Dissolve Dissolve

Dissolve - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Annihilate, Attenuate, Cipher, Collapse
For the connotation of the term relating to chemistry, see Solvation.


In film, a dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another. In film this effect is created by controlled double exposure from frame to frame; transiting from the end of one clip to the beginning of another.

In video, the effect is created by interpolating voltages of the video signal.

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