rotozoomer
rotozoomer noun: an animated visual effect in which a bitmap is scaled and rotated.
Noun
rotozoomer (plural rotozoomers)
- An animated visual effect in which a bitmap is scaled and rotated.
- I thought about writing a 4ktro for the TI-83 once, but really the only effects you could do would be rotozoomers, wire vectors, and scrollers.1997, h75h70, “ZShell anyone?”, in rec.games.programmer (Usenet)
- Hi all: I have written a rotozoomer that has an average frame rate of about 200fps on a Pentium 90 when writing directly to vram.1997, Adam Levar, “RotoZoomer frame rates”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet)
Forms of rotozoomer
| plural | rotozoomers |
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Origin of rotozoomer
From roto- + zoomer.
Questions about rotozoomer
- What does rotozoomer mean?
- Rotozoomer means an animated visual effect in which a bitmap is scaled and rotated.
- What part of speech is rotozoomer?
- Rotozoomer is a noun.
- What is the plural of rotozoomer?
- The plural of rotozoomer is rotozoomers.
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