peep pixels
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Arts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Photography Informal To scrutinize a magnified digital photograph carefully in order to make a technical assessment of resolution and image quality.
- I'll wager if you peep pixels you'll find plenty of artifacts and other image degradation in images from your P & S.2006 March 23, Jeff Varszegi, "You forgot sharpness. :)," Digital Photography Review (www.dpreview.com) (retrieved 23 June 2011)
- I have then peeped pixels (I admit being guilty by doing so), looked at the sharpness, resolution, barrelling, pincushion, vignetting, you name it.2006 October 29, Cem Usakligil, “Sigma 12-24 vs EF 10-22”, in www.openphotographyforums.com, retrieved 23 Jun 2011:
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- You can peep pixels all day long and you won't find any evidence of Photoshopping.2008 Jan. 29, patrickvr6, "Dope Trucks2," forums.triplezoom.com (retrieved 23 June 2011)
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