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slit-scan

slit-scan noun: a photographic and cinematographic process where a moveable slide, into which a slit has been cut, is inserted between the camera and the subject to be photographed. It can be used to achieve blurriness or deformity, or in creating flowing animations.

Noun

slit-scan (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) A photographic and cinematographic process where a moveable slide, into which a slit has been cut, is inserted between the camera and the subject to be photographed. It can be used to achieve blurriness or deformity, or in creating flowing animations.

Questions about slit-scan

What does slit-scan mean?
Slit-scan means a photographic and cinematographic process where a moveable slide, into which a slit has been cut, is inserted between the camera and the subject to be photographed. It can be used to achieve blurriness or deformity, or in creating flowing animations.
What part of speech is slit-scan?
Slit-scan is a noun.

Words near slit-scan in the dictionary

  1. slit-eyed
  2. slit-faced bat
  3. slit-faced bats
  4. slit-gong
  5. slit-gongs
  6. slit-scan
  7. slit-shell
  8. slit-shells
  9. slitch
  10. slite
  11. slited

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