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curtain effect

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curtain effect
[kur′tən]
an artifact produced when chemical processing stains are not properly squeezed from an x-ray film during development of a radiograph.


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It's different in every part of the country; for example, in the North-East we appreciate a little tight head on our pint with just enough life in it to produce a lace curtain effect down the inside of the glass.
Facing you as you come through the door is a wall covered in that burgundy rippled- curtain effect that you used to get on the walls of old cinemas.
 
 
 
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