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PALETTING—Moving the pigment back and forth across a palette with a
paint brush to achieve a certain consistency in texture or color or to load the
brush with pigment adequately.
PANEL—(1) A given area in which a cartoon is drawn, with or without a
defined frame; (2) One box or frame of a comic strip; (3) One unit of a
storyboard.
PANORAMA —Also called PAN. Slow, steady camera movement from side
to side.
PANTOGRAPH—A mechanical device based on the shape of a
parallelogram, used to reduce, enlarge, or copy pictures.
PANTONE COLOR SYSTEM—An industry accepted system of color
analysis and identification that distinguishes between the three measurable
dimensions of hue, value, and chroma (intensity).
PARABOLIC REFLECTORS—Lamp reflectors that assist even
illumination and shorten exposure time.
PARALLAX—Distortion present when exposing film through a lens not
aligned with the veiwfinder, distortion corrected by a rangefinder camera.
PARALLEL PROJECTION—See ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE.
PARALLEL STRAIGHTEDGE—A long, straight edge supported at both
ends to maintain parallel motion.
PARTIAL SECTION—A sectional view consisting of less than a half
section.
PASTEL—(1) A dry pigment mixed with a variety of binders to form a stick
or crayon for application to a picture surface; (2) A picture executed in the
pastel medium.
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