| 释义 |
posterize, v. Photogr.|ˈpəʊstəaɪz|
[f. poster2 + -ize.]
trans. To print (a photograph) so that there is only a small number of different tones. Also absol. Hence posteriˈzation, the process of posterizing; ˈposterized ppl. a., ˈposterizing vbl. n.
1943C. I. Jacobson Enlarging (ed. 4) 278 Posterising Photographs... One method published by R. W. Wade, achieves something more than simple tone-separation. It does produce in addition, a ‘posterised’ picture, which is..a picture in which all the elements are built up out of one or other of four tones only... The range of subjects suitable for posterising is practically unlimited. 1948F. H. Smith Photographs & Printer 135 The photo-engraver can readily reproduce a photograph which has already been posterised. 1950O. R. Croy Compl. Art of Printing & Enlarging ii. 72 (caption) Posterization. The print consists only of three tones. 1977R. Hattersley Photographic Printing xviii. 132 Once you know how to make high-contrast negatives with Kodalith..it is relatively easy to posterize. Ibid. 133 With four or more tones a posterized print may not even look posterized. Instead it may look like an ordinary print with something just a wee bit odd about the tones. 1977J. Hedgecoe Photographer's Handbk. 245 Posterization or tone separation means turning a normal, continuous tone photograph into an image consisting of clearly distinguished areas of flat tone. |