rotoscope

English

Etymology

From roto- +‎ -scope.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ro‧to‧scope

Noun

rotoscope (uncountable)

  1. (film, television, visual effects) A technique in which animators trace live-action movement frame by frame.

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Verb

rotoscope (third-person singular simple present rotoscopes, present participle rotoscoping, simple past and past participle rotoscoped)

  1. (transitive) To use this technique upon.

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References

  1. ^ rotoscope, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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