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Tech/Engineering - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) | | English term or phrase: Fader | Dans la phrase:
Options menu to fader in or out a scene. |
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| | French translation:fondu | Explanation:
The usual term for 'dissolve' is 'fondu' — 'dissolve' involves cross-fading between 2 images, of course; if it is a fade up from black, or a fade down to black, then I believe the term 'fondu au noir' is used for the latter, I'm not too sure just how the former is expressed.
'Fade' may imply fading between two images, or to/from black.
As kashew has said, the usual term is 'fade', not 'fader' — this could be a simple typo in your source text, or an uninformed writer.
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Regarding fade in/out
Grand Dictionnaire suggests the following options respectively:
fondu à l'ouverture
ouverture en fondu
ouvrir en fondu
fondu ouvert
fondu à la fermeture
fermeture en fondue
fondu au noir (only for a fade to black)
fondu (suggested in theatrical context, where fade without other qualifier always means 'fade out/down')
Given the relative clumsiness of the FR terms, and the probable redundancy of the in/out aspect in EN (the writer might just as well have said "to perform fades on a scene"), I would be inclined to simply leave out this aspect. In GDT, albeit in an audio context, they do also list 'fondu' as being used for both 'fade up/in' and 'fade down/out' — the logical assumption being that if the distinction is important, it will almsot always be made clear by the surrounding context. As I have said above, in the particular context here, I don't believe the distinction is important at all. |
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36 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 | fade fondu
Explanation:
The usual term for 'dissolve' is 'fondu' — 'dissolve' involves cross-fading between 2 images, of course; if it is a fade up from black, or a fade down to black, then I believe the term 'fondu au noir' is used for the latter, I'm not too sure just how the former is expressed.
'Fade' may imply fading between two images, or to/from black.
As kashew has said, the usual term is 'fade', not 'fader' — this could be a simple typo in your source text, or an uninformed writer.
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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-07-11 08:40:28 GMT)
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Regarding fade in/out
Grand Dictionnaire suggests the following options respectively:
fondu à l'ouverture
ouverture en fondu
ouvrir en fondu
fondu ouvert
fondu à la fermeture
fermeture en fondue
fondu au noir (only for a fade to black)
fondu (suggested in theatrical context, where fade without other qualifier always means 'fade out/down')
Given the relative clumsiness of the FR terms, and the probable redundancy of the in/out aspect in EN (the writer might just as well have said "to perform fades on a scene"), I would be inclined to simply leave out this aspect. In GDT, albeit in an audio context, they do also list 'fondu' as being used for both 'fade up/in' and 'fade down/out' — the logical assumption being that if the distinction is important, it will almsot always be made clear by the surrounding context. As I have said above, in the particular context here, I don't believe the distinction is important at all.
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