pixilation

noun

Meaning

A stop-motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames.
A blocky effect caused by enlarging a bitmap so that individual pixels can be distinguished.
The obscuring or censoring of part of an image by reducing the resolution, resulting in a blocky blur.

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Related words

stop-motion(English)multiplane(English)slow motion(English)pixeling(English)still frame(English)mosaic(English)pixelator(English)chronophotography(English)

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