Progressive vs interlace scan on export

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Glossary / Terminology

Alpha channel An alpha channel is a part of the image data that describes each pixel’s level of opacity or translucency. Contrast that with the other data, which describes light and color. Many people think of an alpha channel as a transparency mask. However, that can lead one to think of it as rather binary - opaque or transparent - whereas most often an alpha channel has at least 256 levels. Aspect ratio Aspect ratio is how the width of a rectangle compares with its height. In other words…

Search the web for more detailed info. These are commonplace video terms. You almost always want progressive nowadays.