autofade en · NOUN
Etymology
From auto- + fade.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Any feature (of a camera, audio mixer, etc.) that fades automatically.
One of the nicest enhancements on today's cameras is a circuit for fading to black at the end of a shot — autofade.
1986, John Melville Bishop, Home video production: getting the most from your video equipment:This automatically halts the autofade and returns control to the manual fader.
1974, Willard F. Bellman, Lighting the stage: art and practice: