A matte coating is not shiny like a gloss, but still keeps much of the ink from being absorbed by the paper and provides an excellent print image Matte stocks can be written on with most pens and pencils, while gloss stocks will often smudge or smear
An image or a part of an image containing transparency information The matte is usually a black and white image (1-8 bit) where the white areas are opaque and black areas transparent This is suitable for compositing, but if it is used to produce transparency on a model in a 3D software, it has to be inverted first At rendertime, 3D applications automatically generate masks for the objects in the scene In successful compositing the quality of the matte is crucial
A sheet of glass or other material partially covering the camera to prevent the covered portion of the films from being exposed during filming Later, the portions of the film previously un-exposed are re-exposed to a different scene
An opaque outline which limits the exposed area of a picture, either as a cut-out object in front of the camera or as a silhouette on another strip of film
A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc