Term: Contrast stretching

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Term: Contrast stretching

Definition:

Contrast stretching is an informal nickname for an enhancement that may be considered for derivative images of documents (and possibly some drawings); its simplest definition is "making paper lighter and writing darker."

Category:

Image

Resource:

Library of Congress Manuscript Digitization Demonstration Project (see esp. Section 6)
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