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geometric transformation

An effect that causes some or all of the pixels in a given image to change their current location. Such effects include translation, rotation, scaling, warping, and various specialized distortion effects.

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  • “T”
  • 1.85
  • 10-bit image
  • 16-bit image
  • 16mm film
  • 2:3 pulldown
  • 2:3 pullup
  • 2.35 format
  • 2.5D (21⁄2 D)
  • 24p
  • 2D
  • 2D graphics
  • 2D motion blur
  • 2D tracking
  • 2k resolution
  • 3:2 pulldown
  • 3:2 pullup
  • 32-bit image
  • 35mm film
  • 3D
  • 3D film
  • 3D glasses
  • 3D graphics
  • 3D motion blur
  • 3D tracking
  • 3DoF
  • 4:1:1 compression
  • 4:2:2 compression
  • 4:4:4 compression
  • 4D
  • 4k resolution
  • 65mm film
  • 6DoF
  • 70mm film
  • 8-bit image
  • 8mm film
  • anaglyph
  • anaglyph glasses
  • analog
  • anamorphic
  • anamorphic format
  • anamorphic lens
  • animated
  • animatic
  • animation
  • animation rig
  • animator
  • anisotropic
  • answer print
  • anti-aliasing
  • aperture
  • API
  • apparent motion
  • Array System
  • articulate matte
  • artifact
  • ASA rating
  • ASC Manual
  • ASCII
  • ASCII file
  • aspect ratio
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • atmosphere
  • Augmented reality (AR)
  • autostereoscopic
  • B-spline
  • background
  • backing color
  • BAFTA
  • bake in
  • baked out
  • banding
  • barrel distortion
  • base
  • batch compositing
  • Bayer mosaic pattern sensor
  • beamsplitter
  • beauty pass
  • Bézier curve
  • BG
  • bicubic interpolation
  • bilinear interpolation
  • Binary Space Partition (BSP)
  • binocular
  • bipack
  • bit
  • bit depth
  • bitmapped image
  • black point
  • bleach bypass
  • blue record
  • blue screen
  • blue screen photography
  • blue spill
  • bokeh
  • bounce light
  • box filter
  • British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
  • British Society of Cinematographers (BSC)
  • burn-in
  • C-scope
  • C-stand
  • camera aperture
  • camera frustum
  • camera mapping
  • Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC)
  • cardboard effect
  • CBB
  • CC
  • CCD
  • CDL (Color Decision List)
  • cel animation
  • center extraction
  • centroid
  • CG
  • CG feature
  • CG Supervisor
  • CGI
  • channel
  • characteristic curve
  • chroma-keying
  • chromatic aberration
  • chromatic resolution
  • chrominance
  • CIE XYZ
  • Cinemascope
  • cinematographer
  • Cineon
  • circle of confusion
  • circular polarization
  • clean plate
  • clip
  • clipping
  • clone
  • cloud tank
  • cloud-based rendering
  • CLUT
  • CMY
  • codec
  • color bars
  • color contamination
  • color correction
  • color difference method
  • color lookup table
  • color management
  • color resolution
  • color script
  • color space
  • color temperature
  • color timer or grader (colorist)
  • color timing or grading
  • color wedge
  • complementary color
  • complementary matte
  • component
  • component video
  • composite video
  • compositing
  • compositing engine
  • Compositing Supervisor
  • compositor
  • computer graphics
  • Computer Graphics Supervisor
  • computer-generated imagery (CGI)
  • conform
  • conjugate points
  • contact shadow
  • continuity
  • contouring
  • contrast
  • control points
  • convergence
  • conversion
  • convolution filter
  • convolution kernel
  • convolution mask
  • convolve
  • cool
  • corresponding points
  • CPU
  • crawling
  • creature shop
  • cropping
  • crosstalk
  • CRT
  • cukaloris
  • cursor
  • curve editor
  • D-Cinema
  • D-max
  • D-min
  • D1 format
  • D2 format
  • D5 format
  • dailies
  • day for night
  • dB
  • DCI
  • DCP
  • decibel (dB)
  • decimation
  • Deep compositing
  • Deep data
  • Deep images
  • deinterlace
  • densitometer
  • density space
  • depth channel
  • depth cue
  • depth of field (DOF)
  • depth of focus
  • depth range
  • desaturation
  • detail generator
  • DI
  • difference matte
  • diffusion
  • digital
  • digital artist
  • digital cinema
  • digital cinema package (DCP)
  • digital cinematography
  • digital compositing
  • Digital Effects Supervisor
  • digital imaging technician (DIT)
  • digital intermediate (DI)
  • Digital Light Processing (DLP)
  • digitization
  • dilation
  • DIN rating
  • diopter
  • Dirac filter
  • director
  • disparity
  • dissolve
  • dither
  • DOD
  • domain of definition (DOD)
  • DoP, DP
  • dots per inch (DPI)
  • double exposure (DX)
  • double framing
  • DPX
  • drop frame
  • dubbing
  • dust busting
  • DVE
  • DX
  • dynamic range
  • dynamic resolution
  • E-fan
  • E-split
  • ECU
  • edge detection algorithm
  • edge matte
  • edge numbers
  • edge quality
  • editing
  • EDL
  • effects animation
  • effects filter
  • EI
  • eight-perf
  • element
  • emulsion
  • encoder
  • ENR
  • erosion
  • Estar film stock
  • exposure index (EI)
  • exposure latitude
  • exposure sheets
  • exposure split
  • exposure wedge
  • EXR
  • extrastereoscopic cues
  • eyeline
  • f-stop
  • FACS
  • fade
  • fast Fourier transform (FFT)
  • FFT
  • FG
  • field
  • field chart
  • field dominance
  • field of view (FOV)
  • field-sequential
  • file format
  • fill light
  • film gauge
  • film recorder
  • film recording
  • film speed
  • film weave
  • film-out
  • filter
  • final
  • fix it in post
  • fixed matte
  • flare
  • flashing
  • flat
  • flat lens
  • flatbed
  • flicker glasses
  • flip
  • float
  • floating point
  • floating windows
  • floor effects
  • flop
  • focal length
  • focus
  • folding
  • foot-lambert (fL, fl or ft-L)
  • forced perspective
  • foreground
  • format
  • Forward Kinematics
  • four-perf
  • four-point track
  • FOV
  • fps
  • fractal compression
  • frame
  • frame rate
  • freeze
  • freeze frame
  • fringing
  • frustum
  • frustum culling
  • full aperture
  • fusion
  • G-matte
  • Game engine
  • gamma
  • gamut
  • garbage matte
  • Gas Plasma Screen
  • Gaussian blur
  • Gaussian filter
  • gel
  • generation loss
  • geometric transformation
  • ghosting
  • GIF
  • global illumination
  • glue code
  • Go-Motion photography
  • gobo
  • GPU
  • grading
  • grain
  • graphical user interface (GUI)
  • gray card
  • gray scale image
  • greeblies
  • green record
  • green screen
  • green spill
  • greenlit
  • grid chart
  • guesstimate
  • GUI
  • halation
  • handles
  • haptic arm
  • HD resolution
  • HDR
  • HDRI
  • HDTV
  • Hermite curve
  • High Definition
  • high dynamic range (HDR)
  • high-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI)
  • high-pass filter
  • histogram
  • histogram equalization
  • histogram sliding
  • histogram stretching
  • HIT
  • HLS
  • HMD
  • hold
  • hold-out matte
  • homologous points
  • hot
  • hot head
  • HSB
  • HSI
  • HSL
  • HSV
  • hue
  • Huffman coding
  • ICC
  • IDT
  • IK
  • image processing
  • IMAX
  • impulse filter
  • in-betweening
  • in-camera effects
  • indexed color
  • Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
  • interactive lighting
  • Interaxial distance (IA)
  • interframe coding
  • interlacing
  • intermediate
  • internal accuracy
  • International Color Consortium (ICC)
  • internegative (IN)
  • interocular distance
  • interpolation
  • interpositive (IP)
  • interpositive film stock
  • interpupillary distance
  • Inverse Kinematics (IK)
  • ISO index
  • IT
  • JPEG
  • kernel
  • key
  • key code
  • Key light
  • keyer
  • keyframe
  • keyframe animation
  • keyframing
  • keying
  • Keykode numbers
  • Keylight
  • keystone distortion
  • kukaloris
  • LAD
  • large-format camera
  • large-format film
  • latency
  • latent image
  • layering operation
  • LBE
  • LCD (liquid-crystal display)
  • LCOS (Liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS or LCOS))
  • LED (Light emitting diode)
  • Leica camera
  • Leica lenses
  • lens artifact
  • lens assembly
  • lens flare
  • lens mapping
  • letterboxing
  • LIDAR (light imaging detection and ranging )
  • Light Box
  • light emitting diode
  • light pass
  • lighting reference
  • linear color space
  • linear encoding
  • linear interpolation
  • linear polarization
  • linear space
  • Lineup (lineup sheet)
  • Liquid-crystal-display televisions (LCD TVs)
  • locked cut
  • locked-off camera
  • log space
  • long lens
  • lookup table (LUT)
  • lossless compression
  • lossy compression
  • low-pass filter
  • lowball bid
  • luma-keying
  • luminance
  • LUT
  • LZW compression
  • Macbeth chart
  • Mach banding
  • macro
  • mandrel
  • maquette
  • mask
  • matchmove
  • matte
  • matte channel
  • matte extraction
  • matte line
  • matte painting
  • matte pass
  • maximum density
  • median filter
  • Medusa Head
  • miniaturization
  • minimum density
  • Mitchell filter
  • MoCap
  • moco
  • monochrome
  • monocular cues
  • morphing
  • MOS
  • motion artifact
  • motion blur
  • motion control
  • motion control camera
  • motion graphics
  • Movieola
  • MPEG
  • MR
  • multimedia
  • multiplane compositing
  • multiple-camera rig
  • multiple-pass photography
  • multiple-pass rendering
  • multiplexing
  • naming conventions
  • ND filter
  • nearest-neighbor filter
  • neutral density filter
  • Newton’s rings
  • NG
  • NLE
  • nodal point
  • node view
  • non-square pixel
  • Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline (NURBs)
  • nonlinear color space
  • nonlinear editing
  • nonlinear encoding
  • normalized value
  • NTSC
  • NURBs
  • o-neg
  • occlusion
  • ODT
  • off-line compositing
  • OLED (organic light-emitting diode)
  • Omnimax
  • on-line compositing
  • on-set previs
  • one-point track
  • opaque
  • OpenEXR
  • OpenGL
  • optical compositing
  • optical flow analysis
  • optical printer
  • original negative (O-neg)
  • orthographic
  • orthographic view
  • overcrank
  • oversampling
  • paint software
  • paintbox
  • PAL
  • palette
  • pan and scan
  • pan and tile
  • Panavision
  • Pantone Matching System (PMS)
  • parallax
  • parallax budget
  • particle system
  • pattern matching
  • peg registered
  • perf
  • perforation
  • performance capture
  • periscope lens
  • Periwinkle effect
  • persistence of vision
  • perspective
  • perspective compensation
  • photogrammetry
  • photorealism
  • picture element
  • pincushion distortion
  • pipeline
  • pitchvis
  • pixel
  • pixel analyzer
  • pixel aspect ratio
  • pixelation
  • pixelation animation
  • planar
  • plano-stereoscopic
  • Plasma Display, also known as Plasma display panel (PDP)
  • plate
  • playback speed
  • polarized glasses
  • post-house
  • post-production
  • posterization
  • postmove
  • postvis
  • PPD
  • practical effects (floor effects)
  • pre-production
  • precomp
  • preliminary composite
  • premultiplied image
  • previs
  • Primatte
  • prime lens
  • print
  • procedural paint
  • processing
  • producer
  • production sense
  • progressive scan
  • projection mapping
  • projection speed
  • ProRes (Apple ProRes)
  • proxy
  • pull a matte
  • pulldown
  • pullup
  • quantization
  • quantization artifact
  • quantizing
  • R&D
  • Ramsdell rig
  • raster graphics
  • raw stock
  • RDBMS
  • real time
  • rear projection (RP)
  • record
  • Rectilinear lens
  • red record
  • reference spheres
  • reflection pass
  • region of interest (ROI)
  • release print
  • render
  • render farm
  • render queue
  • RenderMan
  • reposition
  • resampling
  • resolution
  • resolution independence
  • retinal disparity
  • retroreflective curtain
  • RGB
  • RGBA
  • ride film
  • rig
  • ringing
  • RLA
  • ROI
  • rotation
  • rotoscope
  • rotoscoped matte
  • rotoscoping
  • RP
  • RRT
  • RTFM
  • run takes
  • run-length encoding
  • rushes
  • S/N
  • sampling
  • saturation
  • scaling
  • scan line
  • scanner
  • scene
  • scene-referred image
  • scope
  • screen left
  • screen resolution
  • screen right
  • screen space
  • script
  • SDK
  • SECAM
  • seed
  • selection device
  • self-illuminated blue screen
  • sequence
  • server
  • SFX
  • Shader
  • shadow pass
  • sharpening
  • sharpness
  • short lens
  • shot
  • Showscan
  • shutter angle
  • shutter speed
  • SIGGRAPH
  • Signal to Noise
  • silver halide crystals
  • sinc filter
  • skinning
  • skip frames
  • slate
  • slop comp, slap comp
  • slow motion
  • SLR
  • SMPTE
  • snorkel lens
  • Sobel filter
  • Sobel matte
  • software developer’s kit (SDK)
  • solarization
  • spatial aliasing
  • spatial convolution
  • spatial filter
  • spatial resolution
  • special effects (SPX)
  • special visual effects
  • spherical lens
  • spill
  • spill suppression
  • spline
  • spline curve
  • splinter unit
  • split diopter
  • split-screen
  • sprite
  • square pixel
  • squeezed image
  • sRGB
  • stabilization
  • staircasing
  • stand-in
  • static image
  • static matte
  • steadiness
  • steady test
  • stereo
  • stereographer
  • stereoplexing
  • stereopsis
  • stereoscope
  • stereoscopic image
  • stereoscopic pair
  • stereoscopy
  • stochastic sampling
  • stock
  • stop
  • stop-motion animation
  • storyboard
  • strobing
  • stuffie
  • subpixel
  • super
  • Super 16mm film
  • Super 35mm film
  • Super 8mm film
  • Super Techniscope
  • superblack
  • superimpose
  • Superscope
  • superwhite
  • surface normal
  • surround
  • sync block
  • T-stop
  • tablet
  • tail slate
  • take
  • TARGA
  • Technical Assistant (TA)
  • Technical Director (TD)
  • technical previs (Techvis)
  • Techniscope
  • telecine
  • telephoto lens
  • temp comp
  • temporal
  • temporal aliasing
  • temporal filling
  • temporal resolution
  • temporary composite
  • tessellation
  • texture mapping
  • TGA
  • theater space
  • Three-perf
  • TIFF
  • timecode
  • timeline graph
  • timing
  • tracking
  • tracking markers
  • transformation
  • transition effect
  • translation
  • translucent
  • transmission blue screen
  • transparent
  • traveling matte
  • trucking
  • tumble paint
  • turnover
  • two-perf
  • two-point track
  • UI
  • Ultimatte
  • Ultra-high definition (UHD)
  • undercrank
  • underscan
  • unpremultiplied image
  • unpremultiply
  • unsharp masking
  • UPM (unit production manager)
  • user interface
  • UV mapping
  • value
  • vaporware
  • vector graphics
  • vectorscope
  • VFX
  • VFX Supervisor
  • view frustum culling
  • viewing frustum
  • vignetting
  • virtual asset
  • Virtual reality (VR)
  • visible spectrum
  • VistaVision
  • visual effects (VFX)
  • Visual Effects Director of Photography
  • Visual Effects Producer
  • Volume
  • wagon wheeling
  • Waldo
  • warm
  • warping
  • warping engine
  • waveform monitor
  • wavelet
  • weave
  • wedge
  • white balance
  • white point
  • wide-angle lens
  • widescreen
  • window
  • wipe
  • wire removal
  • witness camera
  • witness points
  • working resolution
  • x
  • x-axis
  • XR
  • y-axis
  • Y-depth image
  • YIQ
  • YUV
  • z-axis
  • Z-buffer
  • Z-channel
  • Z-depth compositing
  • Z-depth image
  • Z-space
  • zoom
  • ZPS

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