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Film and video technology
- Visual effectsIn 1857, Oscar Rejlander created the world's first special effects image by combining different sections of 32 negatives into a single picture.
- LaserDiscThe year 1963 marked the beginning of a journey that would eventually create the first commercial optical disc storage medium.
- Streaming mediaThe word streaming first appeared in the 1970s to describe tape drives made by Data Electronics Inc. These machines needed to ramp up slowly and run…
- AnimationIn 1833, a stroboscopic disc known as the phenakistiscope introduced the principle of modern animation. This device required viewers to look into a mirror…
- Frame rateThe human eye processes between 10 and 12 images per second as distinct pictures. Rates above this threshold merge into smooth motion for most observers.
- High-definition videoIn 1930, the first electronic scanning format emerged with 405 lines. This system replaced mechanical methods that had far fewer lines of resolution.
- Post-productionA studio video editing suite from the early 1990s shows a world where film editors physically cut and spliced strips of celluloid.
- SkycamGarrett Brown created the Skycam system in the early 1980s. He was also the inventor of the Steadicam camera stabilizer.
- Direct-to-videoThe first direct-to-video release to go into production was E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind in 1984 produced by CineTel Films and Robert Hegyes.