lightboxes

Glowing display frames

Lightboxes are boxes with translucent surfaces illuminated from within.

Photographers and designers use them to view slides, negatives, or transparencies.

In web design, a lightbox is a display effect that dims the background while highlighting an image or video in the foreground: Click the thumbnail to open it in a lightbox.

Light therapy boxes treat seasonal depression by simulating daylight.

photography

viewing

Act of watching something

film · retouching · editing · proofing · tracing · LED · fluorescent · diffusion · studio · post-production

art

installation

Process of putting in

transparency · large-format · photography · museum · display · curation · illuminated · mounted · site-specific · luminous

advertising

signage

Posted public displays

displays · storefronts · airport · transit · mall · posters · graphics · LED · acrylic · double-sided

medical

X-ray

Penetrating diagnostic beam

CT · MRI · mammography · scan · viewing · hospital · clinic · film · interpretation · radiologist

webdesign

modal

Pertaining to form

carousel · thumbnail · JavaScript · CSS · responsive · navigation · UI · zoom · slideshow · WordPress

Categories
Opposites
illumination method

lightboxesdarkrooms

Light-tight developing chambers

projectors · digital projectors · reflective surfaces · overhead projectors · shadow boxes

light emission vs. light blocking

lightboxesfilm canisters

Tubes housing photographic strips

Family

lightbox

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G