ALL meanings of halftone
half·tone
H h - noun Technical meaning of halftone (graphics) The reproducion of greyscale images using dots of a single shade but varying size to simulate the different shades of grey. This process is also used to produce a black and white version of a colour original using shades of grey in place of colours. See also device independent bitmap. 1
- noun halftone Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark. 1
- noun halftone Printing. a process in which gradation of tone in an image is conveyed by first photographing the image through a screen to break up the continuous tones of the image into minute, closely spaced dots, then using the print obtained to produce a metal plate by photoengraving, and finally using the plate to reproduce the original image by letterpress or offset printing. the metal plate used in such a process. the print obtained in such a process. Compare line cut. 1
- adjective halftone pertaining to, using, used in, or produced by the halftone process: a halftone screen; a halftone print. 1
- noun halftone light and dark: middle value 1
- adjective halftone light and dark: of middle value 1
- noun halftone A reproduction of a photograph or other image in which the various tones of gray or color are produced by variously sized dots of ink. 1
- noun halftone a tone or shading between light and dark 0
- noun halftone semitone 0
- noun halftone a technique of representing shadings by dots produced by photographing the object from behind a fine screen 0
- noun halftone a photoengraving so made 0
- noun halftone (music) Half the interval between two notes on a scale. 0
- noun halftone (printing) A picture made by using the process of half-toning. 0
- noun halftone (art) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light. 0
- verb halftone To reproduce a photograph or other continuous tone image by the use of dots of various sizes. 0
- noun halftone a process used to reproduce an illustration by photographing it through a fine screen to break it up into dots 0
- noun halftone the etched plate thus obtained 0
- noun halftone the print obtained from such a plate 0
- noun halftone a tonal value midway between highlight and dark shading 0
- adjective halftone relating to, used in, or made by halftone 0