décor

English translation: backdrop (context: blue-screen technology)

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French term or phrase:	décor
English translation:	backdrop (context: blue-screen technology)
Entered by:	Angela Dickson (X)

17:21 Apr 13, 2005

French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Linguistics

French term or phrase: décor

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

suezen KudoZ activity Questions: 55 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 1884
Local time: 22:47

here: backdrop

Explanation:
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

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Angela Dickson (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:47

Grading comment

Many thanks. that's brilliant.
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here: backdrop

Angela Dickson (X)

See comment below... [not for grading)

Tony M

decor

Kate Hudson (X)

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

décor

here: backdrop

Angela Dickson (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Many thanks. that's brilliant.

3 mins confidence:

décor decor

Explanation:
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.

Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 22:47
Native speaker of: English

2 hrs confidence:

décor See comment below... [not for grading)

Explanation:
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

Tony M
France
Local time: 22:47
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 23

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