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Non-photorealistic rendering

Non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) is an area of computer graphics that focuses on enabling a wide variety of expressive styles for digital art, in contrast to traditional computer graphics, which focuses on photorealism. NPR is inspired by other artistic modes such as painting, drawing, technical illustration, and animated cartoons. NPR has appeared in…

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Non-photorealistic rendering

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Edges54
Triples21
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
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Non-photorealistic rendering

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related to External links · 9
Non-photorealistic rendering → An, Computer Graphics, Dedicated, Depiction, Non-Photorealistic RenderingOnline, NPR, Sticky, Stylize, Tunde Cockshott's Wet
related to Artistic rendering · 5
Non-photorealistic rendering → Artistic, For, In, Rendering, When
related to history · 3
Non-photorealistic rendering → Non Photo Realistic Rendering, SIGGRAPH, The

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paintinginstance ofNPR is inspired by other artistic modes0.80text
drawinginstance ofNPR is inspired by other artistic modes0.80text
technical illustrationinstance ofNPR is inspired by other artistic modes0.80text
and animated cartoonsinstance ofNPR is inspired by other artistic modes0.80text
Non-photorealistic renderingrelated to Artistic renderingArtistic0.60section
Non-photorealistic renderingrelated to Artistic renderingFor0.60section
Non-photorealistic renderingrelated to Artistic renderingWhen0.60section
Non-photorealistic renderingrelated to Artistic renderingIn0.60section
Non-photorealistic renderingrelated to Artistic renderingRendering0.60section
Non-photorealistic renderingrelated to External linksTunde Cockshott's Wet0.60section
Non-photorealistic renderingrelated to External linksSticky0.60section
Non-photorealistic renderingrelated to External linksDepiction0.60section

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