ferrotyping
1Tintype — of Herbert Hoover. Tintype, also melainotype and ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a sheet of iron metal that is blackened by painting, lacquering or enamelling and is used as a support for a collodion photographic… …
2Photograph — A photograph (often shortened to photo) is an image created by light falling on a light sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a… …
3Color photography — Color film redirects here. For the motion picture equivalent, see Color motion picture film. A circa 1850 Hillotype photograph of a colored engraving. Long believed to be a complete fraud, recent testing found that Levi Hill s process did… …
4Photographic printing — is the process of producing a final image for viewing, usually on chemically processed sensitized paper, from a previously prepared photographic negative, from a positive transparency or slide, or a digital image file. Printing from a Negative… …
5ferrotype — /fer euh tuyp /, v., ferrotyped, ferrotyping, n. Photog. v.t. 1. to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing, while wet, on a metal sheet (ferrotype tin). n. 2. Also called tintype. a positive photograph made on a sensitized sheet of… …
6ferrotype — /ˈfɛroʊtaɪp/ (say ferohtuyp) verb (t) (ferrotyped, ferrotyping) 1. to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing it while wet on a metal sheet (ferrotype tin). –noun 2. a photograph taken on a sensitised sheet of enamelled iron or tin; a… …
7ferrotype — [fer′ō tīp΄, fer′ətīp΄] n. [ FERRO + TYPE] 1. a positive photograph taken directly on a thin plate of black enameled iron coated with a sensitized emulsion; tintype 2. the process of making such photographs vt. ferrotyped, ferrotyping to give a… …
8ferrotype plate — noun or ferrotype tin : a highly polished black enameled or chromium plated metal sheet that is used in ferrotyping * * * ferrotype tin or ferrotype plate, a smooth, enameled sheet of metal on which photographs are pressed and dried to add a… …
