Burning-in is a term used in the photography industry. Burning-in is a technique used during the printing process to darken a specific portion of the print. For example, blue skies often appear a dull white in black and white pictures. The printer can burn-in the sky section of the photograph to darken the sky. This often helps to bring out the contrast between the sky and any clouds that may be present.
To burn-in a print, the print is first given normal exposure. Next, extra exposure is given to the area(s) that needs to be d ...
An image is said to be burned when its original gamut considerably exceeds the target gamut, or when the result of processing considerably exceeds the image's gamut. In other words, an image is burned when it contains uniform blobs of color, black, or white where there should actually be detail.
All known mediums for storing or capturing images at this time, analog or digital, are unable to store an unlimited number of color hues, and they are bound to a certain gamut. Squeezing an image with a given gamut into a medium with a ...
