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The Indian-head test pattern is a test card that gained widespread adoption during the black-and-white television broadcasting era as an aid in the calibration of television equipment. It features a drawing of a Native American wearing a headdress surrounded by numerous graphic elements designed to test different aspects of broadcast display.
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Carnival Magic is a Dream-class cruise ship which entered service on 1 May 2011. The ship was named and christened in Venice by her godmother Lindsey Wilkerson Alsup, a former patient and current employee at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital .
Test cards typically contain a set of patterns to enable television cameras and receivers to be adjusted to show the picture correctly (see SMPTE color bars).Most modern test cards include a set of calibrated color bars which will produce a characteristic pattern of "dot landings" on a vectorscope, allowing chroma and tint to be precisely adjusted between generations of videotape or network feeds.
Carnival Dream is a cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. She is the lead ship of her namesake class , which includes Carnival Magic , Carnival Breeze , and Costa Diadema . Built by Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli-Venezia Giulia , northern Italy, she was floated out on October 24, 2008, and christened by Marcia Gay Harden .
A precursor to the SMPTE test pattern was conceived by Norbert D. Larky (1927–2018) [5] [6] and David D. Holmes (1926–2006) [7] [8] of RCA Laboratories and first published in RCA Licensee Bulletin LB-819 on February 7, 1951. U.S. patent 2,742,525 Color Test Pattern Generator (now expired) was awarded on April 17, 1956, to Larky and Holmes. [9]
Carnival Miracle is a Spirit-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki , Finland, she was floated out on June 5, 2003, and christened by United States Army soldier Jessica Lynch in Jacksonville , Florida, on February 27, 2004.
Carnival Magic is a 1983 [1] American film directed by Al Adamson and starring Don Stewart. Marketed as a family-oriented children’s film, [ 2 ] it has since gained a cult following in underground and B movie film circles owing to its surreal plot and incongruously-adult themes. [ 3 ]