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- super-impose
- to place in front of a video
- snow
- means the interference in a video image
- S-VHS (Super VHS)
- an improved version of VHS
- sync-stripping
- a process which separates sync from the rest of the video signal for timing correction, clamping, and other purposes
- sync restoration
- a process which replaces distorted and missing sync information by checking incoming sync, analyzing frequencies involved, and generating a fully restored sync
- SEG (Special Effects Generator)
- device designed to generate special effects
- serial port
- a computer input/output port through which the computer communicates with the external world
- syncro-edit
- wired control protocol which activates/deactivates a VCR's record pause function
- split screen
- an electronic process in which two videos appear side-by-side on the screen simultaneously
- SECAM (Sequential Couteur A'memorie)
- a video standard used in some European and surrounding countries
- sepia tone
- a process used in photography to make pictures appear antiqued
- sync (synchronization)
- the precise alignment of 2 signals/functions
- SMPTE
- Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
- switcher
- a device used to select different signals from various sources
- S-Video (Super Video)
- a system of plugs and jacks used to interconnect camcorders, VCR's, and TV monitors
- special effects
- features added to video to enhance it
- SCART
- an audio or video connector used in consumer equipment, especially in Europe; the SCART connectors 21 pins carry 2 audio in/out channels, in/out video channels, RGB signals, ground, and some additional control signals
- safe title area
- the center 80% of the entire overscan video image or area that will display legible titles
- S-VHS-c (Super VHS-C)
- an improved version of VHS-C
- SMPTE-VITC
- SMTPE's vertical time code format standard, VITC means the same thing as SMPTE-VITC
- shotgun microphone
- long, highly directional microphone designed to pick up sounds directly in front of it, not from any other directions
- S/N (Signal-to-Signal Noise Ratio)
- the ratio in dB of an audio/video signal, between the signals max. peak-to-peak system and the measured voltage of what remains when the signal is removed
- solarization
- special effect in which the lightest and darkest values of a picture become dark and the middle tones become light
- stereo mixing
- simultaneous processing of both left and right video channels