rotoscope

English

Etymology

From roto- +‎ -scope.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro‧to‧scope

Noun

rotoscope (uncountable)

1. (film, television, visual effects) A technique in which animators trace live-action movement frame by frame.

Synonyms

• rotoscoping

Derived terms

• rotoartist

Translations

animation technique

• Finnish: rotoskooppaus (fi)
• Japanese: ロトスコープ (rotosukōpu)
• Spanish: rotoscopio (es) m

Verb

rotoscope (third-person singular simple present rotoscopes, present participle rotoscoping, simple past and past participle rotoscoped)

1. (transitive) To use this technique upon.

Synonyms

• roto

Anagrams

• octospore