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Artistic Rendering
Non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) is an area of computer graphics that focuses on enabling a wide variety of expressive styles for digital art, in contrast to traditional computer graphics, which focuses on photorealism. NPR is inspired by other artistic modes such as painting, drawing, technical illustration, and animated cartoons. NPR has appeared in movies and video games in the form of cel-shaded animation (also known as " toon" shading) as well as in scientific visualization, architectural illustration and experimental animation. History and criticism of the term The term ''non-photorealistic rendering'' is believed to have been coined by the SIGGRAPH 1990 papers committee, who held a session entitled "Non Photo Realistic Rendering". The term has received some criticism: * The term "photorealism" has different meanings for graphics researchers (see "photorealistic rendering") and artists. For artists—who are the target consumers of NPR techniques—it refers to a schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Toon Shader
Toon may refer to: Places * The Toon, nickname for Newcastle upon Tyne, England, based on the local dialect pronunciation of "the town" * Tōon, Ehime, a Japanese city in Ehime Prefecture * Toon, the former name of Ferdows, a city in South Khorasan Province, Iran * Toon, Somaliland, a town in the Garoodi region People * Toon (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or surname Arts and entertainment * Toon (TV series), ''Toon'' (TV series), a 2016 Dutch television series * Toon (role-playing game), ''Toon'' (role-playing game), published by Steve Jackson Games * Toon, a term in the film ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988) for cartoon characters * Toon, a shortened name for cartoon animation or its characters Businesses * Cartoon Network, an animation-oriented cable television network, sometimes abbreviated to Toon * Toon Books an American comic book publisher * Toon Studio, Disneyland Paris Other uses * Toon, trees of the genus ''Toona'' * A nickname for Newc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |