| Establishing Shot | A shot that sets up a scene's setting and/or its participants. Generally it’s a shot at the beginning (occasionally at the end) of a scene |
| Electronic viewfinder | A viewfinder that displays the image on a mini TV screen |
| Edit Switch | A switch on a camcorder or VCR that allows bypassing of some playback during dubbing |
| Edit controller | A machine that controls two VCR’s during editing. |
| Edit | The process of correcting or revising scenes, images, or sound |
| ED-Beta | High quality Sony videotape format |
| ECU | Extreme Close Up Shot |
| Dyes | Types of pigment |
| Dye sublimation print | A high-quality print created using thermal dyes |
| DVE | Digital Video Effects Special effects eg. Page turning, patterns etc. |
| DV | Digital Video |
| Dub | (Dubbing) recording or replacing voices |
| Dropout | Occurs when a portion of oxide is missing on the videotape causing a small spot of light passing across the screen |
| DNR | Digital Noise Reduction. Cleanup process used when transferring analog video signals into the digital domain. |
| DNG | Adobe’s Digital Negative format |
| Dissolve | Fading from one image to another |
| Digital Negative format | Adobe’s open source Raw file format |
| Dew | A built in warning signal that appears in the viewfinder or a switch that automatically switches the camcorder off on detection of moisture on the tape or electronics |
| Device independent | Not dependent on a particular item of hardware. For example, a color result that can be replicated on any hardware device |
| Device dependent | Dependent on a particular item of hardware. For example, referring to a color result unique to a particular printer |