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greenscreen

greenscreen noun: the alternate version of bluescreen, having the background green instead of blue.

Noun

greenscreen (countable and uncountable, plural greenscreens)

  1. The alternate version of bluescreen, having the background green instead of blue.
  2. The display of an IBM 3270 or similar monochrome monitor.

Verb

greenscreen (third-person singular simple present greenscreens, present participle greenscreening, simple past and past participle greenscreened)

  1. (transitive) To film a subject in front of a greenscreen.
    • Chroma-keying, often called "bluescreening" or "greenscreening", is the process of filming actors, set pieces, and other foreground elements in front of a large solid green or blue-colored screen.(Can we date this quote?), RD King, Web Video Tips
  2. (transitive) To remove the background from a video and replace it with a different image or scene; to composite.
    • In this tutorial I will be showing you how to do greenscreening in Blender’s Compositor.2012 December 26, blendercrazy, “VIDEO: Greenscreening in Blender”, in blenderartists.org
    • Fünke shows off an action-packed highlight clip addressed to Howard that emphasizes his imagined versatility, greenscreening him into scenes where he’s being fired out of a cannon, brandishing dual assault rifles, ineptly playing pick-up football, going Western as a cowboy sheriff and riding a...2013 May 15, RJ Cubarrubia, “Tobias Funke’s ‘Arrested Development’ Sizzle Reel”, in Rolling Stone

Synonyms of greenscreen

Forms of greenscreen

Noun
pluralgreenscreens
alternative formgreen screen
Verb
third-person singular presentgreenscreens
present participlegreenscreening
past participlegreenscreened
pastgreenscreened

Origin of greenscreen

From green + screen.

Questions about greenscreen

What does greenscreen mean?
Greenscreen means the alternate version of bluescreen, having the background green instead of blue.
What part of speech is greenscreen?
Greenscreen can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of greenscreen?
The plural of greenscreen is greenscreens.

Words near greenscreen in the dictionary

  1. greenscapes
  2. greenschist
  3. greenschistic
  4. greenschistose
  5. greenschists
  6. greenscreen
  7. greenscreened
  8. greenscreening
  9. greenscreens
  10. greenshank
  11. greenshanks

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