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When looking at a picture, such as a photograph or a drawing, the human eye takes the scene in all at once. The eye can move from spot to spot to examine details, but in essence, the entire picture is seen at one time. Likewise, when watching a film, the eye sees moving images go by on the screen. The illusion of motion is created by projecting many pictures or frames of film each second. The eye perceives motion, even though the film is made up of thousands of individual still pictures. Video is different from film in that a complete frame of video is broken up into component parts when it is created.
Video Lines
The electron beam inside a video camera transforms a light image into an electronic signal. Then, an electron ...
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