POST-PROD PUZZLER - Fall Exam


crossword by Tiare Widmaier and Myles Mellor , as seen in the September-October 2008 MPEG magazine.

Across
1. _____ channel, the opacity channel in an image.
4. ___ Premiere Pro, a real-time, timeline-based video editing software application.
8. Final ___ Pro, Apple’s editing software application.
10. Pops.
12. ______ing, the process of creating 3-D objects inside a computer.
13. Nonlinear editing system.
15. Chromium symbol.
16. Stage effect.
17. Fought in the Easter Rising of 1916.
18. US broadcast standard for standard definition television.
21. Crew.
23. ___ point, the timecode value at which a clip ends
25. Guy.
26. Stretch out.
28. Cinch ____, scratch on a film roll that runs parallel to its edge.
30. Top manager, for short.
31. The act of processing data for output.
33. TV series that starred Andy Kaufman.
34. The act of rotating the camera while keeping the tripod in a fixed position.
36. Sales or state.
38. Mac foe.
41. Back muscle.
43. Two-channel audio split onto two separate tracks.
46. Edit Decision List.
48. Labor Day.
50. Lennon lady.
51. Gold symbol.
52. Cable channel _&_.
53. Internet protocol.
54. Sun god.
55. A compression scheme that discards data in order to lower file sizes.
57. Logarithmic scale of tones in an image.
59. Wire service.
61. Digidesign’s Integrated Console System.
63. _____lace, the process of creating an image from two fields that combine to create a full image.
66. Dines.
67. Black and ____, aka tape prepared for video editing.
69. “Fly __ to the Moon.”
70. Money involved.
72. Movie theatre command?
73. Inside prefix.
74. To manipulate and rearrange footage in order to achieve a creative goal.
75. ____ sheet, a list of scenes to be shot on a particular day.
76. In ___, the timecode value at which a clip begins.

Fall Exam
Since it’s back-to-school time again, it’s a good opportunity to test your post-production knowledge with this issue’s crossword puzzle. You can see how well you scored when the solution is posted online at www.editorsguild.com in mid-September.

Let us know what you think of it.
- Editor

Down
1. Data that can take a range of in-between values.
2. Version of film that is intended for projection.
3. Marketing tool.
4. Re-recording actors’ dialogue.
5. File format intended for transferring media between different software applications on different platforms.
6. Pirate’s prize.
7. ____ numbers are printed along the side of a strip of film to identify which frames to cut.
8. The most intense point in a show.
9. A separate audio or video layer on a timeline.
11. Unique speech pattern.
14. Delirium Tremens.
19. He and ___.
20. These types of files are important in the online editing process.
22. Blow away.
24. Game official.
27. Phoenix, __.
29. To develop fully.
31. DNA relative.
32. Every day.
35. Total amount.
37. Now!
39. Cuddle and ___.
40. To interact with data as it is being created. (two words)
42. You know what ____ say.
44. Baseball great Cobb.
45. Cell phone search.
47. Two-man operation.
49. Analogue’s opposite.
52. ______ the relationship of the width of an image to its height.
54. Goes with Cucamonga.
56. Standarized test for college.
57. Ready, set, __!
58. Content_____, a software helper that may be the perfect complement to production and post-production workflows.
60. Test phase.
62. CompuServ.
64. “Waking ___ Devine,” an Irish comedy.
65. Internet domain for Romania.
68. Home room.
71. Greensboro locale.
72. Betacam __, an advanced version that allows for longer recording.

Puzzle solution can be found here. No fair peeking!

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