multiplane

Stacked transparency camera

Multiplane describes something with multiple planes or levels.

In animation, a multiplane camera shoots through several layers of artwork at different distances, creating depth and parallax effects: Disney's multiplane camera revolutionized animated films.

In aviation, a multiplane is an aircraft with more than one wing surface, as opposed to a monoplane.

camera

Disney

Major entertainment conglomerate

  • parallaxPosition change from different vantages
  • depthDistance below surface
  • celTransparent sheet for cartoons

animation · stand · rostrum · glass · panes · layers · movement · pan · zoom · tracking

depth

foreground

Nearest visual plane

perspective · layers · dimension · spatial · 3D · recessional · z-axis · overlap · distance · scale

animation

cel

Transparent sheet for cartoons

inbetweening · rotoscope · frame-by-frame · animatic · timing · easing · anticipation · follow-through · cleanup · rendering

aircraft

fuselage

Aircraft's central structure

aviation · warbird · propeller · airframe · cockpit · wingspan · dihedral · canard

tool

woodworking

Craft of shaping lumber

  • bladeFlat cutting edge
  • soleFoot's bottom surface
  • frogTailless leaping amphibian

mouth · shavings · smoothing · jointing · carpentry · cabinetmaking · flattening · surfacing · Stanley

Categories
Opposites
dimensional complexity

multiplaneflat

Lacking vertical variation

two-dimensional · 2D · depthless · monoplane · planar

surface structure

multiplaneflat

Lacking vertical variation

one-dimensional · simple · uniform

Family

plane, airplane, aeroplane, planar, biplane, monoplane, hydroplane, triplane

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G