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The correct spelling is mattes.

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noun

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The correct spelling is mattes. A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame. For example: "The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide)."

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The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide).

Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
  2. 2.A background, often painted or created with computers
  3. 3.(pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.

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