vignetting
Britishnoun
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the technique of producing a photographic vignette, esp a portrait, by progressively reducing the amount of light falling on the photographic surface towards the edges
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the reduction in area of a light beam passing through a camera lens as the obliquity of the beam is increased
Example Sentences
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Also, there’s some vignetting in the corners and along sections of the edges of my M9 review unit.
From The Verge • Aug. 4, 2022
We sent the picture above to Sony, and Rob Brennan, Product Technology Manager at Sony, told The Verge that “Just from this picture alone, this amount of vignetting is within acceptable tolerances.”
From The Verge • Aug. 4, 2022
Specifically, Lodi notes that they can cause issues such as blurring, distortion, and vignetting.
From Slate • May 25, 2018
One last downside: In certain photos, when I adjusted the overall contrast in Photoshop later, I noticed some vignetting — darkened areas at the corners.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2012
The illustration is much relieved by vignetting and leaving out: almost the only chance for effect that the artist has by the screened process.
From The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. by Blackburn, Henry
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