chromakey

See also: chroma-key and chroma key

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

chroma +‎ key

Noun

chromakey (countable and uncountable, plural chromakeys)

(television) The use of a particular colour (usually either blue or green) as a key in a TV studio in order to allow one image to be partially superimposed upon another, seamlessly

Hyponyms

bluescreen/blue screen, greenscreen/green screen

Derived terms

chromakeyer

Translations

use of a color as key in a studio to allow a image to be partially replaced by other one

Finnish: avainnus

Portuguese: cromaqui (pt)

Verb

chromakey (third-person singular simple present chromakeys, present participle chromakeying, simple past and past participle chromakeyed)

(transitive) To modify an image in this way.

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