VIDEONICS TITLEMAKER 3000 PAGE 91
HLS
Hue-Lightness-Saturation color specification
model, as used in TitleMaker 3000.
HUE
One of three numbers used to define a color in
TitleMaker 3000.Hue specifies thedominant color,
such as red, yellow, orange, blue. See LIGHT-
NESS, SATURATION.
KEY
Button on the TitleMaker 3000 keyboard.
LETTER SPACING
Amount of space used between characters. Tight
spacing crowds characters together, loose spac-
ing spreads them apart.
LIGHTNESS
One of three numbers used to define a color in
TitleMaker 3000. Specifies overall lightness or
darkness, ranging from white to black. See HUE,
SATURATION.
LINE
1. A video picture consists of an array of horizon-
tal lines. An NTSC frame has about 525 lines, a
PAL frame has about 625.
2. A line of text is the text that occupies one
horizontal row of characters on the screen.
3. Border lines are colored or patterned lines be-
tween, alongside, or around text lines.
MARK
On-screen symbols used to identify a range of
text. Two marks are used. One denotes the start
ofthemarked text,one denotestheend. TitleMaker
3000 permits you to copy, move, or delete all the
marked text at once, or to change its characteris-
tics. Also used to loop play a range of pages.
MENU
On-screen display that shows available choices.
MENU KEYS
The top row of keys on the TM-3000 used to
display a menu.
MONITOR
A television that gets its signal directly from a
camera or VCR in the form of a VIDEO line signal
(as opposed to an RF, antenna or cable TV sig-
nal).
NTSC (NATIONAL TELEVISION STANDARDS
COMMITTEE)
Standard of color TV broadcasting used mainly in
the United States, Canada, Mexico and Japan,
featuring 525 lines per frame and 60 frames per
second. See PAL and SECAM.
OUTLINE
Narrow line that surrounds a character and pro-
vides it with an edge. Useful for delineating char-
acters to help them stand out from the back-
ground.
OUTPUT
Similar to the preview in concept except that the
resulting output is the final signal that goes “on
the air.” Also called “program out.”
PAGE
The lines that will be displayed together when the
titles are played. Each page is presented with its
effects, then the next page is displayed, etc.
TitleMaker 3000 allows the user to separate text
into hundreds of pages.
PAGE INDEX
Compact display that shows many pages on one
screen. Each line in the Page Index represents a
page in the Editing Screen. See EDITING
SCREEN.
PAGE SYMBOLS
Row of symbols on the Editing Screen that sepa-
rates pages and indicate characteristics of the
page.
PAL (PHASE ALTERNATE LINE)
The European color TV broadcasting standard
featuring 625 lines per frame and 50 frames per
second. See NTSC and SECAM.
PATTERN
In TitleMaker 3000, an array of dots, lines, or
colors that create a pattern that can be used for
backgrounds, letters, outlines, and borders.
PIXEL PATTERN
Pattern comprised of small dots and/or lines.
TitleMaker 3000 patterns include star-field pat-
terns, grids, and random patterns.
PLAY
Show finished titles, for display or recording.
PLAY SCREEN
Screen that displays title pages in finished form,
ready for recording or display.
POST-PRODUCTION
All editing done after the video footage has been
recorded. Editing, titling, special effects insertion,
image enhancement, enriching, fine tuning and
other production tasks are done during post-pro-
duction.
PREVIEW
In TitleMaker 3000, an output that allows the op-
erator tocreateand edit titlesoutof the audience’s
view. The regular output carries the untitled video
input while the operator edits the titles. When
titles areplayed, both outputscarrythe titledvideo.
PROGRAM
See OUTPUT.
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