anamorphic
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- adjective
- /ˌænəˈmɔrfɪk/
- Specialized
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anamórfico
- Since we see the frame in its material form, rather than projected through an anamorphic lens, the images on it are compressed along the horizontal.
- anamorphic images
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Examples
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They are releasing and bringing to market an anamorphic lens for your drone.
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You can see this effect in movies when an anamorphic (Cinemascope) lens is used.
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What ended up being my favorite lens to use though from the San Mark lineup, it was their anamorphic lens.
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"We shot widescreen, but not anamorphic," Deakins explains.
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It is presented in anamorphic widescreen, and the detail is pretty decent.
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Anchor Bay's DVD sports a clean 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer that also boasts bright colors.
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Though there wasn't any remastering done with this standard def 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, the fidelity is really not bad.
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An anamorphic lens can alter the perspective of a shot, making subjects appear more elongated than they actually are.
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Movies filmed with an anamorphic format often present a unique visual style that can only be appreciated when viewed on a compatible screen.
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Photographers frequently use an anamorphic lens to achieve a distinct wide-screen effect that enhances the cinematic quality of their images.
Synonyms
Causing a lens to make images look blurred or wrong
A change in images from lenses or telescopes that makes them look blurred
Antonyms
How Distorted
Surface Forms
Morphology
anamorphic = anamorph (semi-transparent) = ana + morph + ic
The segments 'ana-' and 'morph' are identifiable, but the optical/artistic meaning is technical and not directly inferable by an average learner.
Etymology
Anamorphic comes from Greek parts ana- ('back' or 'again') and morph ('shape'), the same morph you see in the verb 'to morph'. So an anamorphic image is one whose shape has been stretched or squashed and must be put 'back' to normal by a special lens or angle, which is why filmmakers use anamorphic lenses for widescreen effects.