vi·gnette (v n-y t )n. 1. A decorative design placed at the beginning or end of a book or chapter of a book or along the border of a page. 2. An unbordered picture, often a portrait, that shades off into the surrounding color at the edges. 3. a. A short, usually descriptive literary sketch. b. A short scene or incident, as from a movie. tr.v. vi·gnet·ted, vi·gnet·ting, vi·gnettes 1. To soften the edges of (a picture) in vignette style. 2. To describe in a brief way. [French, from Old French, diminutive of vigne, vine (from the use of vine tendrils in decorative borders); see vine.] |
vignetting [vɪˈnjɛtɪŋ]
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1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) 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
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) the reduction in area of a light beam passing through a camera lens as the obliquity of the beam is increased
A method of producing a band of color or tone on a map or chart, the density of which is reduced uniformly from edge to edge.
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