A high-end consumer analog videotape format that has a quality between that of VHS and DV.
high definition
(HD) High definition was created to increase the amount of pixels onscreen (a higher definition) as well as to solve many of the frame rate and cadence problems between film and video. There are two main types of HD footage. The highest is 1080, with a native resolution of 1920x1080. The other is 720, which has a native resolution of 1280x720. Both formats can have different frame rates and can be either progressive or interlaced.
high-key images
Images that are made up of mostly light values.
histogram
A window that displays the relative strength of all luminance values in a video frame, from black to super white. It is useful for comparing two clips in order to match their brightness values more closely. Available in the Levels filter.
