soft-focusv.
/ˌsɒf(t)ˈfəʊkəs/, U.S. /ˌsɔf(t)ˈfoʊkəs/, /ˌsɑf(t)ˈfoʊkəs/ transitive. To photograph, film, video, etc., in soft focus; to put into soft focus.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > photograph [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner
to fire away1859
stereograph1860
flashlight1886
shoot1890
snap1890
Kodak1891
snapshot1898
mug1899
mutoscope1899
telephotograph1899
mutograph1908
photomaton1927
soft-focus1928
minicam1937
microfiche1975
pap1993
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > qualities and effects > [verb (transitive)] > make indistinct
fog1854
veil1854
soft-focus1928
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special effect > special effects [verb (transitive)] > others
mix1922
soft-focus1928
1928 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 4 Mar. 6/1 He knows how to soft focus Lillian Gish's frail beauty.
1957 Archit. Rev. 121 319 The whole effect is to blur and ‘soft-focus’ the precision-made look which has been one of the chief qualities of the curtain wall.
1985 Jrnl. Film & Video 37 19/2 Even to the end there is a delay in a change of focus by soft focusing the foreground.
2014 Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois) 18 Apr. 105 (caption) Colabuono..manipulated the image, including soft-focusing some areas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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