Quality Control (QC) Vocabulary
QC Vocabulary defines terms that are used in QC with the goals of 1) Ensuring that terms are used consistently, and 2) ensuring that terms are encoded consistently. The page for this topic is here.
This page shows terms for the "CARD" category. Cards include dub cards, ratings cards, health cards, or any other short video or images that precedes or follows the main feature.
This category was introduced in Version 1.1.
Version 1.1, December 17, 2019
Term |
Description |
Definition |
V |
ALIASING-STEPPING | Aliasing/Stepping | The edges of the text or graphics have jagged diagonal lines from a lack of resolution | 1.1 |
ANIMATION-ERROR | Error in animation | Any error in animation, such as the globe rotating the wrong direction. | 1.1 |
ASPECT-RATIO | Aspect Ratio | Card is in a different aspect ratio than rest of feature content | 1.1 |
BANDING | Banding | Visible artifacts that result in rough color transitions in color gradations. This is often visible in black. Also known as "Quantizing" or "Posterization". | 1.1 |
BILLING-BLOCK | Incorrect billing block | Dubbing cast and crew are either credited incorrectly or in the wrong order. | 1.1 |
COLOR | Card color issues | Card colorspace or background color does not match the master or textless plate. | 1.1 |
COMPOSITING-ERROR | Compositing Error | The edges, matte lines or combination of two elements has issues related to the title compositing process | 1.1 |
COMPOSITING-NOISE | Compositing Noise | A specific area or the edges around a text overlay are unnaturally noisy | 1.1 |
CONTENT | Incorrect Content | Card contains outdated or otherwise incorrect data (e.g., old anti-piracy card, or an anti-piracy card where a ratings card was expected) | 1.1 |
DURATION-TIMING | Duration/Timing | Card timing or duration is too short or long against specification. | 1.1 |
LANGUAGE | Incorrect language | Card contains incorrect language. | 1.1 |
LEGAL-EXCLUSION | Legal Issue | Card violates legal constraints. | 1.1 |
LUMINANCE | Card luminance issues | Card luminance (brightness) is out of specification, or is otherwise unacceptable. For example, a very bright card is added to a dark movie. | 1.1 |
MISSPELLING | Spelling/Grammar/Punctuation | Misspelled words or misspelled proper name in text. | 1.1 |
OTHER | Other card issues | Other card issues not addressed by other terms | 1.1 |
PLACEMENT | Placement | Card is placed in an unusual or inappropriate position on the screen; other than TITLE-SAFE. Examples include off-centered titles, or inconsistent placement of text on cards in sequence. | 1.1 |
SEQUENCING | Incorrect card sequencing | When multiple cards are provided, they are in the wrong order. | 1.1 |
TITLE-SAFE | Title Safe | Card text or images are placed too close to the edges of the screen that they are out of Title safe specifications. (SMPTE specification for HD is 10%). See INCORRECT-PLACEMENT | 1.1 |
VIDEO | Card has video issue | Card has video issue. A separate issue with VIDEO category should be submitted in conjunction with this error. | 1.1 |
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