matte
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This makes it possible to switch between glossy and matte finishes, producing visual effects that surpass what current screens can achieve.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
Lay’s is redoing the bags too, ditching the crinkly sheen for a heavier, matte finish emblazoned with pictures of potatoes and chips.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
They’ve been challenged to magnify a 4-foot matte painting of the arched hallway into the Wizard’s throne room — initially done in pastels on black cardboard — into a 240-foot-tall tableau.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
Thanks to a melange of practical effects, matte paintings, miniatures, models and costly, groundbreaking special effects, Donner achieved a superhero movie that looks unlike anything made in the decades since.
From Salon • Jul. 10, 2025
Their heads were adorned with matte black helmets, and they reminded him of characters in one of those shoot-’em-up military games.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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