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veiling glare, <imaging>
DEPRECATED: ambient flare, <imaging>
light, reflected from an imaging medium, that has not been modulated by the means used to produce the image
Note 1 to entry: Veiling glare lightens and reduces the contrast of the darker parts of an image.
Note 2 to entry: Formerly the term "ambient flare" was used, but this term is deprecated.
Note 3 to entry: This entry was numbered 17-1394 in CIE S 017:2011.