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bleach bypass

bleach bypass noun: a film laboratory technique where the bleach stage during the development of a color film is skipped, resulting in images with increased contrast and graininess.

Noun

bleach bypass

  1. A film laboratory technique where the bleach stage during the development of a color film is skipped, resulting in images with increased contrast and graininess.
    • The bleach-bypass really captured the light of Mexico City, especially given that we shot the commercial on a very grey and overcast day. […] The bleach-bypass process I find has a spiritual quality that I relate to and really love.2021, Jason Wood, quoting Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema, Faber & Faber, →ISBN

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Questions about bleach bypass

What does bleach bypass mean?
Bleach bypass means a film laboratory technique where the bleach stage during the development of a color film is skipped, resulting in images with increased contrast and graininess.
What part of speech is bleach bypass?
Bleach bypass is a noun.

Words near bleach bypass in the dictionary

  1. blea
  2. Blea Moor
  3. bleaberries
  4. bleaberry
  5. bleach
  6. bleach bypass
  7. bleach job
  8. bleach jobs
  9. bleach weed
  10. bleachabilities
  11. bleachability

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