Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To produce, replace, or include by chroma key.

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  • noun The use of a particular colour (usually either blue or green) as a key in a TV studio in order to allow one image to be partially superimposed upon another, seamlessly
  • verb transitive To modify an image in this way.

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Examples

  • However, sorting all those nodes out can get quite fiddly - and you can get better results by avoiding the chromakey system altogether if you know your format well enough.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2010

  • However, sorting all those nodes out can get quite fiddly - and you can get better results by avoiding the chromakey system altogether if you know your format well enough.

    Simples! Sci-Fi Gene 2010

  • As the bad chromakey throbs to the beat, brilliant.

    Les Classels IN SPACE! Donna Lethal 2010

  • Blender can do chromakey - chain together as many chromakey or channel key nodes as you like, each one picking out a particular shade of green.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2010

  • Blender can do chromakey - chain together as many chromakey or channel key nodes as you like, each one picking out a particular shade of green.

    Simples! Sci-Fi Gene 2010

  • While it still needs some fine tuning, I managed to get this chromakey shot to work.

    Software hamster? Afar mother stews? Sci-Fi Gene 2009

  • She talked about unrolling a huge sheet of chromakey (bluescreen) paper and filming various animals on it.

    Back from LASFS frankwu 2007

  • While it still needs some fine tuning, I managed to get this chromakey shot to work.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2009

  • Il film è stato realizzato in prevalenza da immagini statiche, con alcuni attori registrati in chromakey e riprese a 35mm degli orologi.

    No Fat Clips!!! : IWC Schaffhausen: 140 Years 2008

  • Actually, we used a $25 green sheet of chromakey plastic from ebay!

    Half a World Away and Still You're Near Me 2007

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