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to montage

to montage

1 5.8
To join photos and video clips to make one short video
  • verb
  • /mɒnˈtɑːʒ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : montar
  • My own interest is in batch converting, montaging multiple images, and format conversion of data sets, often comprising tens of thousands of images.

So maybe you can take some close up artistic shots and then we'll just like we'll montage it.

Examples

  • We montage through an intense game of "go fish" as the storm continues to rage.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I used to montage the solid black lettering with colorful patterns to create something different.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Let me montage this to speed things up.

  • So, we decided, let's go ahead and montage this entire sequence and get to the Soul Train line as quickly as possible.

  • I then montaged the slides with colorful backgrounds.

    Academic text (1993)
  • I wondered about the possibility of montaging them, so "Synergy" was born, i.e., a combination of subjects!

    Academic text (1999)
  • James Paradise has a great way to make winning images by montaging, and Ben Goldstein and Mervyn Hurwitz have planned wonderful nature shows.

    Academic text (1996)
  • And figures could just as mysteriously appear, as in Matthew Brady's 1865 photo Sherman and His Generals, in which an officer late for a group shot was simply—presto!—montaged in.

    Blog text (19)
  • After filming the vacation, she decided to montage the best clips into a highlight reel.

  • He montaged various photos from the event to create a memorable slideshow for his friends.

Synonyms

to intercut
vsto montage
  • Jargon
8 7.7

To insert scenes like interviews or real footage between shots to show different times

combines separate elements into a single unified image or continuous sequence
to composite
vsto montage
  • Specialized
2 5.9

To combine images or elements into one picture

joins separate pieces into either a still picture or a moving sequence
to collage
vsto montage
1 4.6

To make an artwork by gluing pieces of paper or photos together

focuses on materials while the key makes unified stills or moving sequences
to crosscut
vsto montage
  • Specialized
6.8

To edit by cutting between two scenes to show events at the same time

combines separate pieces into one unified image or sequence rather than alternating

Antonyms

829 2.1

Not joined to another thing and kept apart

To take something apart into separate pieces

How Composite

to montage
  • Specialized
1 5.8
to edit
337 1.5
to assemble
169 2.9
to combine
638 2.7

Surface Forms

montage infinitive
montaged past
montaged past participle
montaging present participle
montages third person singular

Etymology

Montage as a verb also comes from French monter, meaning 'to put together', and you can imagine mounting photos on a board. So to montage something is to join separate photos or clips into one image or sequence.