Terms starting with M

11 terms in Video

  • Medium shot

    Video › Cinematography

    A medium shot frames a person from about the waist up, balancing facial expression and body language, and is a core shot…

  • MKV

    Video › Containers & formats

    MKV is the open Matroska video container that stores video, multiple audio and subtitle tracks, chapters and attachments in a single flexible…

  • Motion blur

    Video › Video fundamentals

    Motion blur in video is the smearing of moving subjects within each frame, set by shutter speed and shutter angle, that makes…

  • Motion graphics

    Video › Motion graphics & VFX

    Motion graphics is the craft of animating graphic design elements such as type, shapes and logos to communicate information in video.

  • Motion tracking

    Video › Motion graphics & VFX

    Motion tracking in motion graphics and VFX measures how features move through footage so graphics and effects can follow the same motion.

  • MOV

    Video › Containers & formats

    MOV is the QuickTime container format that stores video, audio, timecode and metadata tracks in one file and is widely used in…

  • MP4

    Video › Containers & formats

    MP4 is the ISO base media file format container that packages compressed video, audio, subtitles and metadata into one widely playable .mp4…

  • MPEG-DASH

    Video › Streaming & broadcasting

    MPEG-DASH is an international standard for adaptive bitrate video streaming over HTTP that splits media into segments described by a manifest.

  • MPEG-TS

    Video › Containers & formats

    MPEG-TS is a video container that splits audio, video and data into fixed 188-byte packets, built for broadcast, IPTV and streaming over…

  • Multicam editing

    Video › Video editing

    Multicam editing synchronizes footage from several cameras that recorded the same event, letting an editor switch between angles in real time.

  • Muxing

    Video › Containers & formats

    Muxing combines separately encoded video, audio, subtitle and metadata streams into a single container file such as MP4, MOV, MKV or MPEG-TS.