"keyframe" meaning in All languages combined

See keyframe on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: keyframes [plural]
Etymology: From key + frame. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|key|frame}} key + frame Head templates: {{en-noun}} keyframe (plural keyframes)
  1. A single frame in an animation sequence drawn by an artist, between which others are tweened. Translations (a single frame in an animation): 鍵架 /键架 (jiànjià) (Chinese Mandarin), avainpiirros (Finnish), image clé (French), quadro-chave [masculine] (Portuguese), fotograma-chave [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-keyframe-en-noun-G90TfMiw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 29 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 24 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 27 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 24 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 49 23 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 44 30 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 21 29 Disambiguation of 'a single frame in an animation': 90 10
  2. (computer graphics) A complete video frame, used as a reference for subsequent interframes in video compression. Categories (topical): Computer graphics, Video compression Synonyms (complete video frame): reference frame, intraframe Translations (complete frame used as a reference for interframes): 關鍵格 /关键格 (guānjiàngé) (Chinese Mandarin), 鍵架 /键架 (jiànjià) (Chinese Mandarin), avainkuva (Finnish), avainruutu (Finnish), image clé [feminine] (French), quadro-chave [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-keyframe-en-noun-KhZjI4nx Disambiguation of Video compression: 7 80 12 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'complete video frame': 9 91 Disambiguation of 'complete frame used as a reference for interframes': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: key frame Related terms: interframe, I-frame, B-frame, P-frame

Verb [English]

Forms: keyframes [present, singular, third-person], keyframing [participle, present], keyframed [participle, past], keyframed [past]
Etymology: From key + frame. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|key|frame}} key + frame Head templates: {{en-verb}} keyframe (third-person singular simple present keyframes, present participle keyframing, simple past and past participle keyframed)
  1. To animate by interpolation between successive keyframes.
    Sense id: en-keyframe-en-verb-K0HK4UNi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: key frame

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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