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:** ''Chyron'' (the name of a company that makes a very good character generator) | :** ''Chyron'' (the name of a company that makes a very good character generator) | ||
:** ''Lower Third'' (because, if you split the screen into three horizonal strips, it appears in the lower third)" | :** ''Lower Third'' (because, if you split the screen into three horizonal strips, it appears in the lower third)" | ||
| - | :They're also called "aston"s and "name super"s. [[User:woddfellow2|<nowiki></nowiki>]]—<tt>[[User:woddfellow2|<font color=teal>woddfellow2</font>]]|[[User talk:woddfellow2|<font color=teal>✎</font></tt>]] 15:36, 19 Feb 2005 (MST) | + | :They're also called "aston"s and "name super"s. Also, as far as I know, "lower third" only applies to one-liners. [[User:woddfellow2|<nowiki></nowiki>]]—<tt>[[User:woddfellow2|<font color=teal>woddfellow2</font>]]|[[User talk:woddfellow2|<font color=teal>✎</font></tt>]] 15:36, 19 Feb 2005 (MST) |
Revision as of 22:37, 19 February 2005
I don't know if it's necessary to put them on the main page, but since I work in television news, here are the technical terms for some of those events that appear:
- Toons: Homestar's name appears. It's called one of several things:
- CG (short for "Character Generator," the name of the device that makes them)
- Chyron (the name of a company that makes a very good character generator)
- Lower Third (because, if you split the screen into three horizonal strips, it appears in the lower third)
- Characters: The headline/picture combination is usually called an OTS, short for Over The Shoulder because it appears, well, over the anchor's shoulder.
- Downloads: Strong Bad's weather map is shown with a technique called chroma key (or, sometimes bluescreen or greenscreen). The origin of that phrase is too complex to describe here.
Also, the "Channel 4" logo that appears at the lower-right corner of the screen is called a bug. --oddtodd 14:15, 19 Nov 2004 (MST)
- "* Toons: Homestar's name appears. It's called one of several things:
- CG (short for 'Character Generator,' the name of the device that makes them)
- Chyron (the name of a company that makes a very good character generator)
- Lower Third (because, if you split the screen into three horizonal strips, it appears in the lower third)"
- They're also called "aston"s and "name super"s. Also, as far as I know, "lower third" only applies to one-liners. —woddfellow2|✎ 15:36, 19 Feb 2005 (MST)
