| Tromboning | The tendency to over-use zoom |
| Transparent | Allowing light to pass through |
| Transition | Leads the viewer from one scene to another |
| toolbar | A special dialog that is (usually) always visible containing editing tools. It appears (by default) floating screen left |
| Title | Words or numbers that appear in the video |
| Time-base corrector | To reduce or eliminate errors caused by mechanical instability present in analog recordings |
| Time Code | A sequence of numeric codes generated at regular intervals by a timing system. |
| Tilt | To change the camera angle |
| Telephoto lens | Gives a close-up view of distant subjects |
| Take | To videotape a shot |
| S-Video Connectors | S-Jacks, S-Video Inputs & Outputs and Y/C connectors |
| S-Video | Analog video signal that carries the video data as two separate signals. |
| S-VHS-C | Small video cassettes for use with S-VHS –C camcorders |
| SVHS | Super VHS i.e. high band VHS. |
| Storyboard | Series of illustrations or images displayed in sequence on paper |
| Stack | Several photos grouped together in the Bridge workspace |
| Special Effects | The illusions used in a film. There are optical effects – fades, slow motion, etc and mechanical effects props, scenery, models etc. |
| SPDIF | Sony / Philips Digital Interface Format. Digital audio interface standard, for transferring audio signals between CD players and DAT machines, etc. without passing into the analog domain. |
| Smart Object | Technology first introduced in Photoshop CS2 that maintains the original form of an embedded image but still allows it to be edited and enhanced. Smart Objects are used in many non-destructive editing or enhancement techniques |
| Smart Filter | An extension of the Smart Object technology that allows the non-destructive application of Photoshop filters to an image |