Description

Table of Contents

* Introduction
* What the Heck is a Field?
* Why Do I Care?
* You Mean It Matters for Output Too?
o Abrupt Vertical Transitions: One-Pixel-High Lines
o Abrupt Vertical Transitions: Two-Pixel-High Lines
o Flicker Filter
o Synthetic Imagery Must Also Consist of Fields
o Playing Back "Slow," or Synthesizing Dropped Fields
o Still Frames on Video Output
* How Do I Show Video on the Graphics Screen?
* It's Not Even That Simple
o The Reality of Cameras
o The Reality of Monitors
* Other Types of "Fields"
o "Segmented Field" Progressive Scan Systems
o Spook Video Systems
* How Do I Interleave My Fields?
o Two Ways to Interleave
o Which Way?
* Field Dominance
o Review: What is F1 and F2?
o What is Field Dominance?
o What Has Field Dominance and When?
o Who Has to Worry About Field Dominance?
o Why Is Field Dominance Selectable?
o Field Dominance and 3:2 Pulldown
* Fields, Dominance, and Timecode Signals
* More Fun With Fields: 3:2 Pulldown
* Thoroughly Ambiguous: Avoid The Terms "Even" and "Odd"