Matte

In film:

• Matte (filmmaking), film and video technology
• Matte painting, a process of creating sets used in film and video
• Matte box, a camera accessory for controlling lens glare
• Open matte, a filming technique that involves matting out the top and bottom of the film frame in the movie projector

In other fields:

• In American English, of a surface: having a non-glossy finish. See Gloss (material appearance)
• Matte (metallurgy), a term for the liquid generated by smelting non-ferrous metals, such as copper
• A neighborhood in Berne, Switzerland
• Matte Kudasai, single by the band King Crimson

People

• Matte Babel (born 1980), MuchMusic VJ (video jockey) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Tom Matte (born 1939), American football player, quarterback in college and (mostly) running back in the NFL (1960s-1970s)
• Matte family, a powerful Chilean family

See also

• Mat
• Mate
• Matt
• Matthew