Phong shading

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English[edit]

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Flat shading (left) versus Phong shading (right)

Etymology[edit]

Developed by Bui Tuong Phong.

Noun[edit]

Phong shading (uncountable)

  1. (computer graphics) A technique for shading three-dimensional surfaces by interpolating surface normals across rasterized polygons and computing pixel colors based on the interpolated normals and a reflection model.
    Synonym: Phong interpolation