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chromakey

Pronunciation: /ˈkrəʊməkiː/
Definition of chromakey

noun

[mass noun]
  • a digital technique by which a block of a particular colour (often blue or green) in a film or video image can be replaced by another colour or image, enabling, for example, a weather forecaster to appear against a background of a computer-generated weather map: the weatherman is gesturing at a blank wall, and the image is inserted by chromakey

verb (chromakeys, chromakeying, chromakeyed)

[with object]
  • manipulate (an image) using the chromakey technique: (as noun chromakeying)examples of chromakeying on television

chromakey in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of chromakey in the US English dictionary
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