Glossary

Glossary: 8 terms in video editing

Dissolve: Image transition effect where one picture gradually disappears as another appears. Also called a cross-fade.

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Extreme Close Up: Shots that frame the subject tightly (gets right in and shows extreme detail)

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Filter effect: A digital effect that is applied to a clip to change a specific parameter of video or audio, such as the color of a visual element or the reverb on an audio track.

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Jump cut: Unnatural, abrupt switch between shots identical in subject but slightly different in screen location, so the subject appears to jump from one screen location to another.

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Ken Burns effect: A documentary movie technique that zooms in and pans still images.

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Normal Cut: Instantaneous change from one shot to another.

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Rate Stretch: A common video editing tool that allows the editor to change the time rate of a clip, thus increasing or decreasing its run time without changing the content therein.

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Titling: Process or result of incorporating on-screen text as credits, captions or any other alphanumeric communication

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