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Glossary
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XDCAM Sony optical disc format for recording DVCAM and IMX video within MXF container files.
See also DVCAM, IMX.
XDCAM EX A member of the Sony XDCAM product family that uses MPEG-2 video compression
with 4:2:0 chroma sampling. In contrast to XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX supports 720p and records
full HD resolution (either 1920 x 1080 or 1280 x 720). Its maximum bit rate is 35 Mbps. Instead
of optical discs, XDCAM EX camcorders use solid-state memory cards known as SxS cards. See
also HDV.
XDCAM HD422 A member of the Sony XDCAM product family featuring 4:2:2 chroma sampling
and a video bit rate of 50 Mbps. Like XDCAM EX, it uses MPEG-2 video compression at full HD
resolution (either 1920 x 1080 or 1280 x 720). See also HDV.
Y’CbCr The color space in which many digital video formats store data. Three components are
stored for each pixel—one for luma (Y) and two for color information (Cb for the blue difference
signal and Cr for the red difference signal). Also referred to as YUV. See also pixel.
Zoom tool The editing tool that allows you to zoom in to or out of the Timeline. You can select
the Zoom tool by pressing the Z key.
67% resize factor