lap-dissolve
1lap dissolve — n. Film TV a dissolving view in which a new scene is blended in with a scene being faded out, as by lapping two exposures on one film or two images on a TV screen …
2Lap dissolve — A lap dissolve (sometimes called a cross fade, mix or simply a dissolve) is a technical term in film editing, most often used in the United States, applying to the process whereby the fading last shot of a preceding scene is superimposed over the …
3lap dissolve — noun Etymology: lap (III) : dissolve …
4lap dissolve — Motion Pictures. dissolve (def. 17). * * * …
5lap dissolve — see dissolve …
6dissolve — [di zälv′, dizôlv′] vt., vi. dissolved, dissolving [ME dissolven < L dissolvere, to loosen < dis , apart + solvere, to loosen: see SOLVE] 1. to make or become liquid; liquefy; melt 2. to merge with a liquid; pass or make pass into solution… …
7dissolve — (or lap dissolve) a transitional editing technique between two sequences, shots or scenes, in which the visible image of one shot or scene is gradually replaced, superimposed or blended (by an overlapping fade out or fade in and dissolve) with… …
8dissolve — dissolvability, dissolvableness, n. dissolvable, adj. dissolver, n. dissolvingly, adv. /di zolv /, v. dissolved, dissolving, n. v.t. 1. to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water. 2. to melt;… …
9lapdissolve — lap dissolve n. See dissolve. * * * …
10Cinematic techniques — Main articles: Filmmaking and Video production Contents 1 Basic Definitions of Terms 2 Cinematography 2.1 Movement and expersion 2.2 …