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to posterize

to posterize

8.7
To make an image with only a few flat colors for a bold, simple look
  • verb
  • /ˈpoʊstərˌaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : posterizar
  • Next, you need to posterize the colors of the background layer image.

Examples

  • As you can see, Multiply removes the whites and overlays the line drawing on the posterized image, creating an effect very similar to a colored pencil drawing.

    Academic text (2000)

  • We tend to lower our cameras when there are only blue, red, or purple lights, and I mean all of us: all Canon 5DmkII, Nikon D700, Nikon D3, etc., because all you get is a posterized blue, purple, or red caricature.

    Blog text (29)

  • Now suddenly the face is no longer this kind of Marvel comic or this feeling of posterized reality.

  • The artist decided to posterize the landscape, simplifying its colors to create a striking visual effect.

  • By choosing to posterize the image, he highlighted the essential shapes and tones without unnecessary detail.

  • She loves to posterize her photographs for a unique and artistic presentation that focuses on bold colors.

Surface Forms

posterize infinitive
posterized past
posterized past participle
posterizing present participle
posterizes third person singular

Morphology

posterize = poster (semi-transparent) = poster + ize

Formally 'poster' + '-ize' is clear, but the technical sense of reducing an image to a few tones is specialized and not fully predictable by all learners.

Etymology

Posterize comes from poster, a 'large printed picture'. It means to change a photo so it has only a few clear tones or bold flat colors, like a poster, so the details become simpler but more striking.