anamorphic
Adjective 1. pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another (pertainym) anamorphosis, anamorphism 2. pertaining to a kind of distorting optical system; "an anamorphic lense" (pertainym) anamorphosis, anamorphism | ||||
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ANAMORPHIC Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Anamorphic
An optical system having different magnifications in the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the image.
An optical system having different magnifications in the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the image.
ANAMORPHIC Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Digital Video (DV) & video edit terms / Eng2Eng v1.0 (web compilation) |
ANAMORPHIC
An optical system having different magnifications in the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the image.
An optical system having different magnifications in the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the image.
| Television and Video Glossary |
Anamorphic
Refers to the stretching or squeezing of an image so that it utilizes the entire area of a film frame with a different aspect ratio. The most common usage has a 1.85 to 1 or greater wide screen movie "squished" on film with 4:3 aspect ratio frames. A special lens is used on the projector to exactly reverse this distortion and produce the correctly proportioned picture on the screen. The same technique is used in video from time to time. On DVD's, the same 720 by 480 pixel frame may be used to represent either a 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio picture. The player has selectable means of proportioning the picture so it appears correct, although on a standard (4:3) TV, the 16:9 image will appear "Letterbox ". Better results are had for a 16:9 enhanced version of the movie if the full screen mode is selected on the player and the height control on the monitor manually adjusted downwards. "Anamorphic" in video is a misnomer. Video has no aspect ratio until it is displayed on the screen. The TV set or monitor determines the aspect ratio using settings specified by the viewer or sometimes automatically by taking some format data (not the picture data) from the video signal. So far the label "anamorphic" is used only for the DVD 16:9 enhanced wide screen programs or 16:9 high resolution programs. More on anamorphic video including adjustment of TV sets.
Refers to the stretching or squeezing of an image so that it utilizes the entire area of a film frame with a different aspect ratio. The most common usage has a 1.85 to 1 or greater wide screen movie "squished" on film with 4:3 aspect ratio frames. A special lens is used on the projector to exactly reverse this distortion and produce the correctly proportioned picture on the screen. The same technique is used in video from time to time. On DVD's, the same 720 by 480 pixel frame may be used to represent either a 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio picture. The player has selectable means of proportioning the picture so it appears correct, although on a standard (4:3) TV, the 16:9 image will appear "Letterbox ". Better results are had for a 16:9 enhanced version of the movie if the full screen mode is selected on the player and the height control on the monitor manually adjusted downwards. "Anamorphic" in video is a misnomer. Video has no aspect ratio until it is displayed on the screen. The TV set or monitor determines the aspect ratio using settings specified by the viewer or sometimes automatically by taking some format data (not the picture data) from the video signal. So far the label "anamorphic" is used only for the DVD 16:9 enhanced wide screen programs or 16:9 high resolution programs. More on anamorphic video including adjustment of TV sets.
ANAMORPHIC Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Anamorphic format
Anamorphic format is a term which can be used either for the cinematography technique of capturing a widescreen picture on standard 35 mm film, or other visual recording media with a non-widescreen native aspect ratio, or a photographic projection format in which the original image requires an optical anamorphic lens to recreate the original aspect ratio. It should not be confused with anamorphic widescreen, which is a very different electronically-based video encoding concept that uses similar principles to the anamorphic format but different means.
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