Gouraud

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Noun

Gouraud (uncountable)

  1. (computer graphics, chiefly attributive) Short for Gouraud shading.
    • 1995, [email protected], “Demo review - Killing time by oxyron”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet):
      Effect 6: Gouraud spacecut - Probably the worst effect in the demo - has been done miles better before!
    • 2013, Kadi Bouatouch, Christian Bouville, Photorealism in Computer Graphics, page 111:
      When view point changes rapidly – when the user walks through the environnemt – a simple and fast Gouraud is used, making all class-3 patches appear black.