shading

created by Hartsock
(idea) by Hartsock (?) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:48:26
The act of producing shadows. Two shading models are used in OpenGL. Called "smooth" or Gouraud shading vs. flat or polygon shading.

Smooth shading produces the illusion of curved surfaces.
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:04:09

Shad"ing, n.

1.

Act or process of making a shade.

2.

That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.

 

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