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éclairage tamisé

English translation: soft lighting (light)

10:14 May 26, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
French term or phrase: éclairage tamisé
photography
ILA
Local time: 23:52
English translation:soft lighting (light)
Explanation:
http://www.photography-lighting.com/
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hirselina
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3 +5soft lighting (light)
hirselina
4dimmed lighting
Ilham Brown
3Filtered lighting?
Carolyn Brice
3Dimmed lighting
Stephane BD


  

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éclairage tamisé
soft lighting (light)


Explanation:
http://www.photography-lighting.com/

hirselina
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Assimina Vavoula
25 mins
agree  Bruce Berger: Agree, could be either soft lighting (descriptive) or a reference to a "soft light" (lighting equipment used in still photo).
25 mins
agree  French Foodie
38 mins
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
3 hrs
agree  Catherine Christaki
6 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
éclairage tamisé
Filtered lighting?


Explanation:
Or maybe dimmed lighting.

Carolyn Brice
Greece
Local time: 01:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench

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neutral  Bruce Berger: not sure. filtered sometimes means adding colors, and "tamisé" is definitely "soft" or "softened".
20 mins
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
éclairage tamisé
Dimmed lighting


Explanation:
Shade, shadow, dimmed lighting instruments and various colors of light are ... aspect of digital photography into more tangible focus: Digital dynamic ...
www.digitalsecrets.net/ItsCanon/DynamicRange.html - 28k - En cache - Pages similaires

Stephane BD
Local time: 00:52
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
éclairage tamisé
dimmed lighting


Explanation:
"éclairage tamisé" is usually obtained by using a dimmer-switch, where from we have 'dimmed lighting'!

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Note added at 57 mins (2005-05-26 11:12:20 GMT)
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Ouups, I haven\'t seen that it was already given!

Ilham Brown
Singapore
Local time: 06:52
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
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