Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pre-visualization may be a misnomer but it is very effective. I cannot think of an appropriate name for visualizing how the print would look after having modified exposure and development in order to change contrast ratios in the original scene. The problem is the limitation of the language. In some cases semantics cannot be explained . Californians are particularly guilty of coining words and phrases that are ill conceived but become trendy and part of the lexicon. The latest one is "deroading" as in getting off the road. I wonder what images are conjured in the mind of people with limited knowledge of English at hearing the word "manhole". "Hopefully" (introduced in 1962) is an other that makes no sense. Pre-visualization, that's where it's at, dig it? Joe Codispoti From: "Jim Brick" <jim@brick.org> > Can someone explain the term PRE-visualization? Is this visualization > before visualization? Or is it just simply "visualization?" > > If you visualize something, you are doing it before the act. If you > pre-visualize something, you are visualizing it before you visualize it > before the act. > > Merrium Webster doesn't seem to understand pre-visualize. > > Jim