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22:05 Feb 19, 2006 |
German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / textile screen printing | |||||||
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Auflösung in Grautöne dilution into shades of grey Explanation: A specialist photo inkjet printer uses more shades of ink – so-called “photo inks” – and smaller-than-usual dots, enabling it to achieve smoother blends and a greater range of colours than its “general purpose” counterpart, A six-colour inkjet uses dilute versions of cyan and magenta as well as the normal CMYK. Eight-colour models are also available, typically additionally using a light shades of yellow and a grey ink. The latter addresses the traditional problem with the printing of black-and-white photos on an inkjet, eliminating the green tinge that can result from diluting black ink into shades of grey. |
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Auflösung in Grautöne conversion/reduction to shades of gray Explanation: Usually, I'd suggest "conversion to grayscale" but this seems too technical, shades of gray is more appropriate IMO. The reduction to shades of gray immediately intensifies the experience: We know the walls and robes are white and there are accents of blue, and the light ... www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/03/28/mark/index1.html - |
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Auflösung in Grautöne monochrome rendition Explanation: ...might work in contexts of both traditional and more high-tech processes but how to combine with the rest of the bullet point? |
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Auflösung in Grautöne grayscaling (Am.) / greyscaling (Br) Explanation: Programmatically greyscaling colour images http://ifelse.co.uk/archives/2005/07/24/programmatically-gre... Grayscaling a bitmap http://delphi.about.com/cs/adptips2003/a/bltip1003_3.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 29 mins (2006-02-19 22:35:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Apologies to Klaus. I've just read his answer and seen that 'grayscale' has been discounted. |
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