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Record 1 2025-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drawing
  • Cinematography
CONT

Traditional animation... is done by drawing each image, frame-by-frame, on transparent sheets before arranging them to create movement.... it allows animators to add more detail and greater realism.

Key term(s)
  • hand drawn animation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin
  • Cinématographie
CONT

L'animation traditionnelle implique la création de chaque image à la main, un processus laborieux qui nécessite de dessiner les personnages et les décors pour chaque mouvement du film. Les animateurs commencent par des images clés, qui définissent les points de départ et d'arrivée d'une action, puis remplissent les images intermédiaires [...], pour assurer la fluidité du mouvement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Astronomy
CONT

The primary goal of planetary imaging is to tease out as much fine detail as possible without introducing spurious artifacts. Careful image processing using the tools of the "digital darkroom" is every bit as important as acquiring high-quality webcam frames in the first place if you want to produce highly detailed and scientifically useful images.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Astronomie

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

The relationship between image resolution and screen frequency determines the quality of detail in the printed image. To produce a halftone image of the highest quality, you generally use an image resolution that is from 1. 5 to at most 2 times the screen frequency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
CONT

La relation entre la résolution de l’image et la linéature détermine la qualité du détail de l’image imprimée. En général, pour produire une image à demi-teintes de qualité optimale, la résolution d’image doit être égale à 1,5 ou 2 fois la linéature.

Key term(s)
  • résolution de l'image

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

In burst mode several photographs are captured in quick succession... This is used mainly when the subject is in successive motion, such as sports. The photographer can then select the best image of the group or arrange them in a sequence to study the transitions in detail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

[...] procédé technique qui permet la prise de plusieurs clichés très rapidement les uns à la suite des autres [...]

Key term(s)
  • mode prise de vues en rafale

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
CONT

[A four] color process inks are designed to be transparent so they will create other colors when they are overlapped. When these very transparent inks, without a white back up, are printed on a clear material to create a decal that will go in a window the whole imprint just disappears. By backing the four color process printing with white we can define and present a process image without losing any detail or color on an inside window decal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Fond blanc imprimé sur un support transparent ou un matériau réfléchissant avant l'impression des couleurs.

CONT

100 TEE SHIRTS couleur 150 gr marqués 1 couleur 1 face [...] Un aplat de blanc est aussi inclus sous la couleur.

OBS

On peut [...] utiliser [l'aplat de blanc] dans le cas où l'impression du visuel se fait sur un support foncé ou transparent dans le but d'obtenir au mieux les pantones souhaités.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
OBS

... a device for transferring an image from one medium to another. It is designed primarily for use in transferring detail from aerial photographs to a map sheet or from one drawing to another.

OBS

A trademark of Thinker Software

Key term(s)
  • Sketch master

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
OBS

[...] instrument spécialement étudié pour reporter les détails de photos aériennes à une carte, ou bien d'un dessin, carte ou plan, à un autre.

OBS

Sketch masterMC : Marque de commerce de Thinker Software

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Mathematical Geography
CONT

The Zoom Transfer Scope(Bausch and Lomb). The optical system provides binocular viewing, variable magnification, image rotation, and anamorphic scale correction to transfer detail from the sensor record to a reference map.

Key term(s)
  • Zoom Transfer Scope

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Géographie mathématique
OBS

La compagnie Bausch and Lomb a confirmé qu'il s'agissait d'une marque de commerce déposée.

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
  • Computer Display Technology
  • Computer Graphics
  • Photography
DEF

The clarity of detail in an image effected by a combination of resolution and contrast.

OBS

Not to be confused with the term "resolution," which refers to the number of dots or pixels per unit of length of an image (e.g.: 300 dots per inch).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
  • Infographie
  • Photographie
DEF

Degré de clarté et de précision d'une reproduction.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec le terme «résolution» qui fait référence au nombre de points ou pixels par unité de longueur d'une image (e.g. : 300 points par pouce).

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

[A] video [format] presented in the 4:3 aspect ratio.

CONT

The full-frame format is used for films(often but not exclusively older films) that were shot in the 4 : 3 screen ratio(or, more accurately, the 1 : 33 : 1 aspect ratio most common in Hollywood's golden age). On home video and DVD, these films actually include some frame detail that would normally be masked off in theatrical exhibition, but you’re seeing essentially the same image shown in theaters.

Key term(s)
  • full frame format

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

Format vidéo qui respecte le rapport d'images 4:3.

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

"Precision Map Image" products have even greater positional accuracy than "Map Image" products. Ground Control Points(GCPs) as well as a map projection are used to spatially align the image. To order a "Precision Map Image" product, ground control points from a map or provided through Global Positional Satellite(GPS) technology are required. To further enhance the positional accuracy of the image, Digital Elevation Models(DEMs) can be used to correct terrain distortions. A DEM at sufficient detail will be needed to provide ortho-correction services.

OBS

Data from all single beam modes can be processed to this product (i.e., all but ScanSAR beam modes). "Precision Map Image" products are offered as 8-bit or 16-bit data products.

OBS

Three main categories of data products are available - RAW Data, Path-Oriented and "Map-Oriented" products. Precision Map Image processing level belongs to the "Map-Oriented" products.

OBS

"Precision Map Image" product: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
OBS

Ces produits sont disponibles en format archive ou informatisé (différents niveaux de traitement). Caractéristiques du produit : Utilisation de points d'appui fournis par le client pour améliorer la précision de localisation. Traitements : photo-interprétation, traitement d'images, images superposables à des données de même projection.

OBS

produit «Precision Map Image» : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 11 2006-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

The area represented by each pixel of a satellite image.

OBS

The smaller the area represented by a pixel, the more accurate and detailed the image. For example, if a U. S. map and a world map are printed on identically sized sheets of paper, one square inch on the U. S. map will represent far less area and provide for more detail than one square inch on the world map. In this example, the U. S. map has higher resolution.

OBS

image resolution: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
DEF

Surface de l'image-satellite représentée par un pixel.

CONT

Un pixel (contraction de «Picture Element») est la plus petite surface d'une image. Chaque pixel peut être affecté d'une luminosité, d'une couleur, d'un clignotement. La taille du pixel mesure la densité et la finesse de l'information, donc la définition ou la résolution de l'image.

OBS

résolution de l'image : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 12 2006-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

The limit of detail clarity in an image of the Earth's surface collected by an aerial camera or remote sensing device, usually measured in meters [:] for example, an image with a ground resolution of 10 meters shows no ground features smaller than 10 X 10 meters.

OBS

ground resolution: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
DEF

Plus petite distance au sol de deux points-objets de la «scène» apparaissant distincts sur l'«image».

OBS

La «limite de résolution au sol» peut être inférieure à celle qu'aurait permis d'obtenir la «limite de résolution spatiale» du «capteur», compte tenu de l'échelle, grâce à l'emploi de méthodes de traitement appropriées.

OBS

limite de résolution au sol : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 13 2005-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tomography
  • Radiography (Medicine)
CONT

CT [computed temography], MSCT [multi-slice computed tomography] and EBCT [electron beam computed tomography] all use x-rays to produce images representing "slices" of the body-like the slices of a loaf of bread. Each image slice corresponds to a wafer-thin section which can be viewed to reveal body structures in great detail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tomographie
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
CONT

La tomographie. Il s'agit d'une sorte de radiographie qui au lieu de montrer un organe ou une zone du corps en entier, donne une image de coupe d'un centimètre d'épaisseur, selon un plan vertical, horizontal ou oblique.

Spanish

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Record 14 2005-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

A measure of the total range of tones in an image, from lightest to darkest.

OBS

The greater the dynamic range of an image, the more visible detail it has in hilights and shadows. A scan with a wide dynamic range will reveal a wide range of tones and show visible detail in even the darkest shadows.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
DEF

Gamme exhaustive des tons, des rehauts les plus clairs aux ombres les plus foncées.

OBS

étendue dynamique; plage dynamique : termes et définition tirés du Vocabulaire du prépresse de France Brodeur. Reproduction autorisée par l'Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 15 2004-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

Pinhole Camera.... Because the pinhole is so small, exposures are usually several seconds or even minutes in length; this requires absolutely steady support for the camera. These factors and the reduced sharpness of the image are the main drawbacks of pinhole photography. However, the softness fo detail and the extreme depth of field can be used expressively with subjects that are suitable for time exposures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Photographie rudimentaire réalisé en utilisant une chambre fermée - la plupart du temps une boîte - munie en son centre d'un trou d'épingle parfaitement circulaire faisant l'office d'objectif photographique.

Spanish

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Record 16 2004-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Mathematical Geography
DEF

Non-cartographic aerial and terrestrial photography that is used to enhance specific characteristics of mapping and charting photographic products. Primarily, supplemental photography is obtained with a reconnaissance camera using a relatively long focal length to provide greater image detail than is available in photographs obtained with mapping cameras.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Géographie mathématique

Spanish

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Record 17 2003-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

A photographic image that has been so overexposed that all detail is lost and colors are bleached out.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Image photographique surexposée à un point tel que tout détail s'en trouve absent et que les couleurs ont pâli.

Spanish

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Record 18 2003-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

[In digital photography] the enhancing of edge detail... performed by a mathematical formula which is applied across the image.

OBS

Put simply [sharpening] enhances the visibility of a boundary between light and dark tones in an image.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

En photographie numérique, affinage des détails en bordure d'une image grâce à un traitement logiciel.

OBS

Un des effets parasites des capteurs utilisant des photosites de petite taille et le débordement des tons sombres sur les tons clairs. Cette «bavure» de tons diminue la netteté des bords et des zones de transition, l'image obtenue est un peu «molle».

Spanish

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Record 19 2002-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

A software used for enhancing image quality by softening grain on video media.

CONT

Advanced 3D motion-adaptive, recursive noise and grain reducer. This advanced tool uses several frames and the detail of the image for the ultimate in grain and noise suppression without artifacts or excessive blurring. The algorithms are highly optimised for interactive performance, whilst multiple passes allow even more effective noise reduction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
CONT

[Le] réducteur de grain [...] ne génère pas de bruit vidéo. En revanche, il laisse apparaître le grain du support photochimique. Fonctionnant en temps réel, ce dispositif permet également de corriger l'impact des poussières, points blancs et points noirs.

Spanish

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Record 20 2002-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

A TV set especially designed to accommodate the letterbox video format.

OBS

Letterbox : Format used widely on laserdisc and some DVDs to fit widescreen movies(1. 85 : 1 and 2. 35 : 1, for example) on the average, 1. 33 : 1 TV screen. The image is shrunk to fit the screen, leaving blank space on the top and bottom. This process sacrifices some vertical detail that must be used to record the black bars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

Récepteur de télévision doté d'un grand écran qui permet le visionnement d'images de format cinéma provenant d'un vidéodisque laser.

Spanish

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Record 21 2000-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mathematics
CONT

The Hénon attractor grows on the computer screen from a single point into a graceful boomerang shape. The image is produced by iterating a pair of simple functions, one of them having a nonlinear term, applied initially to some point in the plane specified by particular x-and y-coordinates. With each iteration, the attractor as a whole is stretched and folded, in much the same way that a baker kneads bread dough. Points that are initially close together get stretched apart, but are eventually folded back close together. All that's missing is the yeast. There is much that is strange about the Hémon attractor. For one thing, it appears to be the same regardless of the iteration's starting point. It also seems to retain complex detail at all levels : magnify any "line" and it is seen to separate into several parallel lines, each of which also separates under further magnification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Attracteur étrange et fractal généré à partir d'un point par une application itérative non linéaire du plan sur lui-même. Il a la forme hyperbolique d'un boomerang qui s'étire et se replie sans changer dans le détail.

OBS

La façon dont apparaissent les points successifs est irrégulière, imprévisible et aléatoire. À cet égard, sa dynamique présente un aspect chaotique, turbulent. Créé en 1976, l'attracteur de Hénon représente le comportement d'un système dynamique conservatif.

Spanish

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Record 22 1997-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
  • Photography
OBS

A 55-line screen is generally considered a rather coarse screen, an 85-to 110-line screen about medium, and screens with a ruling of 133 or more lines are usually considered fine. The higher the screen ruling number is, the more detail will be present in the printed image.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
  • Photographie

Spanish

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Record 23 1996-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Platemaking (Printing)
  • Photoengraving
DEF

A halftone screen of up to about 85 lines to the inch; used on rough finish paper.

OBS

A 55-line screen is generally considered a rather coarse screen, an 85-to 110-line screen about medium, and screens with a ruling of 133 or more lines are usually considered fine. The higher the screen ruling number is, the more detail will be present in the printed image.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clicherie (Imprimerie)
  • Photogravure
DEF

Trame de similigravure comportant jusqu'à environ 85 lignes au pouce; utilisée sur papier très ordinaire, très souvent un papier non satiné grossier.

Spanish

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Record 24 1996-01-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A technique that reduces image resolution before image compression commences to reduce compressed image sizes. As an example, one technique collectively replaces a group of dot values with its average. Dots averaged together reside in non-overlapping squares. A single averaged value replaces the collectively averaged dot values, reducing image dot counts, resolution, and PDF compressed image sizes. A downsample factor of 2 reduces both horizontal and vertical image resolutions by a factor of 4.

CONT

Downsampling typically forfeits image detail, but yields significantly smaller compressed images. Acrobat Distiller products enable you to specify the minimum image resolution acceptable and use the maximum downsample factor that does not violate your selected minimum resolution specification or exceed your selected downsample integer value specification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
OBS

Voir compression altérante, compression inaltérante.

Spanish

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Record 25 1993-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)

Spanish

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Record 26 1987-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
DEF

A radiograph of a small anatomic area obtained(a) by rapid exposure during fluoroscopy to provide a permanent record of a transiently observed abnormality, or(b) by limitation of radiation passing through the area to improve definition and detail of the image produced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
CONT

Les clichés localisés sont pris à la demande, sous compression, soit à l'aide de ballons peu gonflés, soit au moyen du palpateur. Ils assurent une analyse soigneuse des anses en réplétion.

Spanish

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