shadowcasting
English
Etymology
shadow + casting
Noun
shadowcasting (uncountable)
- (computer graphics) The generation of shadows from a three-dimensional model.
- 1979, Kevin Forseth, David Vaughan, Graphics for Architecture (page 191)
- A different shadowcasting arrangement results when light rays are oriented oblique to the picture plane. In this situation actual and bearing rays appear to vanish in perspective.
- 1979, Kevin Forseth, David Vaughan, Graphics for Architecture (page 191)
- (microscopy) A technique in which an incident ray at a small angle to the horizontal casts a shadow, thus making an object easier to see.