Below you will find some of the most frequently used terminology within our industry. We have also included further explanations on some of the services we offer.
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Archival Image
A digital image taken at the highest practicable resolution and stored securely.
Additional DVD or CD Copy
Additional copies of your project can be ordered, one is included with all orders
Aspect Ratio
Two common video graphic aspect ratios are 4:3 (1.33:1), universal for standard-definition video formats, and 16:9 (1.78:1), universal to high-definition television and European digital television. Other cinema and video aspect ratios exist, but are used infrequently. Below is a graphical reference to the two formats:
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Background (DVD Slideshow)
Background are used behind title pages as well as behind the photos themselves.
See also: Background Suggestions
See also: Video of Backgrounds Available
Background Change
Replacing the background of a photo with a new background. See also:
Object / Person Removal & Object / Person Addition
Bitmap (bmp)
This is a commonly used picture format which retains details well but creates very large files.
Blu-ray (BD)
Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers (including Apple, Dell, Hitachi, HP, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson). The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience.
These are Compact Disks, round plastic and about 5 inches in diameter. They are read optically by laser and touching them will not make them unusable. A CD is a disk that stores computer data or programs or music that has been made by a professional manufacturer. CD's hold about 650MB or the equal of about 400 floppies.
Color Accuracy
Fidelity of color in the scanned image with that in the original
Color Cast Removal
Removal of an unwanted 'wash' of color, performed in an image editing application
Color Correction
Performed with image editing software or scanning software, ensuring scanned color fidelity with the original
Colorization
The adding of color to a photo. See also: Spot Coloring & Photo Colorization
Compression
An algorithm that is applied to a digital image to reduce its file size. Compression can be either Lossy or Lossless
Contrast Adjustment
Adjusting the difference between the lightest and darkest areas of an image
Copyrighted Music
For information related to music copyrights please click here
Cropping
A method of discarding extraneous material from a digital image e.g. borders created during the scanning process
DPI
DVD
DVD stands for Digital Versatile/Video Disc, DVDR stands for DVD Recordable and DVDRW for DVD ReWriteable. If you're familiar with regular audio/music CDs or regular DVD-Video discs, then you will know what a recordable DVD looks like. A recordable DVD stores up to 2 hours of very good quality DVD-Video, including several audio tracks in formats like stereo, Dolby Digital or DTS and also advanced menu systems, subtitles and still pictures that can be played by many standalone DVD Players and most computer DVD-ROMs. If you choose to lower the video quality it is possible to store several hours video on a recordable DVD using low bitrates and low resolution with video quality more like VHS, SVHS, SVCD, CVD or VCD. It is also possible to have up to 4.37* GB ordinary data or mix DVD-Video and data on a recordable DVD that can be played by most computer DVD-ROMs.
DVD-Recordable defines a standard for recordable DVD drives and media defined by the DVD Forum. This format is write once (compared to DVD-RW which can be erased and rewritten). The single sided discs can hold 4,700,000,000 bytes (4.38 Gigabytes at 1024 bytes to the kilobyte). This format competes with the DVD+R format.
Photos are scanned into a software package that allows for presenting them in a movie like format. Panning and zooming helps give the photos life as well as adding music to the production.
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format, this is another standard for digitizing images compressed with the LZW algorithm, defined in 1987 by CompuServe. This file format is commonly used on the World Wide Web.
Hardcopy Organization
This is an option of document scanning where your documents will be two hole punched and returned to you in folders. This allows for easy filing.
High Definition (HD)
High Definition refers to an increase in quality and resolution.
High
Definition Television (HDTV)
High Definition TV is high-resolution digital television combined with Dolby
Digital surround sound (AC-3). HDTV is the highest DTV resolution in the new set
of standards. This combination creates a stunning image with stunning sound.
HDTV requires new production and transmission equipment at the HDTV stations, as
well as new television equipment for reception by the consumer. The higher
resolution picture is the main selling point for HDTV. Imagine 720 or 1080 lines
of resolution compared to the 525 lines people are used to in the United States
(or the 625 lines in Europe) -- it's a huge difference!
Of the 18 DTV formats, six are HDTV formats, five of which are based on
progressive scanning and one on interlaced scanning. Of the remaining formats,
eight are SDTV (four wide-screen formats with 16:9 aspect ratios, and four
conventional formats with 4:3 aspect ratios), and the remaining four are video
graphics array (VGA) formats. Stations are free to choose which formats to
broadcast.
The formats used in HDTV are:
720p - 1280x720 pixels progressive
1080i - 1920x1080 pixels interlaced
1080p - 1920x1080 pixels progressive
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Individual Photo Titles
These are titles that are placed directly onto the digital image (the original photo is not labeled or altered)
JPEG (JPG)
A compressed file format widely used today in digital cameras, computer applications, email and web pages. Named after the Joint Photographic Experts Group who devised it. The JPEG format compresses images but sacrifices image detail (lossy compression)
Lossless Compression
A compression algorithm that reduces a file size but does not loose any data. The uncompressed image is identical to the original
A compression algorithm that reduces file size by actually removing data from the image. The post-compressed image is different from the pre-compressed image, even though they may look identical (visually lossless)
Mpeg
Motion Pictures Expert Group - An ISO committee that generates standards for digital video compression and audio. MPEG-1 is optimized for CD-ROM and is the basis for MP3. MPEG-2 is aimed at broadcast quality video for applications such as digital television set-top boxes and DVD. MPEG-3 was merged into MPEG-2. MPEG-4 is a standard for low bandwidth video telephony and multimedia on the World-Wide Web.
MP3
MP3 is an acronym for MPEG-1 (or MPEG-2) Layer 3 audio encoding (it is not an acronym for MPEG3). MP3 is a popular compression format used for audio files on computers and portable devices. The compression in MP3 works on the basis of a "psychoacoustic model" which means that parts of the audio that human ears cannot detect are discarded by the encoder. Although this is a lossy process, it can yield very high quality audio files are relatively high compression rates. A typical MP3 file encoded at 128 kbit/s (12:1 compression) is near CD quality. MP3 audio is increasingly being used in video production coupled with various MPEG-4 video codecs like divx. The audio may be encoded with a constant or variable bitrate.
Music Copyrights
For information related to music copyrights please click here
Digitally removing a person or object from a photo and filling in the area with the surrounding background.
Digitally adding a person or object to a photo from another photo.
Ohio Tax
Residents of Ohio must include their counties sales tax when placing an order as CT Imaging is located in Ohio. For more information please visit http://tax.ohio.gov/
Online Viewing
The ability to view a DVD slideshow online via the CT Imaging website and a high speed (DSL or Cable) internet connection.
When you display an image by moving your picture or image left, right, up, or down to see parts not shown in the display area.
This is the firm used to handle all of CT Imaging's credit card payments. For more information please visit www.paypal.com
Photos scanned are placed on a CD-R or DVD-R (not in a slideshow format) for storage or sharing. This is done to protect the photos from deterioration or damage.
Taking a black and white photo and adding color to all or part of the photo.
Prints of Completed Project
Professionally printed photos.
Scanning Resolution
The amount of information that is captured during the scan -- expressed as Dots (pixels) Per Inch.
Slide or Slides)
This represent one photo or title page within a slideshow.
This is a photo colorization method that will color only a portion of a photo, this is typically done to highlight a person or object in a photo.
Taxes
Residents of Ohio must include their counties sales tax when placing an order as CT Imaging is located in Ohio. For more information please visit http://tax.ohio.gov/
Thumbnail Image
Small, low resolution preview, often hyper linked to a high resolution version of the same image
TIFF (TIF)
Tagged Image File Format. A widely used non-compressed file format used today in high end graphic applications and for archival purpose.
These are slides within a slideshow with text to mark an important event or chapter within the slideshow.
Transitions
The method of change from one or more photos to another.
See Also: Video Example of Transitions
White Balance
An adjustment made by a capture device to correct for any color bias due to the color temperature of the light source
The act of closing in on, or backing out of/adding distance to, a certain area of a photo.
