The building blocks of slideshows. An album may contain any number of slides (even just one), and a slideshow may contain any number of albums. An album can also contain special effects and background music.

A once-writable CD format that can hold up to 74 or 80 minutes (650 or 700 MB) of data. CD-RW writers and some new DVD writers can write in CD-R, and most DVD players can also read this format. The CD-R format is commonly used for distribution of computer data and digital audio.

A rewritable CD format that can hold up to 74 or 80 minutes (650 or 700 MB) of data. While CD-RW discs can be reused, they are not supported by all CD drives. CD-RW writers and some new DVD writers can write in CD-RW, and most DVD players can also read this format. The CD-RW format is best suited for storage of computer data and digital audio. CD-RWs can be written to about 1,000 times.

A marker set in a video clip in order allow viewers to jump to that specific point for navigation purposes.

A piece of video or a slideshow album that appears in PowerProducer's storyboard.

Software used in compressing/decompressing video.

The relative difference between the highlights and shadows in a picture.

Defragmenting a disc moves all of the content on a disc to one location so that the total free space on a disc is available for burning video. If unused space is scattered on the disc, video burning software is unable to access it, resulting in a loss of recording capacity of the disc. The Defragment Disc utility allows you to recover this lost space.

Methods used to reduce or eliminate the decrease in video quality caused by interlacing.

The collection of all of your movie content, your special effects, and your settings that is compressed and saved to disc for storage so you can work on it at a later time.

A video file format based on MPEG-4 technology. The DivX codec can be downloaded for free from the DivX website at www.divx.com/divx/

(Digital Video) Refers to the capturing, manipulation and storage of video in digital formats. The DV format is an international standard for consumer use created in 1995 by a consortium of companies.

(Digital Versatile Disc) A high capacity CD-size disc for video, multimedia, games and audio applications.

A folder containing all of the media files for your production that can be burned to a disc for storage.

A DVD format that allows you to write once. It is a competitor product to DVD+R, and is therefore not compatible with that format. Some new DVD writers can write in both DVD-R and DVD+R, and most DVD players can read both formats. For more detailed information, see www.dvdrhelp.com/dvd or other web sources.

A DVD format that allows you to write once. It is a competitor product to DVD-R, and is therefore not compatible with that format. Some new DVD writers can write in both DVD+R and DVD-R, and most DVD players can read both formats. For more detailed information, see www.dvdrw.com or other web sources.

A read-only DVD format commonly used for distribution of movies (which are more specifically referred to as DVD-Video) and computer games.

A DVD format that can be written to about 1,000 times. It is a competitor product to DVD+RW, and is therefore not compatible with that format. Some new DVD writers can write in both DVD-RW and DVD+RW, and most DVD players can read both formats. For more detailed information, see www.dvdrhelp.com/dvd or other web sources.

A rewritable DVD format that can be written to about 1,000 times. It is a competitor product to DVD-RW, and is therefore not compatible with that format. Some new DVD writers can write in both DVD+RW and DVD-RW, and most DVD players can read both formats. For more detailed information, see www.dvdrw.com or other web sources.

A DVD in either DVD-RW or DVD+RW format that can be written to, then edited after the burning process.

A file (in .fl format) used by PowerProducer to remember your favorite styles for disc menus. Disc menu styles include button styles, button highlights, button frames, and page layouts.

(High Quality) The highest video quality you may select in PowerProducer.

The attribute of a color that distinguishes it from other colors.

Flickering or artefacts caused by the way video signals are broadcast. (Each frame of video is made up of a number of lines. When video frames are broadcast, the odd lines of the screen display are illuminated first, then the even lines. This causes the interlacing problem, which is most evident when the video contains motion.)

(Long Play) The lowest video quality you may select in PowerProducer.

A page on a DVD that contains links to the chapters the DVD contains.

(Moving Picture Experts Group) A family of international standards used for coding audio/video information into digital format. Currently, MPEG-2 is the standard for digital video formats and MP3 for digital audio formats.

(National Television Systems Committee) A standard format adopted by the FCC for television broadcasts in the United States, Japan, Canada, and Mexico. NTSC offers 525 lines of resolution per frame at 30 fps.

(Phase Alteration Line) The standard format for television broadcasts in Germany, Great Britain, South America, Australia, and most of Western European and Asian countries. PAL offers 25 frames per second.

A movie or photo slideshow that can contain background music, special effects, and other settings.

To compile a video production from its component video, audio, photo, and settings parts.

The richness of a color.

An individual photo within a slideshow. Slides are contained within albums.

A presentation that can include both photos (called slides) and effects, such as transitions and background music. The photos and effects in a slideshow are contained in units called albums, which can contain any number of photos, as well as transitions and music.

(Standard Play) The median video quality in PowerProducer, inferior to HQ but superior to LP.

(Super Video Compact Disc) A CD-size disc format that offers much higher video quality than VCD, but lower than that of DVD. It can hold 35 minutes of video, and can contain menus and chapters like a DVD, as well as slideshows with background audio. SVCD can be played on a PC with DVD playback software, and on some standalone DVD players.

One of the formats (NTSC or PAL) that television broadcasts use around the world. PowerProducer helps you choose the right TV format by allowing you to select the country where you plan to play the disc you create.

(Video Compact Disc) A CD that contains audio and video of a quality about the same as that of VHS. VCD can hold up to 74/80 minutes of video on a 650/700Mb disc, and can contain menus and chapters like a DVD, as well as slideshows with background audio. VCD uses the MPEG compression standard, and can be played on a PC with VCD/MPEG playback software and on most stand-alone DVD players.

The quality of the final video that you produce. Select between HQ (high quality), SP (standard play), and LP (long play).

A title that can be seen in Windows' Explorer and some disc players used to label a disc.