luminosity
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- noun
- /ˌluːməˈnɑːsɪti/
- Specialized
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luminosidad
- In digital imaging, adjusting the luminosity can enhance the overall brightness of the picture.
- luminosity channel
- luminosity of images
- luminosity blend mode
Examples
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So this kind of like I feel really helps to kind of add that luminosity and that healthy glow back to the tan.
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Really increased the luminosity just a little bit, just to see some of the other detail on the object.
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It's just giving my skin back all of that luminosity that it's lost.
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So again, kind of happy, but I always like to up the luminosity a little bit.
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I just feel like I need a little bit more and I like the fact that I've still got some luminosity on my skin.
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And while I don't have really dark circles, it adds a little bit of luminosity to the skin.
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In LAB, the "l" or luminosity channel carries all of the tonal information and none of the color information.
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Using curves to optimize the luminosity of images following an appropriate channel blend should become one of your standard procedures.
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But if you have drier skin, you're going to love this because it does give you that nice slip and luminosity without looking super greasy.
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The last five columns have all focused on ways to use Channel Blending to improve image luminosity (aka tonality).
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Synonyms
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How much light something gives or how close it looks to white
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4.2
A bright glow in someone's face that shows health or happiness
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The brightness of a surface as seen by the eye
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3.9
The amount of light you can see coming from a lamp or the sun in one direction
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A brightness in an image or scene that changes mood
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3.3
The amount of light a thing gives or reflects
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8.9
Bright, strong light that shines from something like the sun or a diamond
How bright something is because it gives or reflects light
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Luminosity comes from the Latin lumen meaning 'light' and is the same root as luminous, and in imaging the short form luma is used for the light part of a picture. So in photo and video work luminosity means the brightness of pixels, the light value you can change without changing color.