Resources for Information Product Producers from Ghost Leg Media
Oct 19 2007
As you probably know, the speed with which 35 mm movie film passes through the camera’s gate is measured in Frames Per Second. With film, this is a literal measurement. Every properly calibrated movie camera and projector moves the film at precisely this speed, and any movie can be played on any projector – as [...]
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Oct 04 2007
The speed with which data is transmitted is measured in bits, and is known as the bit rate. In general, the higher the bit rate, the higher the quality. Video can be encoded in two ways – with a constant bit rate (CBR) or with a variable bit rate (VBR). Constant Bit Rate is frequently [...]
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Oct 02 2007
Video uses some uncommon words to describe common practices, some common words to describe uncommon practices, and some just plain indecipherable jargon. Let’s start defining some of these terms. Once the jargon is demystified, video becomes a much friendlier medium. CODEC Codec is a contraction of compress/decompress Video files are very large. A 30 minute [...]
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