Meanings
plural rotozoomers
- computer graphicsAn animated visual effect in which a bitmap is scaled and rotated.
Hi all: I have written a rotozoomer that has an average frame rate of about 200fps on a Pentium 90 when writing directly to vram.
1997, Adam Levar, “RotoZoomer frame rates”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet)1 more example
I thought about writing a 4ktro for the TI-83 once, but really the only effects you could do would be rotozoomers, wire vectors, and scrollers.
1997, h75h70, “ZShell anyone?”, in rec.games.programmer (Usenet)
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