How do you pronounce giclee?

[KelNottAt]

I had never heard of the word before all this buzz about the DVC print. So please tell me...

hard "g" or soft?
long "i" or short?
"k" sound c or "s" sound?
long "ee" or French "ay"?

Thanks!

 

[3DisneyKids]

jee-clay (with a slight French accent! lol)

Hope this helps!

 

[Fitswimmer]

I learn something here every day!! I had NO clue how to pronounce that!

Thanks!

 

[OKWMom]

I learn something here every day!! I had NO clue how to pronounce that!

Thanks!

Me either and I won't admit how many years of French I had in school. Thank you for the information.

 

[KelNottAt]

Thanks a lot. Now I know.

I always botch the proununciation of new words. The first time I was shopping for a duvet I asked the lady at the store where I could find the dove-its.

 

[magicmommy]

Thanks....in my mind it rhythms with Prickly.....

 

[Monte Cristo]

Thanks a lot. Now I know.

I always botch the proununciation of new words. The first time I was shopping for a duvet I asked the lady at the store where I could find the dove-its.

I was in Panera Bread a few months ago and I asked for an a-sa-gio bagel with cream cheese. The lady behind me happens to say....don't you love those a-si-ago bagels. Dohh!

 

[Twingle]

Thanks so much for this thread! I was saying gic-lee, duh!

Oh well, when toile was first becoming popular, I pronunced it twa-lay. The lady at the fabric store looked at me like I was nuts. It's twal, like it rhymes with ya'll.

 

[dwelty]

I pronounced this wrong when I took it to the framing place to have it framed. Lady behind the counter fell off her chair laughing. Glad I made her day.

 

[kd5k]

I wasn't sure how to pronounce that either.

I got one for ya....we live in Utah and up towards Salt Lake City is the town of Toole. Now how would you pronounce that?? "Too-lee?"

Well it is actually pronounce "To-willa"

have another one that is Hurricane...easy right? Now it is Hur-a-cin (like sin)

stange state!!!

 

[WelcomeHome]

It's really easy. You start with "G" as in the name of the capital letter "G," and you follow that with "clay" pronounced exactly the same as the clay you find in the soil.

G-clay

Done!
Best wishes,
Dave

 

[DisDaydreamer]

DW told me how to pronounce it.

 

[jdg345]

Thanks....in my mind it rhythms with Prickly.....

mine too!

 

[OneMoreTry]

zhi-clay, accent on 2nd syllable.

 

[Anewman]

Ok
GEE-CLAY

Now what does it mean??????

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Ok
GEE-CLAY

Now what does it mean??????

My cut and pasted answer

What is a Giclee?

A giclee (zhee-CLAY), is an individually produced, high-resolution, high-fidelity, high tech reproduction done on a special large format printer. Giclees are produced from digital scans of existing artwork. Also, since many artists now paint only digitally, there was no "original" that can be hung on a wall. Giclees solve that problem, while creating a whole new vibrant medium for art.

Giclees can be printed on any number of media, from canvas to watercolor paper to vinyl, to transparent acetates. Giclees are superior to traditional lithography in nearly every way. The colors are brighter, last longer, and are so high-resolution that they are virtually 'continuous tone', rather than tiny dots. The range, or "gamut" of color for giclees is far beyond that of lithography, and details are crisper.

Since giclee printers can use media in rolls, large print sizes are available, limited only by the length and width of the roll. Billboard sizes are possible. Giclees are typically sold by the square inch or square foot.

Lithography uses tiny dots of four colors--cyan, magenta, yellow and black--to fool the eye into seeing various hues and shades. Colors are "created" by printing different size dots of these four colors.

Giclees use inkjet technology, but far more sophisticated than your desktop printer. The process employs six colors--light cyan, cyan, light magenta, magenta, yellow and black (somteimes TWO blacks)--of lightfast (fade resistant,) pigmented inks and finer, more numerous, replaceable printheads resulting in a wider color gamut, and the ability to use various media to print on. The ink is sprayed onto the page, actually mixing the color on the page to create truer shades and hues.

They are priced midway between original art and regular limited edition lithographs. Limited edition litho prints are usually produced in editions of 500-1000 or more, all at once; but giclees rarely exceed 50-100 high-quality reproductions, one at a time.

Giclees were originally developed as a proofing system for traditional lithographic printing presses, but it soon became apparent that the presses were having a hard time delivering the quality and brilliant color of the giclee proofs. Giclees evolved into the new darlings of the art world. They are coveted by collectors for their fidelity and quality, and desired by galleries and artists alike because they don't have to be produced in huge quantities with their large layout of capital and storage.

In addition, Giclees are produced directly from a digital file, (which can be remotely uploaded,) saving generations of detail-robbing negatives and printing plates used with traditional litho printing. NOVASPACE has our own giclee printer and operator, allowing for more flexibility, experimentation, quick turnaround and lower costs (no middleman) to our customers.