No clear image can be seen. An instrument that measures the fraction of light that is transmitted through film from a measured light source, expressed as the inverse log of the percent transmission. The fraction of the light that passes through an object. A plastic template or form for holding and positioning transparencies on the scanner copyboard glass and for protecting the scanner calibration area. Transparency, Museum Quality High-quality reproduction requires copy transparencies made by photographers experienced in art reproduction.
Lighting is very important in terms of evenness, color, and lack of any specular highlights.
Transparent Adjective to describe a material which transmits light with minimal diffusion or scattering. Traditionally done by using chokes and spreads, but graphics software gives users the ability to do trapping for type and objects. A scanning device that uses three linear array charge coupled devices utilizing red, green and blue filters to capture color scans in a single pass. An instrument which measures tristimulus values and converts them to chromaticity components of color. A color-matching system similar to Pantone.