How to pronounce rotoscope
American English pronunciation
ROH-tuh-skohp
- IPA
- /ˈɹoʊtəˌskoʊp/
- Syllables
- ROH · tuh · skohp (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What rotoscope means
To trace over filmed action frame by frame to animate it
In a sentence: The animators rotoscoped a real dancer so their cartoon cat would move just like her.
Where it comes from: It's made from roto-, as in rotate, and -scope, a word part for a tool used for looking.
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