Glossary: H
Material outside the IN and OUT points of a clip in a sequence. The Avid
system creates handles when you decompose or consolidate material. The
Decompose and Consolidate features can create new master clips that are
shorter versions of the original master clip. The handles are used for
dissolves and trims with the new, shorter master clips.
A magnetic data recording disk that is permanently mounted within a disk
drive.
The immediate recording of all audio, video, timecode, and control tracks
on a magnetic recorder. Because hard recording creates breaks in any
existing timecode or control track on the tape, this procedure is often
performed on blank tape when an edit is not required or in emergency
circumstances. Also called crash recording.
High-definition television. A digital video image having at least two times
the resolution of standard NTSC or PAL video. The HDTV aspect ratio is
16:9. (Analog TV has a ratio of 4:3.)
The first frame in a clip of film or in a segment of video.
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In video, the room that should be left between the top of a person's
head and the top of the frame when composing a clip.
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In audio, the amount of available gain boost remaining before
distortion is encountered.
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Film or tape wound on a reel with the tail on the inside next to the hub and
the head end on the outside.
The SI unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second.
A high-contrast image used for creating matte keys.
Host Image Independence Protocol. A registered trademark of Avid
Technology, Inc. HIIP allows the Avid system to import and export files in
various standard formats. Also called Image Independence.
The folder containing files that support the Host Image Independence
Protocol.
In color correction, a graph that plots the distribution of pixels in an image
based on their brightness. Provides a visual guide to the makeup of a video
image in terms of relative luminance.
Horizontal phase. The horizontal blanking interval used to synchronize the
timing of two or more video signals.
An attribute of color perception. Red, green, blue form the color model
used, in varying proportions, to produce all the colors displayed in video
and on computer screens. Also called a color phase.
