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TRACING FILM [4 records]

Record 1 2001-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
OBS

Cephalogram. A term loosely used as a synonym for cephalometric radiograph : sometimes used to refer to a fine-line tracing on an acetate film overlay of the salient structures, landmarks and pertinent measurements, which is used for diagnostic purposes. However, measurements may be digitized directly from the film via computer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
CONT

Classiquement le clinicien est amené à superposer les clichés céphalométriques avant, en cours et après traitement; la prédiction ajoute à ces superpositions celles qui objectivent avant traitement-prédiction et après traitement-prédiction.

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

A conventional animation is created in a fairly fixed sequence : The story for the animation is written(or perhaps merely conceived), then a storyboard is laid out.... Next, the soundtrack(if any) is recorded, a detailed layout is produced(with a drawing for every scene in the animation), and the soundtrack is read-that is, the instants at which significant sounds occur are recorded in order. The detailed layout and the soundtrack are then correlated. Next, certain key frames of the animation are drawn-these are the frames in which the entities being animated are at extreme or characteristic positions, from which their intermediate position can be inferred. The intermediate frames are then filled in(this is called inbetweening), and a trial film is made(a pencil test)... Many stages of conventional animation seem ideally suited to computer assistance, especially inbetweening and coloring, which can be done using the seed-fill techniques.... Before the computer can be used, however, the drawings must be digitized. This can be done by using optical scanning, by tracing the drawings with a data tablet, or by producing the original drawings with a drawing program in the first place. The drawings may need to be postprocessed(e. g., filtered) to clean up any glitches arising from the input process(especially optical scanning), and to smooth the contours somewhat. The composition stage, in which foreground and background figures are combined to generate the individual frames for the final animation, can be done with the image-composition techniques....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
DEF

En animation par ordinateur, image calculée par le programme d'animation en fonction du déplacement effectif.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
  • Architectural Drafting and Tools
CONT

White lightweight tracing paper called drafting vellum, on which pencil drawings can be made and from which prints can be produced, is used in most commercial drafting rooms. Drafting vellum is not a permanent medium for drawings... Over time it will swell with humidity, crack with dryness, or yellow with age... A more expensive solution is polyester drafting film.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
  • Dessin architectural et instruments

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Leatherworking Tools and Equipment
OBS

Trace patterns on film, then transfer onto leather.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils et machines pour le travail du cuir
OBS

Le patron est calqué sur ce plastique très transparent et recopié sur le cuir.

Spanish

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