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  2. Glaze (painting technique) - Wikipedia

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    Often, because a paint is too opaque, painters will add a medium like linseed oil or alkyd to the paint to make them more transparent and pliable for the purposes of glazing. While these media are usually liquids, there are solid and semi-solid media used in the making of paints as well.

  3. Wash (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    The result is a smooth and uniform area that ideally lacks the appearance of brush strokes and is semi-transparent. A wash is accomplished by using a large amount of solvent with little paint. Paint consists of a pigment and binder which allows the pigment to adhere to its support. Solvents dilute the binder, thus diluting the binding strength ...

  4. Black Widow (paint mix) - Wikipedia

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    Black Widow US is a projection screen paint mix version for US. The current recommendation for the new formulation is: 1 quart (946ml) of “Valspar Ultra Premium Super Flat Finish” tinted (Glidden "Veil") paint from Valspar. 8 oz (227ml) of New Formulation “Wicked Colors Aluminium Base Fine” (code: W355) paint from Createx Auto Air Colors.

  5. Rendering (computer graphics) - Wikipedia

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    An image rendered using POV-Ray 3.6 An architectural visualization rendered in multiple styles using Blender. Rendering is the process of generating a photorealistic or non-photorealistic image from input data such as 3D models.

  6. Paint - Wikipedia

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    Paint is a material or mixture that, when applied to a solid material and allowed to dry, adds a film-like layer. As art, this is used to create an image or images known as a painting . Paint can be made in many colors and types.

  7. Alpha compositing - Wikipedia

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    A color spectrum image with an alpha channel that falls off to zero at its base, where it is blended with the background color.. In computer graphics, alpha compositing or alpha blending is the process of combining one image with a background to create the appearance of partial or full transparency. [1]

  8. Paint sheen - Wikipedia

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    The sheen [4] or gloss level of a paint is principally determined by the ratio of resinous, adhesive binder, which solidifies after drying, and solid, powdery pigment.The more binder the coating contains, the more regular reflection will be made from its smooth surface; conversely, with less binder, grains of pigment become exposed to the surface, scattering the light and providing matte ...

  9. Poly(methyl methacrylate) - Wikipedia

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    A solution consisting of the polymer in a solvent is used to spin coat silicon and other semiconducting and semi-insulating wafers with a thin film. Patterns on this can be made by an electron beam (using an electron microscope ), deep UV light (shorter wavelength than the standard photolithography process), or X-rays .