Weekly Vocab 03/30/2016

GIF: GIF is "Graphics Interchange Format - Picture Format" a lossless format for image files that supports both animated and static images.

Zoopraxiscope: The zoopraxiscope is an early device for displaying motion pictures. Created by photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge in 1879, it may be considered the first movie projector.

Kinetoscope: The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device. The Kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole viewer window at the top of the device.

Chronophotography: Chronophotography is an antique photographic technique from the Victorian era (beginning about 1867–68), which captures movement in several frames of print. These prints can be subsequently arranged either like animation cels or layered in a single frame.