RLA
ROI
rotation
rotoscope
rotoscoped matte
rotoscoping
RP
RRT
RTFM
run takes
run-length encoding
rushes
S/N
sampling
saturation
scaling
scan line
scanner
scene
scene-referred image
scope
screen left
screen resolution
screen right
screen space
script
SDK
SECAM
seed
selection device
self-illuminated blue screen
sequence
server
SFX
Shader
shadow pass
sharpening
sharpness
short lens
shot
Showscan
shutter angle
shutter speed
SIGGRAPH
Signal to Noise
silver halide crystals
sinc filter
skinning
skip frames
slate
slop comp, slap comp
slow motion
SLR
SMPTE
snorkel lens
Sobel filter
Sobel matte
software developer’s kit (SDK)
solarization
spatial aliasing
spatial convolution
spatial filter
spatial resolution
special effects (SPX)
special visual effects
spherical lens
spill
spill suppression
spline
spline curve
splinter unit
split diopter
split-screen
sprite
square pixel
squeezed image
sRGB
stabilization
staircasing
stand-in
static image
static matte
steadiness
steady test
stereo
stereographer
stereoplexing
stereopsis
stereoscope
stereoscopic image
stereoscopic pair
stereoscopy
stochastic sampling
stock
stop
stop-motion animation
storyboard
strobing
stuffie
subpixel
super
Super 16mm film
Super 35mm film
Super 8mm film
Super Techniscope
superblack
superimpose
Superscope
superwhite
surface normal
surround
sync block
T-stop
tablet
tail slate
take
TARGA
Technical Assistant (TA)
Technical Director (TD)
technical previs (Techvis)
Techniscope
telecine
telephoto lens
temp comp
temporal
temporal aliasing
temporal filling
temporal resolution
temporary composite
tessellation
texture mapping
TGA
theater space
Three-perf
TIFF
timecode
timeline graph
timing
tracking
tracking markers
transformation
transition effect
translation
translucent
transmission blue screen
transparent
traveling matte
trucking
tumble paint
turnover
two-perf
two-point track
UI
Ultimatte
Ultra-high definition (UHD)
undercrank
underscan
unpremultiplied image
unpremultiply
unsharp masking
UPM (unit production manager)
user interface
UV mapping
value
vaporware
vector graphics
vectorscope
VFX
VFX Supervisor
view frustum culling
viewing frustum
vignetting
virtual asset
Virtual reality (VR)
visible spectrum
VistaVision
visual effects (VFX)
Visual Effects Director of Photography
Visual Effects Producer
Volume
wagon wheeling
Waldo
warm
warping
warping engine
waveform monitor
wavelet
weave
wedge
white balance
white point
wide-angle lens
widescreen
window
wipe
wire removal
witness camera
witness points
working resolution
x
x-axis
XR
y-axis
Y-depth image
YIQ
YUV
z-axis
Z-buffer
Z-channel
Z-depth compositing
Z-depth image
Z-space
zoom
ZPS

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