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Posterization

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post⋅er⋅i⋅za⋅tion

[poh-ster-uh-zey-shuhn]
–noun Printing.
1. a process for producing a posterlike, high-contrast color reproduction from continuous-tone art by using separation negatives of various densities.
2. Photography. a printing process in which all tone values of a negative are reduced to a few and the tonal separation negatives produced are printed at different exposure levels on a high-contrast film so that a set of flat tones results.

Origin:
1945–50; poster 1 + -ization
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