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HALFTONE NEGATIVE [12 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

Filter results by subject field

Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoengraving
  • Photography
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

Halftone dot, negative or positive, characterized by a sharp, clean cut edge.

OBS

Photographically, "hard" denotes excessive contrast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photogravure
  • Photographie
  • Infographie
DEF

Point simili à surface dense et très nettement délimité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

A 3M system using overlay plastic foils coated with diazo-sensitized emulsions which are coloured with actual ink pigments corresponding closely to the ink pigments commonly used in printing.

OBS

Color-Key [Registered Trademark] is available in both negative-and positive-acting emulsions, and can handle images as fine as a 300-line halftone screen.

OBS

Color Key®: A trademark of 3M (U.S.A.)

Key term(s)
  • Color Key

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
DEF

Marque de commerce d'un procédé utilisant un film coloré à support polyester qui permet d'obtenir de multiples combinaisons de couleurs à partir d'un document transparent en noir et blanc. Le document ainsi transformé devient un original en couleurs.

OBS

Le Color Key 3M copie négatifs ou positifs tramés.

OBS

Color Key®: Marque de commerce de la société 3M (U.S.A.)

Key term(s)
  • Color Key

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

[The small] dots representing the highlights in a halftone negative and printing plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoengraving
DEF

In photoengraving, the sensitized coating on the surface of the metal plate receiving the image by light transference through a line or halftone negative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photogravure
DEF

En photogravure, couche sensibilisée, appliquée sur la surface d'une plaque de métal pour recevoir l'image par report à travers un négatif au trait ou tramé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fotograbado
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Record 5 2002-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoengraving
  • Photography
DEF

A positive made in the camera from a continuous tone negative with a halftone screen interposed between the plate and the lens, or a positive made in contact from a halftone negative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photogravure
  • Photographie
OBS

On dit «positif tramé» par opposition à «positif à tons continus».

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Photoengraving
DEF

In photomechanics, the lightest or whitest areas of an original or reproduction, represented by the densest portion of a continuous-tone negative, and by the smallest dot formation in a halftone negative and printing plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Photogravure
DEF

Parties d'un négatif ou d'un positif qui correspondent aux zones du sujet les plus fortement éclairées.

OBS

Les hautes lumières d'un négatif sont donc les parties les plus denses alors que celles d'une diapositive sont les régions les plus transparentes. Inversement, les «ombres» correspondent aux luminances les plus faibles.

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
  • Photography
DEF

A halftone screen made on a film base which has a graded dot pattern; used in direct contact with a film or plate to obtain a halftone negative from a continuous tone original. Contact screens provide better definition than the conventional glass screen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
  • Photographie
DEF

Trame sur film transparent souple (de polyester) comportant un grand nombre de points dégradés de très petites dimensions et que l'on emploie en contact direct avec le film sensible à tramer. Il en résulte un négatif tramé de l'original à modelé continu.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoengraving
DEF

A film that has a halftone screen built into the film emulsion(133 lines per inch) and which produces a halftone negative directly.

OBS

It requires less exposure and is capable of higher resolution, especially of type images, than glass or contact screens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photogravure
DEF

Film photographique dans lequel est incorporée la trame de similigravure. Exposé à une image à tons continus, le film donne automatiquement une formation de points comme celle produite par une trame de similigravure classique.

Spanish

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Record 9 1996-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

A negative of a halftone produced by exposure of the subject directly through a halftone contact screen, instead of from a photograph or drawing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Négatif d'une similigravure obtenu en exposant le sujet directement à travers une trame de contact de similigravure.

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

A halftone for which the negative is made by using a contact or variable density screen in the camera as an alternative to exposing through the usual ruled glass screen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Similigravure produite par photographie du sujet à travers une trame de contact plutôt que par reproduction d'une photographie ou d'un dessin par l'intermédiaire d'une trame optique.

Spanish

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Record 11 1996-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoengraving
DEF

Coarse screen halftone, containing exaggerated lights and shadows, resulting from enlargement of halftone negative or photo-enlargement of proof from a halftone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photogravure
DEF

Similigravure à trame grossière avec des ombres et des blancs exagérés.

Spanish

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Record 12 1978-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
  • Photoengraving
  • Printing Processes - Various
CONT

These sheets are printed with dropout blue layout lines.

OBS

The drop-out halftone is made where it is desirable to eliminate the highlight background of an illustration. The most effective way of producing such an illustration is to opaque out the background by painting in the unwanted areas on the negative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
  • Photogravure
  • Procédés d'impression divers
OBS

Détourage : Opération qui consiste à délimiter exactement le contour d'un sujet sur un cliché photographique et à rendre opaque la partie inutile.

Spanish

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