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Highlight: A point of intense brightness, such as the reflection in an eye.

Highlights: The brightest parts of a photo.

Tone Separation: Process of reducing the tonal range of a photograph to a very restricted range. The final result has strong highlights and deep shadows with a set number of intermediate tones. Also refereed . . . View Full Definition

Albumen Paper: Printing paper invented by blanquart-evrard in the mid-19th century where egg whites were used to coat the paper base prior to sensitization. The albumen added to the brightness of the white . . . View Full Definition

Ancillary Characters: (Latin ancillahelper or 'maid'): Less important characters who are not the primary protagonist or antagonist, but who highlight these characters or interact with them in such a way as to pro . . . View Full Definition

Callier Effect: Contrast effect in photographic printing caused by the scattering of directional light from an enlarger condenser system. The negative highlights are of high density and scatter more light w . . . View Full Definition

Compensating Developer: Developer designed to compress the general contrast range in a negative without influencing gradation in the shadow and highlight areas.

Comic Relief: A humorous scene, incident, character, or bit of dialogue occurring after some serious or tragic moment. Comic relief is deliberately designed to relieve emotional intensity and simultaneous . . . View Full Definition

Barium Sulfate: Compound used in the manufacture of photographic printing paper to give bright white highlights in the final print.

Epenthesis: (also called infixation) Adding an extra syllable or letters in the middle of a word. Shakespeare might write, 'A visitating spirit came last night' (instead of 'visiting' spirit). This choi . . . View Full Definition