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polypaint

polypaint noun: a feature allowing the user to "paint" color directly onto the polygons of a three-dimensional model without first creating a texture map.

Noun

polypaint (uncountable)

  1. A feature allowing the user to "paint" color directly onto the polygons of a three-dimensional model without first creating a texture map.
    • Using polypaint with HD allows you to completely overcome the texture resolution limitations in previous versions of ZBrush.2011, Scott Spencer, ZBrush Character Creation: Advanced Digital Sculpting
    • The reason I do not create a texture from polypaint is simply because I want to show what you can generate without going through the texturing process.2012, Paul Gaboury, ZBrush Professional Tips and Techniques, page 268

Origin of polypaint

From poly- + paint; name of a feature in the ZBrush digital sculpting software.

Questions about polypaint

What does polypaint mean?
Polypaint means a feature allowing the user to "paint" color directly onto the polygons of a three-dimensional model without first creating a texture map.
What part of speech is polypaint?
Polypaint is a noun.

Words near polypaint in the dictionary

  1. polyoxyethylenes
  2. polyoxygenated
  3. polyoxymethylene
  4. polyoxymethylenes
  5. polyp
  6. polypaint
  7. polypantheism
  8. polyparaphenylene
  9. polyparaphenylenes
  10. polyparasitic
  11. polyparasitism

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