Lap dissolves

[ChristopherBanks]

Could someone tell me what a lap dissolve is, and how it differs from a regular dissolve?

[Jeff Wilson]

My understanding of it is that the terms mean the same thing. My copy of A Short History of the Movies by Mast and Kawin says the same thing. Maybe the "lap" just got dropped over time?

[jaime marzol]

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i think jeff is right, over time, the 'lap' was dropped.

i have 3 software editing suites, and 'lap dissolve' appears nowhere, just 'dissolve.'

i only see lap dissolve in older screenplays.

just looked in THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO STANDARD SCRIPT FORMATS by cole/haag. lap dissolve appears nowhere.

looked in the glossary of another book, had a definition for lap dance, but not for lap dissolve.

[Obssessed_with_Orson]

i looked it up in "search" and found these

http://www.hivision.net/new_page_85.htm

http://lavender.fortunecity.com/lavender/569/lapdissolve.html

bye now!