Trimming surfaces

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing – Attributes

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ABSTRACT:
Trimming textures are obtained and applied to parametric surface. The trimming textures are stored as texture maps and are applied to provide a visual sensation of absence when rendering an image. The trimming texture may be obtained in a pre-rendering process and applied to the parametric surface in a run-time process using a 3D graphics accelerator.

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