USM at Multimedia Glossary
What is it? ( Unsharp Mask ) The term comes from a conventional colour separation camera technique that uses a unsharp photographic mask to increase contrast between light and dark areas of the reproduction and gives the illusion of sharpness.Multimedia Definition Added By: Logan
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