hypertexture

plural hypertextures

1. computer graphicsA realistic simulated surface texture produced by adding small distortions across the surface of an object.

   The volume density functions that I use for gases are, in reality, hypertexture functions.

   2009, Rick Parent, David S. Ebert, David Gould, Computer Animation Complete: All-in-One, →ISBN, page 218

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   The cost is high for this function, as it uses noise() many times to calculate the hypertexture.

   2000, Anthony A. Apodaca, Larry Gritz, Ronen Barzel, Advanced RenderMan: Creating CGI for Motion Pictures, →ISBN, page 417

   In 1989, Perlin and Hoffert presented hypertexture, a modeling technique where an ordinary surface is thickened into a region of space with some density.

   2002, Marc Olano, John Hart, Wolfgang Heidrich, Real-Time Shading, →ISBN, page 86

   Then, for each type of hypertexture, I construct a different "application" code, describing a particular hypertexture.

   2014, David S. Ebert, Texturing and Modeling: A Procedural Approach, →ISBN, page 203

present singular third person hypertextures · participle present hypertexturing · participle past hypertextured · past hypertextured

1. transitivecomputer graphicsTo apply a hypertexture to.