haloing
/ˈheɪloʊɪŋ/
noun
- The appearance of a bright ring or halo around a light source, often caused by scattering or diffraction.
- The fog caused a soft haloing effect around the car headlights.
- The haloing around the streetlight made it hard to see the stars.
- Photographers often try to reduce haloing when shooting into the sun.
- In image processing, an unwanted bright edge or ring that appears around objects in high-contrast areas, often due to over-sharpening or HDR processing.
- Haloing can make a digital image look artificial and over-processed.
- To fix the haloing, the editor reduced the sharpening filter.
- The photo had noticeable haloing around the tree branches against the sky.
adjective
- Producing or characterized by a halo effect.
- The haloing light gave the room a dreamy atmosphere.
- She noticed a haloing glow around the candle flame.
- The haloing effect in the painting made the figures look divine.