"chromakey" meaning in All languages combined

See chromakey on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: chromakeys [plural]
Etymology: chroma + key Etymology templates: {{compound|en|chroma|key}} chroma + key Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chromakey (countable and uncountable, plural chromakeys)
  1. (television, film) The use of a particular color, usually either green or blue) as a key in a studio in order to allow one image to be seamlessly partially superimposed upon another. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Film genres, Television Hyponyms: bluescreen, blue screen, greenscreen, green screen Derived forms: chromakeyer Translations (use of a color as key in a studio to allow an image to be partially replaced by other one): croma [masculine] (Catalan), väriavainnus (Finnish), avainnus (Finnish), incrustation [feminine] (French), croma [masculine] (Galician), Chroma Keying [neuter] (German), chroma key [masculine] (Italian), chiave cromatica [feminine] (Italian), cromaqui (Portuguese), chroma key [masculine] (Portuguese), croma [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-chromakey-en-noun-X93qk44h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chroma-key, chroma key

Verb [English]

Forms: chromakeys [present, singular, third-person], chromakeying [participle, present], chromakeyed [participle, past], chromakeyed [past]
Etymology: chroma + key Etymology templates: {{compound|en|chroma|key}} chroma + key Head templates: {{en-verb}} chromakey (third-person singular simple present chromakeys, present participle chromakeying, simple past and past participle chromakeyed)
  1. (transitive) To modify an image in this way. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-chromakey-en-verb-O6e5QvtP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chroma-key, chroma key

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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