Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
décor
English translation:
backdrop (context: blue-screen technology)
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Angela Dickson (X)
Apr 13, 2005 17:21
19 yrs ago
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French term
décor
French to English
Medical
Linguistics
It may be very obvious and I can't see th wood for the trees but I'm not sure I understand in the context. Any ideas?
Pour modéliser les mouvements des lèvres, nos chercheurs ont une astuce : les maquiller en bleu. Avec un système classique de traitement d’images et sur le principe bien connu du décor derrière le présentateur de la météo, ils obtiennent ainsi une image parfaite de leurs mouvements
Pour modéliser les mouvements des lèvres, nos chercheurs ont une astuce : les maquiller en bleu. Avec un système classique de traitement d’images et sur le principe bien connu du décor derrière le présentateur de la météo, ils obtiennent ainsi une image parfaite de leurs mouvements
Proposed translations
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| 3 +4 | here: backdrop |
Angela Dickson (X)
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| 5 | See comment below... [not for grading) |
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| 4 | decor |
Kate Hudson (X)
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Proposed translations
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2 mins
French term (edited):
d�cor
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here: backdrop
specifically, the blue screen in front of which weather presenters (used to) stand - this screen could be filtered out by computer technology and replaced by the weather. Similarly, here the lips are painted blue so a good image of their movement can be captured.
Sounds like an interesting job!
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-04-13 17:24:47 GMT)
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Here\'s how the BBC does it:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/lookeast/weather_cso.shtml
Sounds like an interesting job!
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-04-13 17:24:47 GMT)
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Here\'s how the BBC does it:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/lookeast/weather_cso.shtml
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Comment: "Many thanks. that's brilliant."
3 mins
French term (edited):
d�cor
decor
This is to do with the 'scenery' shown behind the weather presenter ; i.e.the computer generated image where the radar images move across the screen.
2 hrs
French term (edited):
d�cor
See comment below... [not for grading)
Traditionally, this was called chroma key --- using the colour to produce a specific separation of the signals. The BBC call it CSO --- colour separation overlay
Here, of course, décor = background
Here, of course, décor = background
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