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Everything about Shading
Depicting depth with levels of darkness
Shading refers to the depiction of depth perception in 3D models or illustrations by varying the level of darkness. Shading tries to approximate local behavior of light on the object's surface and is not to be confused with techniques of adding shadows, such as shadow mapping or shadow volumes, which fall under global behavior of light. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ShadingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Enhanced observations from an optimized soil-canopy-photosynthesis and energy flux model revealed evapotranspiration-shading cooling dynamics of urban vegetation during extreme heatInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: GreyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Shape-from-shading: a surveyCited 1,263 times
- Go sideways: Gouraud shadingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Phong shadingA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb present participle and gerund of shade
Noun The act or result of something being shaded.
Noun Something providing shade.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Shape-from-shading: a survey
MATLAB-Based Modeling to Study the Effects of Partial Shading on PV Array Characteristics
Hill shading and the reflectance map
A method for enforcing integrability in shape from shading algorithms
A New MPPT Design Using Grey Wolf Optimization Technique for Photovoltaic System Under Partial Shading Conditions
Shading effect on long-term outdoor thermal comfort
Shape, Illumination, and Reflectance from Shading
Numerical shape from shading and occluding boundaries
🆕 Influential since 2022
Enhanced observations from an optimized soil-canopy-photosynthesis and energy flux model revealed evapotranspiration-shading cooling dynamics of urban vegetation during extreme heat
Characteristic Study of Solar Photovoltaic Array Under Different Partial Shading Conditions
Shading apple trees with an agrivoltaic system: Impact on water relations, leaf morphophysiological characteristics and yield determinants
A novel hybrid GWO–PSO-based maximum power point tracking for photovoltaic systems operating under partial shading conditions
A voltage scanning-based MPPT method for PV power systems under complex partial shading conditions
📚 Books worth reading
GreyE. L. James · 2015
Regola delli cinque ordini d'architetturaVignola · 1617
La scoperta dell'ombraRoberto Casati · 2000
Gregory's ShadowDon Freeman · 2000
Who Is It?Roderick Hunt · 1998
Playing with light and shadowsJennifer Boothroyd, Intuitive · 2014
Architectural shades and shadowsMcGoodwin, Henry · 1904
Bear shadowFrank Asch · 1985
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