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Glossary

field

1. In dynamics, a force used to animate the motion of particles, soft bodies, and rigid bodies.

In other software packages, known as force.

• Overview of fields

2. In film and video post-production, half of a video frame. Frames are divided into fields to store alternating scanlines, odd vs. even. Rates of sampling and storage methods vary with video standards (NTSC vs. PAL, for example).

See video field.

• Frames vs. Fields
• Specify frame or field rendering
• Deinterlace video shots