The quality of having a matte finish; lack of gloss.

plural of matt

(cinematography) A technique where the top and bottom of the film frame are masked off in camera, as opposed to soft matte.

(film) Of a soft matte film, transferred to a home video format, especially DVD, with the theatrical mattes intact.

(film) Of a soft matte film, transferred to a home video format with the full frame exposed, thus having the theatrical mattes removed.

(cinematography) A technique where the full frame is filled, and the projectionist is relied upon to matte out the top and bottom of the frame in the theatrical projector.

plural of hard matte

plural of soft matte

(physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume. / (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. / A kind of substance.

(intransitive) To be important. / (transitive, in negative constructions, now England regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important.