Acronyms For Newbies

[Ernesto Salvador]

This is a list of some acronyms frequently used in this forum, please feel free to add more or correct this.
I'd suggest not adding things like, LOL, IMHO, WTF, etc etc.
Also there are some blank spaces where I didn't know what they mean, somebody please fill'em up.
Thanks in advance.

UPDATED SEPT 12 08
Thanks for your input

AE After Effects
AF Auto Focus
ASA American Standards Association

BD Blue-ray Disc

CTB Color Temperature Blue (filter)
CTO Color Temperature Orange (filter)
CC Color Correction
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CCD Charge-Coupled Device
CIE XYZ International Commission on Illumination (color space xyz)
CIE RGB International Commission on Illumination (color space rgb)
CGI Computer Generated Imagery

DI Digital Intermediate
DNG Digital Negative (Adobe)
DCI Digital Cinema Initiatives
DSLR Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera
DSMC Digital Still & Motion Camera
DOF Depth of Field
DOP Director of Photography
DP Director of Photography
DIT Digital Imaging Technician
DPX Digital Picture Exchange
DR Dynamic Range
DV Digital Video
DVD Digital Versatile Disc

ENG Electronic News Gathering
EFP Electronic Field Productions
EVF Electronic Viewfinder
EDL Editing Decision List
ET Element Technica

FCS Final Cut Studio (Apple)
FCP Final Cut Pro (Apple)
FF Follow Focus

GIF Graphics Interchange Format


HDR High Dynamic Range
HMI Halogen Metal Iodide (bulbs)
HD High Definition
HDV High Definition Digital Video
HDTV High Definition Television

IMS Interchangeable Mount System
IR Infrared
ISO International Standards Organization

LUT Look-Up Table

MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
MB Matte-Box

NAB National Association of Broadcasters
ND Neutral Density (filter)
NTSC National Television Standards Commitee

OP Original Poster

PAL Phase Altering Line
PL-mount Positive Lock Mount
POL - PL Polarizer.
PNG Portable Network Graphics
Pr Premier (Adobe)

QT QuickTime

RAW not an acronym (data for images)
R3D not an acronym (file format)
RR Red Rushes also Red Rock
RL Redline
RC RedCine
RA Red Alert
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks (also Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks)
RGB Red Green Blue
RCA Radio Corporation of America (connector type)

SDK Software Development Kit
SD Standard Definition
SSD Solid State Drive
S/N Signal to Noise Ratio, also Serial Number
SECAM Systeme Electronique du Couleur Avec Memoire
SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

TIFF Tagged Image File Format

UI User Interface
UV = Ultraviolet

VFX Visual Effects

XML eXtensible Markup Language

 

[Manfred Lopez]

You might want to add ISO as it is used now instead of ASA. And EFP (Electronic Field Production) should be right next to ENG.


EDIT:
Corrected a stupid mistake...

 

[jimhare]

Great list, thanks!

RL - Redline

 

[Shawn Booth]

Rr = Red Rushes
Rl = Redline

 

[Dominic Cochran]

Isn't EFP Electronic Field Production?

RL is RedLine

Not sure if RAW is an acronym, probably wrong about that though, lol

Good thread!

 

[Manfred Lopez]

Isn't EFP Electronic Field Production?

RL is RedLine

Not sure if RAW is an acronym, probably wrong about that though, lol

Good thread!

You are right. I got used to substituding one word for the other since we think of it as cheap on-location feature film production. :clown2:

 

[Dominic Cochran]

sorry, I was responding to TheThe's post, just noticed the OP has EFP correct

 

[Steve Freebairn]

RAW isn't an acronym
RR is Red Rushes
RL Redline (command line app that works with Red Alert)

 

[Frank Weeks]

Sometimes RR is used to represent RedRock

 

[Dominic Cochran]

You are right. I got used to substituding one word for the other since we think of it as cheap on-location feature film production. :clown2:

Nice, I like that, there ARE definite similarities!

 

[Johan Pabon]

As a European user I really had to find out about a simple thing like IMHO, so IMHO it would be useful to explain that one since it's being used a lot.

 

[Deanan]

Pr = Premiere

FCP alongside FCS for Final Cut Pro (versus Studio)

 

[Manfred Lopez]

As a European user I really had to find out about a simple thing like IMHO, so IMHO it would be useful to explain that one since it's being used a lot.

IMHO usually really means 'In My Horrible Opinion' (That's How I read it, anyways).

 

[Manfred Lopez]

On another thread someone used BR (Blu-Ray) and SSD (Solid State Drive). Man, this thread will have no end...

 

[Martin Weiss]

ET - Element technica
... - post by Jim
MB - Mattebox
FF - follow focus

POL. - polarizer

 

[Manfred Lopez]

On looking at the list again, the OP (Original Poster) missed CTO (Color Temp Orange) which should be right next to CTB.

 

[bobbystone]

Lets not forget ND

Lets not forget ND

ND for Neutral Density.. since the filter door has been opened..

 

[Michael "Dorkman" Scott]

It actually seems like the more common acronym for Bluray is "BD" for "Bluray Disc."

I would add S/N -- depending on context, it either means Serial Number or Signal-to-Noise Ratio.

IR or I/R -- Infrared

 

[Mariusz Cichon]

any acronyms in this business? there is too many...
ok, I will add couple of spicy ones:

NFG (no fucking good)
AKS (all kinds of shit)

little bored today, sorry

 

[Pietro Impagliazzo]

You forgot FUBAR Marius.