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continuous tone [2 records]

Record 1 2015-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Photography
CONT

continuous tone: Applied to artwork or photographs in which the detail and tone values of the subject are reproduced by an infinite gradation of gray densities between white and black.

PHR

Continuous tone image.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Photographie
DEF

Image (illustration ou photo) qui comporte toutes les nuances entre les tons les plus clairs et les plus foncés, sans laisser paraître de points.

CONT

ton continu : Appliqué aux arts graphiques et aux photographies dont les détails et les valeurs tonales du sujet sont reproduits par une gradation infinie des tons gris compris entre le blanc pur et le noir pur.

PHR

Image à modelé continu.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

An image containing various gray shades, requiring half-toning and gray-scaling techniques for best image reproduction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
OBS

image à teinte continue : une image contenant des teintes graduées allant du noir au blanc.

Spanish

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