"rotoscope" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From roto- + -scope. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|roto|scope}} roto- + -scope Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} rotoscope (uncountable)
  1. (film, television, visual effects) A technique in which animators trace live-action movement frame by frame. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Film, Television, Cinematography Synonyms: rotoscoping Derived forms: rotoartist Translations (animation technique): rotoskooppaus (Finnish), ロトスコープ (rotosukōpu) (Japanese), rotoscopio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rotoscope-en-noun-wJZJ6auH Disambiguation of Cinematography: 93 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -scope, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -scope: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 15 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

Verb

Forms: rotoscopes [present, singular, third-person], rotoscoping [participle, present], rotoscoped [participle, past], rotoscoped [past]
Etymology: From roto- + -scope. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|roto|scope}} roto- + -scope Head templates: {{en-verb}} rotoscope (third-person singular simple present rotoscopes, present participle rotoscoping, simple past and past participle rotoscoped)
  1. (transitive) To use this technique upon. Tags: transitive Synonyms: roto
    Sense id: en-rotoscope-en-verb-2OwObNVM Categories (other): English terms prefixed with roto- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with roto-: 19 81

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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