platemaking
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- noun
- /ˈpleɪtˌmeɪkɪŋ/
- Specialized
- The artist learned about platemaking to create detailed prints for his exhibition.
Examples
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Many traditional methods of platemaking are still practiced in printmaking studios today.
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The platemaking shop is south of Canal, on a grim street of granite and wrought iron.
Fiction book (2002) -
The shelves he builds always disappear into the platemaking room.
Fiction book (2002) -
Tom is a former partner in a platemaking shop, dumped long ago for some unknown disgrace.
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In the platemaking process, different materials are used to prepare the printing plates.
Synonyms
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To scratch an image into a metal plate with a sharp needle to make prints
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A method of cutting a design into a plate covered with wax to make prints
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A metal plate made using a photograph to print clear pictures
The process of making printing plates using light and photo film
The process of making printing plates from photos to print images
A way of making a metal plate from set letters to print many copies
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Platemaking comes from the two simple words plate and making. The plate part means a 'flat metal sheet', like a dinner plate but metal, and making means 'making' those sheets for a printing press, so platemaking is the process of preparing the flat plates that hold the image for printing.