a halftone image in which tones gradually bleed out into the background.

a term describing a 3 color halftone reproduction.

in 4-color process reproduction, the angles at which the halftone screens are placed in relationship with each other to avoid undesirable moire patterns.

to digitize a continuous tone image using an electronic device and related software so that it can be displayed, edited, and output from a computer (typically as film).

a term describing a 4 color halftone reproduction.

the unit used to measure the frequency of rows of dots on a halftone screen.

the lightest or whitest parts in a photograph or illustration represented in halftone reproduction by the smallest dots or the absence of dots.

a version of an original image which has its tonal range compressed into the lighter end of the spectrum.

a unit used to measure the resolution of an output device; also the input resolution of a scanned image.

an original photographic or illustrative image which contains continuous shades from the lightest to the darkest which are not broken up into dots.