Auflösung in Grautöne

English translation: conversion to shades of gray

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German term or phrase:Auflösung in Grautöne
English translation:conversion to shades of gray
Entered by: Kim Metzger

22:05 Feb 19, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / textile screen printing
German term or phrase: Auflösung in Grautöne
One of the skills offered by an artist. Help appreciated.

- Variation von Farben

- Reduktion von Farben bis hin zur Auflösung in Grautöne

- Isolation von Formsituationen

- Verkleinerung/Vergrößerung

- partielle Anwendung, z.B: als Applikation
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 01:05
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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Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 08:05
Grading comment
Many thanks to all of you. I think I'll go with the printing meister.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1grayscaling (Am.) / greyscaling (Br)
Lancashireman
3conversion/reduction to shades of gray
Klaus Herrmann
2monochrome rendition
Daniel Bird
2 -1dilution into shades of grey
Nicole Schnell


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): -1
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.



Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 00:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Richard Benham: No. Dilution means reducing the concentration. You don't convert a colour pic into shades of grey by diluting anything.//Dilution has nothing to do with it. Full stop.
16 hrs
  -> Reducing concentration is exactly what I have in mind. It's part of the question. Where does it read "conversion"? It's about skills of an artist, not any computer tasks./Where is your own suggestion?
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
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 -

Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 08:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Many thanks to all of you. I think I'll go with the printing meister.
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
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?

Daniel Bird
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
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



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Note added at 29 mins (2006-02-19 22:35:06 GMT)
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Apologies to Klaus. I've just read his answer and seen that 'grayscale' has been discounted.

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 88

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronika McLaren
1 hr
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