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cinemagraph

cinemagraph noun: a digital image in which an element or small area is animated, such as in an animated GIF.

Noun

cinemagraph (plural cinemagraphs)

  1. A digital image in which an element or small area is animated, such as in an animated GIF.
    • One creative form of advertising that has already created a stir in the Tumblrverse makes use of a new visual medium called a cinemagraph, a still photograph in which a minor and repeated movement occurs.2013, Monique Vescia, David Karp and Tumblr, →ISBN
    • The camera will fire 18 JPEGs and then it will provide a preview image with a brush tool that you can use to specify the area that will be animated: depicted as moving in the cinemagraph.2014, David Busch, David Busch's Sony Alpha a5000/ILCE-5000 Guide to Digital Photography, →ISBN
  2. (archaic) A movie, especially one from the silent era.
    • Intermittently might be heard the voice of the “barker” droning his droll catch-phrases, informing the inquisitive populace that for “one dime, ten cents or a tenth part of a dollar," they could see “the greatest wonder of the age, the cinemagraph showing -- MOV-ING PIC'-CHURES."1921, George W. Beynon, Musical Presentation of Motion Pictures, page 3
    • At the end of each a sign is thrown from the cinemagraph on the canvas announcing that those who came late may stay for the next 'performance.'2003, David Kiehn, Broncho Billy and the Essanay Film Company, →ISBN, page 5

Examples of cinemagraph in a sentence

  • In fact, shooting and editing a cinemagraph can be easy; it is its content that will make it successful.2016, Anna Fox, Richard Sawdon Smith, Langford's Basic Photography, →ISBN, page 477:
  • Once they all went to a dance hall called the Rialto which she hadn't liked much, but when they went to the cinemagraph, she'd really enjoyed it.2010, Lyn Andrews, The House on Lonely Street, →ISBN:

Forms of cinemagraph

pluralcinemagraphs

Questions about cinemagraph

What does cinemagraph mean?
Cinemagraph means a digital image in which an element or small area is animated, such as in an animated GIF.
How do you use cinemagraph in a sentence?
In fact, shooting and editing a cinemagraph can be easy; it is its content that will make it successful.
What part of speech is cinemagraph?
Cinemagraph is a noun.
What is the plural of cinemagraph?
The plural of cinemagraph is cinemagraphs.

Words near cinemagraph in the dictionary

  1. cinemaddict
  2. cinemaddicts
  3. cinemagoer
  4. cinemagoers
  5. cinemagoing
  6. cinemagraph
  7. cinemagraphs
  8. cinemaholic
  9. cinemaic
  10. cinemalike
  11. cinemansion

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