Post-production

A six-channel surround layout with left, center, right, two surrounds, and an LFE channel.

An eight-channel surround layout expanding front or surround spatial coverage beyond 5.1.

Advanced Audio Coding, a lossy audio codec widely used for distribution and streaming.

An interchange format that can carry editorial timeline, clip, and audio information between applications.

The wide set of RGB primaries used by the ACES2065-1 interchange encoding.

The RGB primaries used by ACEScg, ACEScc, and ACEScct working encodings.

The Academy Color Encoding System, a color-managed framework for exchanging scene-referred image data.

A transform converting a known camera or source encoding into the ACES reference framework.

A transform mapping ACES scene-referred values to a specified display or mastering condition.

The core ACES scene-referred image encoding using AP0 primaries and linear-light values for interchange and archiving.

A logarithmic ACES color-grading image encoding based on the AP1 color primaries.

A logarithmic ACES encoding based on AP1 primaries and designed for color-grading operations.

A linear-light ACES working space using AP1 primaries, commonly used for computer graphics and compositing.

Automated dialogue replacement: re-recording dialogue in sync with picture after principal photography.

A list of replacement dialogue cues with scene, take, timing, performer, and recording notes.

The selection, timing, cleaning, and integration of recorded ADR with production sound.

A studio session capturing replacement dialogue performed in synchronization with picture.

Audio Interchange File Format, a container historically common for uncompressed professional audio.

A data channel that describes image transparency or matte coverage for compositing.

Background sound that establishes the continuous acoustic character of a place, time, or environment.

An image system that uses different horizontal and vertical magnification, traditionally squeezing a wide field onto film and unsqueezing it for projection.

The first release-form laboratory print combining approved picture and sound that is presented to the producer for acceptance.

A family of intraframe video codecs used for acquisition, editing, mastering, and interchange.

A preservation-oriented master retained to support long-term access, migration, and future remastering.

A timed or final script reflecting the program as actually delivered rather than the shooting draft.

An early edit that places the available material in script or story order before detailed refinement.

A DCP XML document locating package assets across one or more storage volumes.

An alpha convention in which stored color channels have already been multiplied by opacity.

Processing intended to reduce steady or changing unwanted noise in an audio recording.

A program mix incorporating narration that describes important visual information for blind or low-vision audiences.

A timed script identifying visual information to describe and wording for the narration.

Software-assisted alignment of separate picture and sound clips using timecode, waveform, or metadata.

An automatically created project recovery version written at configured time or change intervals.

An additional timecode field stored alongside primary source timecode for alternate synchronization or reference.

Audio Video Interleave, a Microsoft container for interleaved picture and sound streams.

A bidirectionally predicted picture reconstructed from surrounding reference pictures and residual data.

Selective retouching of faces, skin, wardrobe, or appearance within moving images.

The number of digital values available to represent each sampled image or audio component.

A WAV-compatible audio format carrying professional metadata such as timestamps and origin information.

Visible timecode characters rendered into a viewing copy for reference.

The first-generation picture recorded by the production camera onto film or digital media.

The reconstruction of camera movement and scene perspective from photographed image features.

The revision of caption timing and text to match a changed program edit or master.

A timed-text file containing same-language dialogue and relevant sound information for accessibility.

Timed text that represents dialogue and relevant audible information for accessibility or distribution.

A report describing editorial differences between two picture versions for downstream departments.

A file listing media paths and cryptographic checksums for transfer or package integrity verification.

Isolation of image regions based primarily on a selected hue or color range.

A representation that stores color-detail information at lower spatial resolution than luminance.

A background-only image used to remove or replace unwanted objects during compositing.

Timed accessibility text carried separately so viewers or playback systems can enable it.

An algorithm or software implementation used to encode and decode audio or video data.

The creative and technical shaping of shot color, contrast, density, and continuity for approved outputs.

A defined coordinate system for describing how color values are represented, transformed, and displayed.

The shot-by-shot control of color and density, historically through photochemical printer-light decisions and now also used for digital grading.

The combination of multiple image elements into a single coherent shot.

A D-cinema or IMF document defining the ordered track files that form a playable composition.

A grouped timeline object that packages multiple synchronized elements for editing as one item.

Imagery created or substantially manipulated with computer graphics for integration into a shot, sequence, or complete animated work.

The process of rebuilding a locked edit from original camera or source media for finishing.

A workflow copying required project media, often with handles, into a controlled package.

An encoding mode targeting a substantially fixed data rate over time.

A process applying an impulse response to audio to simulate a measured acoustic response.

Visual-effects multiplication or synthesis of people to create a larger crowd.

An ID-matte system encoding object or material selections with coverage information for compositing.

A shot of related material placed between portions of the primary continuous action.

Recently captured picture and sound prepared for review, editorial, continuity, or production decisions.

The amount of encoded media data transferred or stored per unit of time.

A Digital Cinema Package containing the image, sound, subtitles, and metadata used for digital theatrical playback.

Audio processing that detects and reduces short clicks, crackles, mouth noise, or discontinuities.

Compositing with multiple samples and depth information stored along a pixel’s viewing ray.

The conversion of interlaced video fields into progressive frames for processing or display.

The approved files, documents, captions, artwork, and metadata required by a distributor or platform.

An itemized record of files, versions, languages, specifications, and documents included in a delivery.

The reduction of unwanted image or audio noise while preserving intended detail and character.

A rendered channel representing distance from the camera for each visible sample or pixel.

A deliberately constructed sound that interprets rather than simply reproduces an event.

Reduction or replacement of colored screen light contaminating a keyed foreground subject.

The organization and selection of production dialogue takes into a continuous editable track set.

The preparation, cleanup, replacement, and organization of spoken production material.

Metadata or processing used to align playback level around a measured dialogue reference.

A premixing stage that edits, cleans, balances, and processes production dialogue and ADR before final mixing.

A keying method isolating pixels that differ from a selected reference image.

A matte generated by comparing an image with a reference background or clean plate.

A computer-generated representation of a performer used for shots or actions requiring digital replacement.

A finishing workflow in which photographed images are digitized, conformed, graded, and mastered digitally.

Image values prepared relative to a particular display appearance or output condition.

A transition in which one image gradually fades out while another simultaneously fades in.

An Avid intraframe codec family designed for HD editorial and post-production workflows.

An Avid resolution-independent intraframe codec family for HD, UHD, and larger rasters.

An ordered set of Digital Picture Exchange files, typically one image file per frame.

A numbering convention that skips selected labels to align 29.97-frame video timecode with clock time.

A logical container used to organize clips, sequences, audio, graphics, and other project items in an editing system.

The boundary where one clip or segment begins or ends in an edited sequence.

The application document containing editorial organization, sequences, effects, metadata, and media references.

An edit decision list that records ordered source events and timecode for transferring an edit between systems.

The credit sequence appearing after the principal program content of a finished work.

Removal of selected timeline material while closing the resulting time gap.

A gradual transition between a picture or sound element and a defined level such as black or silence.

The approved combination of dialogue, effects, Foley, music, and deliverable-specific stems.

A near-final edit refined for pacing, transitions, performance, and editorial detail.

Performed and recorded sound effects synchronized to picture, named for sound-effects artist Jack Foley.

The editing and preparation of recorded Foley performances for synchronization, continuity, and mixing.

The performance and recording of synchronized footsteps, movement, props, and tactile sounds.

Subtitles shown selectively to translate story-essential language or text within an otherwise unsubtitled version.

An edit using both source and sequence in-out ranges, requiring a duration reconciliation.

A process creating a new temporal sampling rate from source picture frames.

A held still image created by repeating or extending one selected picture frame.

A coarse mask excluding unwanted image regions before a more precise key or composite.

The controlled analysis, reduction, matching, and reintroduction of film grain or image noise.

Recorded group voices created for crowds, public spaces, background dialogue, or specific off-screen action.

A synchronized editorial object combining multiple camera or audio sources for multicamera cutting.

An ordered structure of independently and predictively coded frames in an interframe stream.

A widely deployed interframe video-compression standard also known as AVC.

A video-compression standard also known as HEVC, designed for greater efficiency than H.264.

Extra source frames supplied before and after an edited shot boundary.

Discrete synchronized sound effects representing visible or narratively specific events.

Material or timing placed before program start and after program end for mastering or review.

A matte used to prevent or remove contribution from selected regions in a composite.

An independently coded picture within an interframe-compressed digital video stream.

An ordered series of still files representing successive frames of moving picture.

A post process reducing unwanted apparent camera movement by transforming successive frames.

Interoperable Master Format, a package structure for managing multiple versions and deliverables from a common source.

A recording or measurement describing how an acoustic space or system responds over time.

The controlled intake of source media into a post-production storage and tracking system.

An edit placing source into a sequence while pushing later timeline material forward.

A gated measurement representing average programme loudness over a defined duration.

Compression that represents some frames using temporal relationships to other frames.

A codec that encodes each frame independently rather than depending on surrounding frames.

Compression that encodes each frame substantially independently of neighboring frames.

A split edit in which audio from the incoming shot or scene begins before its picture appears.

The wavelet-based image compression used for picture essence in interoperable digital-cinema packages.

A visibly discontinuous cut between similar framings or moments that makes time or position appear to jump.

A signed data object supplying decryption keys and permitted playback conditions for encrypted digital cinema content.

The grayscale transparency result generated by a keying operation for compositing.

A compositing technique that isolates a subject using a selected color or luminance range.

A split edit in which audio from the outgoing shot or scene continues after the picture changes.

A calibrated data image or model describing how a lens bends image coordinates.

The low-frequency-effects channel in a multichannel soundtrack, intended for selected low-frequency content.

Removal of selected timeline material while leaving a gap of the same duration.

Image values proportional to represented light, enabling physically meaningful compositing and illumination math.

Source files currently connected to clips or items inside a post-production project.

The scripts, references, stems, textless materials, metadata, and masters supplied for translation and adaptation.

A codec structure representing some frames through differences from earlier or later frames.

A timecode signal encoded as audio-like data along a recording track.

An ACES transform representing an intentional creative look within a color-managed pipeline.

A group of voice performers recording background and incidental dialogue for post-production.

The measurement and adjustment of program audio toward a specified perceived-loudness target.

A statistical measure describing variation in program loudness while excluding extreme short events.

An on-screen graphic identifying a person, place, topic, score, or other contextual information.

Loudness Units relative to Full Scale, a unit used for measured program loudness in digital audio.

Isolation of image regions using brightness values rather than hue selection.

A lookup table that maps input values to output values for preview, display transformation, or a creative look.

A music-and-effects mix prepared without primary dialogue so localized dialogue can be added.

An Avid project object representing source media and its metadata for editorial use.

An edit joining shots through a corresponding shape, movement, composition, action, idea, or sound.

An editorial command locating the source frame corresponding to the current sequence frame.

A color correction aligning a shot’s appearance with adjacent or reference shots.

A tracking workflow that reconstructs camera or object motion for visual-effects integration.

A painted or assembled image creating or extending an environment for compositing.

A high-quality codec intended for editing, interchange, mastering, or intermediate generations.

A high-quality intermediate master retained for downstream versions, distribution, or archive.

Recorded changes to faders, pans, mutes, sends, plugins, and other mix parameters over time.

A feed containing the program mix with one contributor’s own signal removed.

The alignment of monitor level, frequency response, timing, routing, and listening position to an agreed standard.

A short-window loudness measurement showing rapid changes in perceived programme level.

The analysis of image movement so graphics, effects, or corrections can follow an object or camera.

A rendered data pass describing screen-space movement for pixels or objects.

An ISO base-media container commonly used to package encoded video, audio, subtitles, and metadata.

The alignment and grouping of multiple camera and audio sources for synchronized editing.

A timed record of music used in a completed program, including titles, writers, publishers, duration, and usage type.

The post-production work of organizing, editing, conforming, documenting, and preparing music against picture.

Material Exchange Format, a professional container that carries audiovisual essence and associated metadata.

The photochemical finishing craft of physically assembling original negative according to an approved edit.

A sequence used as a single clip inside another editing sequence.

A visual processing network in which connected nodes represent operations and data flow.

The underlying level of unwanted system or environmental sound beneath desired audio.

A rendered image encoding surface-normal direction for relighting or selection in compositing.

A rendered channel assigning distinguishable values to objects for downstream selection.

The reconstruction or following of an independently moving object within photographed space.

An editorial stage using manageable media or proxies to shape story and timing before final conform.

Project items whose expected source files are unavailable at their recorded storage locations.

An interchange format commonly used to move audio edits and media references between systems.

The finishing rebuild of an approved edit from original or highest-quality picture sources.

The finishing stage that relinks high-quality media and applies approved picture, graphics, and mastering work.

Captions permanently visible within the program image for all viewers.

An ordered set of high-dynamic-range OpenEXR image files used extensively in visual effects.

Motion estimation between frames used to synthesize intermediate pictures for retiming or conversion.

A native digital file created by a camera before editorial transcoding or rendering.

A self-contained digital-cinema package carrying the primary picture, sound, and timed-text assets for a version.

An edit placing source into a timeline while replacing material within the destination duration.

A predictively coded picture reconstructed using an earlier reference picture and residual data.

Automated and human checking that a delivery package is complete, correctly structured, synchronized, and within specification.

A package document enumerating included assets and their identifiers for ingest and validation.

Frame-by-frame removal or replacement of an unwanted photographed object or artifact.

Pulse-code modulation, a method representing sampled audio amplitude as numerical values.

Adjustment of timing or polarity so related audio signals combine as intended.

An automated and reviewed check for flashing or patterned images that may pose photosensitive seizure risk.

The point at which editorial timing and shot order are approved for downstream finishing.

Motion analysis following a flat surface region through translation, scale, rotation, and perspective change.

Real-time review of a deliverable through an appropriate playback path from beginning to end.

The timeline indicator showing the current temporal position for playback, editing, or navigation.

Motion analysis following one or more localized image features across frames.

A detailed record of final program content, timings, shots, dialogue, music, and other required elements.

A shaped spatial mask used in color grading to restrict an adjustment to part of the image.

A nested composition used to group layers or processing within a larger motion-graphics or effects comp.

A focused mixing pass that balances and processes a group of elements before the final mix.

An image representation in which color channels are already multiplied by transparency values.

The operation of multiplying color channels by alpha so stored color is associated with opacity.

A temporary render generated to improve timeline playback of effects or demanding media.

A color adjustment affecting the image broadly, such as overall exposure, balance, contrast, or saturation.

The approved final program mix from which exhibition or distribution audio deliverables are derived.

Dialogue recorded during photography and carried into post as the primary performance source.

An editing viewer that displays the current output of the active sequence or timeline.

A collaboration control preventing conflicting users from modifying the same project state simultaneously.

Lower-bandwidth copies used to edit efficiently while preserving a path back to original media.

A list identifying source shots or film sections that must be retrieved for conforming, scanning, or effects work.

The reconstruction of original film-like frames by identifying and removing a video field cadence.

A structured record of technical, editorial, accessibility, or packaging issues found during quality control.

A structured review that checks technical, editorial, accessibility, and delivery requirements.

A media container commonly identified by the .mov extension and capable of carrying many codecs and tracks.

A shot emphasizing a character’s response to dialogue, action, or new information.

A calibrated playback sound-pressure level associated with a known digital reference signal.

The ACES rendering stage that converts scene-referred values toward an output-referred appearance model.

The process of reconnecting project items to moved, restored, or higher-quality source files.

A managed group of computers distributing image, effects, animation, or transcoding jobs.

A calculated media file storing effects or composites for playback, export, or finishing.

An edit substituting source content while preserving a selected timeline clip’s position and duration.

A trim that changes one clip edge and shifts later timeline material to close or create the resulting gap.

A trim that moves a shared cut point between adjacent clips without changing overall sequence duration.

An animated matte shaped frame by frame to isolate a moving image element.

An editable curve defining part of an animated matte boundary.

The process of creating animated mattes or masks by tracing and refining moving image elements over time.

An edit focused on story, structure, and performance before final timing and finishing decisions.

Digital conversion of audio from one sampling frequency to another.

Image values related to the light and exposure of the photographed scene rather than a particular display.

Subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences that include dialogue plus relevant sound and speaker information.

A selective grade isolated by color, luminance, matte, spatial mask, or tracked region.

Takes, moments, or source clips identified as preferred candidates for an edit or downstream task.

An editable ordered arrangement of picture, sound, graphics, and timing in nonlinear editing software.

The timecode address assigned along an edited timeline independent of individual source timecodes.

A visual-effects addition expanding a practical environment beyond what was built or photographed.

An editorial project organized for concurrent or coordinated access by multiple collaborators.

A program-loudness measurement calculated over a moving window of several seconds.

An edit that moves a clip earlier or later while preserving its duration and adjusting neighboring clip edges.

An edit that changes a clip’s source in and out points while preserving its timeline position and duration.

An abrupt edit designed to create strong contrast in image, sound, time, scale, or emotional tone.

Audio that continues across or begins before a picture transition to connect shots or scenes.

The creative and technical shaping of sound to support story, space, emotion, and rhythm.

The selection, cleanup, organization, and timing of dialogue, effects, ambience, and production sound.

An organized collection of recorded or synthesized audio assets and associated metadata.

The selection, creation, placement, and organization of sound effects to support picture and story.

A clip representing source media or a defined portion of it within an editing project.

Picture, sound, graphics, or other files from which an edit or master is built.

An editing viewer used to inspect and mark source material before placing it into a sequence.

The mapping of source clip tracks to destination sequence tracks for an edit.

The timecode recorded with or assigned to original media and used to identify source frames.

Audio restoration targeting localized unwanted events in a time-frequency display.

A timed transition between different playback speeds within an individual shot.

An edit in which the picture and corresponding audio change at different times.

A review in which filmmakers decide where music, effects, dialogue work, or other sound cues should begin and end.

A two-channel image encoding horizontal and vertical sampling coordinates for image warping.

A separately delivered submix of a defined program element group, such as dialogue, music, or effects.

An alpha convention in which stored color channels are not multiplied by opacity.

A long assembly of potentially useful material placed in sequence for review or selection.

A project item referencing a selected range within a longer source clip.

A timed-text file presenting translated or transcribed dialogue for on-screen display.

The process of setting subtitle in and out times against picture and dialogue.

Timed translated or transcribed dialogue text intended to be read with picture.

A timeline control keeping designated tracks temporally aligned during ripple or insert operations.

Production audio recorded with a defined timing relationship to the corresponding picture.

A provisional sound mix used to evaluate story, levels, transitions, and editorial intent before final mixing.

Existing or provisional music placed against picture to explore pacing, tone, and structure before the final score.

Picture elements supplied without titles or language-specific graphics for localization and versioning.

A picture master with selected language-specific titles or graphics removed for localization.

An edit defined by three marks, with the system deriving the fourth boundary.

An ordered series of Tagged Image File Format images representing successive video or film frames.

The time-based editing interface in which tracks and clips are arranged to build a sequence.

A time-positioned annotation carrying notes, ranges, labels, cues, or review status.

A full-frame graphic presenting a title, chapter, location, date, quotation, or other information.

A conservative image area where essential text and graphics remain visible across displays and framing variations.

The configuration determining which timeline tracks receive or participate in an edit.

Selection of timeline tracks that receive edits or respond to navigation and commands.

The conversion of media from one encoding, container, resolution, or rate to another.

A matte that changes across frames to follow a moving subject or element.

An editorial adjustment to the start, end, or relationship of clips around an edit point.

An estimate of the maximum reconstructed audio-signal level, including peaks that occur between digital samples.

The operation of dividing color channels by alpha to recover unassociated color values where defined.

A rendered pass carrying surface texture coordinates for post-production texture placement or repair.

An encoding mode allocating more or fewer bits as picture or sound complexity changes.

A supplemental digital-cinema package that reuses assets from an Original Version while replacing selected components.

Legacy timecode encoded into lines of the vertical blanking interval of an analog video signal.

A photographed source element intended to be combined with digital effects or other layers.

A DCP document identifying the volume within a multi-volume package.

Indistinct background crowd speech used to create the presence of people without foreground dialogue.

A Waveform Audio File Format container commonly used for uncompressed PCM production and delivery audio.

A viewing copy with timecode and often other source or production information burned into the picture.

A transition in which a moving boundary replaces one image with another across the frame.

Paint and compositing work that removes visible stunt, rigging, safety, or support wires.

A structured interchange file used by editorial and finishing applications to transfer timeline information.