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Standard "Lenna" image famously used in many image processing experiments, taken from the (non-revealing) top third of a November 1972 Playboy centerfold.

The centerfold of a magazine refers to a picture printed on a single sheet of paper and inserted in the middle of the publication. Since magazines are usually stapled together along the spine, the centerfold does not have any gutter cutting through the image. Centerfolds are also frequently much larger then the publication and then folded to fit. standard image of Lenna famously used in graphics image processing - image is from Playboy 1972, but is so widely used I contend this is This work is copyrighted. ... standard image of Lenna famously used in graphics image processing - image is from Playboy 1972, but is so widely used I contend this is This work is copyrighted. ... Image of Lena Soderberg famously used in many image processing experiments Lenna (or more properly Lena) is a portion of a picture of a naked woman from the November 1972 issue of Playboy magazine. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles on various subjects. ... Image of the Wikimedia Commons logo. ... Spine is a word with several meanings. ... The word gutter refers to a long, thin trough, usually one that runs straight. ...


The magazine Playboy has popularized the use of the term centerfold to refer to a person. In this case, centerfold means the model posing in the centerfold picture, in Playboy called the Playmate. Centerfold was also a hit song by the J. Geils Band in 1982. Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, or pornography magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... Model may refer to more than one thing : For models in society, art, fashion, and cosmetics, see; role model model (person) supermodel figure drawing modeling section In science and technology, a model (abstract) is understood as an abstract or theoretical representation of a phenomenon,see; geologic modeling model (economics) model... A Playmate is a female model featured in Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month. ... The J. Geils Band was a very popular rock and roll band, playing to large arena crowds in the United States in the 1970s before moving towards a more pop-influenced sound in the 1980s. ...


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