System information
Brightness
Adjusting brightness adds or subtracts values from the color channels in an image to make the image
lighter or darker. The maximum brightness setting adds 255 (pure white), and the minimum setting adds 0
(pure black).
Bus
A virtual pathway where signals from tracks and effects are mixed. A bus's output is a physical audio device
in the computer where the signal is routed. The configuration of busses is saved with the project whereas
the routing of busses to hardware is saved with the system. In this way, projects can be easily moved from
one system to another without modifying the original layout of the project.
Byte
Refers to a set of 8 bits. An 8-bit sample requires one byte of memory to store, while a 16-bit sample takes
two bytes of memory to store.
C
CCD
Charge coupled device. The image sensor in a digital camera.
Chroma
The values that convey chrominance information.
Chrominance
The color content of an image without respect to its brightness.
Clipboard
The clipboard is where data that you have cut or copied is stored. You can then paste the data back into a
different location on the Vegas Pro timeline or paste it into other applications, such as Microsoft Word, or
another instance of Vegas Pro.
Clipping
Clipping is what occurs when the amplitude of a sound is above the maximum allowed recording level. In
digital systems, clipping is seen as a clamping of the data to a maximum value, such as 32,767 in 16-bit
data. Clipping causes sound to distort.
CODEC
An acronym for Coder/Decoder. Commonly used when working with data compression.
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