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flixel

flixel noun: an image, that combines a photo, and a video element that is looped to give the illusion of movement.

Noun

flixel (plural flixels)

  1. An image, that combines a photo, and a video element that is looped to give the illusion of movement.
    • Cinemagraph Pro: A professional graphics tool for creating “flixels”—combinations of video and photo.2014 June 2, Roman Loyola, “WWDC: Apple Design Awards winners for 2014”, in Macworld
    • Other than the above iOS apps, Apple also recognized the best Mac apps — journaling app Day One and photography app Cinemagraph Pro, which helps you create flixels.2014 June 3, Kaylene Hong, “Apple honors Yahoo News Digest, Storehouse and other apps in its annual Design Awards”, in The Next Web
  2. An image that is projected into the air by a floating drone.
    • While all the patent filings mention the need for safety features, the manipulation of giant marionettes and droves of flying screens or "flixels" in close proximity to huge crowds of families seems like exactly the kind of use that might raise concerns from regulators.2014 August 27, Andrea Peterson, “Disney filed a patent for ‘blimp-sized’ puppets controlled by drones. But that doesn’t mean they’ll be in parks soon.”, in The Washington Post
    • I think Disney's clever idea to call them "flixels" is cool, though, and if they can pull together enough flixels to form an actual flying display, that would be seriously impressive, since even a basic flying display with a QQVGA resolution (160x120) would need 19,200 (!) individual flying robots.2014 August 28, Evan Ackerman, “Disney Research Patents ETH Zurich's PuppetCopter”, in IEEE Spectrum

Examples of flixel in a sentence

  • armand dijcks created the pieces by manipulating ray collins’ still images in adobe after effects, before using flixel cinemagraph pro to complete the animation.2017 May 12, Peter Corboy, “armand dijcks' enchanting cinemagraphs capture the raw power of the ocean waves”, in Design Boom:
  • Engineers working for Disney theme parks want to use drones as “flixels,” or flying pixels.2015, Daniel R. Faust, Entertainment Drones, page 20:
  • The aerial display system makes use of the concept of a “flixel” or floating pixel (of a flying pixel object).2020 November 19, C Wong, JA Stark, RS Trowbridge, Aerial display system with floating pixels, US Patent 20159169030:

Forms of flixel

pluralflixels

Origin of flixel

Blend of floating + pixel. The origins may come from cinemagraphs in the fashion industry in the early 2010s.

Questions about flixel

What does flixel mean?
Flixel means an image, that combines a photo, and a video element that is looped to give the illusion of movement.
How do you use flixel in a sentence?
armand dijcks created the pieces by manipulating ray collins’ still images in adobe after effects, before using flixel cinemagraph pro to complete the animation.
What part of speech is flixel?
Flixel is a noun.
What is the plural of flixel?
The plural of flixel is flixels.

Words near flixel in the dictionary

  1. fliver
  2. flivers
  3. flivver
  4. flivvers
  5. flix
  6. flixel
  7. flixels
  8. Flixton
  9. flixweed
  10. flixweeds
  11. flizz

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