painter's algorithm
Meanings
name
- A simple rendering technique that sorts all the polygons in a scene by their depth and then paints them in that order, from farthest to closest.
Word forms
Etymology
Referring to the technique of painting distant parts of a scene before parts which are nearer and thereby covering some areas of distant parts.
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