Digital Terminology

Khalid Reyes Ali

Film vs Digital

• Debate on whether which camera has better quality

• Imax film has been said that it has the best film quality

Film Size

• This is a perfect example showing the bigger the mm the better quality you receive

• Film size has been developing over years to give better quality for people .

Digital Resolution

• Digital resolution is how many pixel’s per inch

• An inch will equal 1000

• Gives you quality in pictures

Aspect Ratio

• 1.85-1 is commonly used in cinema

• Ultra widescreen is used for action film

Standard Definition vs High Definition

• Both definitions are either PAL or NTSC

• Lower quality than HD

• Either 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio

Capture Formats

Formats

• Consumers use this to encode video’s.

The right Digital Formats

digital format is a format system that uses the digits 1 and 0 as code words to interpret data received and data to be sent

Some editing can be formatted due to compression

Online Editing

• Using online gives you the high editing quality

• Consumes a large amount of computer power for example 2k 4k

Offline Editing

• Importing footage at a low quality

• Editing footage at a low quality such as 240p could be upgraded and made better with a quality as 1080p

• Quicker saving you time

Linear vs non linear

• Using a camera to film a footage in a film is linear

Non Linear

• Example of Non Linear is using a digital camera

• Editing footage easily

• Adjustments

• You can quickly use transitions and effects

Tapes vs Hard Discs

• If using a digital camera, tapes will not be commonly used

• Tapes are rarely used now as memory cards\hard drives are used to save footage

• Disadvantage of this process is that, its less secure