What Does IMAX Mean?
IMAX is a film format used for motion pictures, as well as a set of cinema projection standards that was created by the IMAX Corporation. Compared to the traditional Academy format, IMAX is able to capture images of greater size and resolution because it uses film that is 70 mm high and 15 perforations wide, which is ten times larger than standard 35 mm format. Because the film and resolution is so big, the cinema screen size can also be expanded to ten times as large as a normal cinema screen, making for a better visual experience.
Techopedia Explains IMAX
The IMAX format started with the company Multiscreen, which was made up of people from the National Film Board of Canada who came together to develop a simpler approach than multi-projector, multi-screen systems for projecting large-format video. Although it is sometimes assumed IMAX stands for “image maximum,” that is a misconception. “IMAX " is just a made up name to describe the film format and the name of the corporation.
