DISSOLVE

Dissolve

In the post-production process of film editing and video editing, a dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another. The terms fade-out and fade-in are used to describe a transition to and from a blank image. This is in contrast to a cut where there is no such transition. A dissolve overlaps two shots for the duration of the effect, usually at the end of one scene and the beginning of the next, but may be used in montage sequences also. Generally, but not always, the use of a dissolve is held to indicate that a period of time has passed between the two scenes.

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dissolve

Noun

  1. A film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next.

Verb

  1. To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding
    ''The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority
  2. To destroy, make disappear
  3. To liquify, melt into a fluid
  4. To be melted, changed into a fluid
  5. To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
  6. To be disintegrated by such immersion.
  7. To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
  8. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
  9. To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
    to dissolve an injunction
  10. To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
  11. To resolve itself as by dissolution
  12. To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
  13. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.


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