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Graphic vs Billboarding - What's the difference?

graphic | billboarding |

As nouns the difference between graphic and billboarding

is that graphic is a drawing or picture while billboarding is (computer graphics) a technique in three-dimensional graphics in which a sprite is rendered perpendicular to the camera without respect to camera movement.

As an adjective graphic

is drawn, pictorial.

graphic

English

Alternative forms

* graphick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • drawn, pictorial
  • vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence

    • Related terms

    * graphical

    Derived terms

    * graphics card

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A drawing or picture.
  • (mostly in plural) A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
    • I've just played this new computer game: the graphics are amazing.

    Related terms

    * graphic art * graph * graphical * graphician * lithographic * photographic * pornographic * reprographic

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    billboarding

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (computer graphics) A technique in three-dimensional graphics in which a sprite is rendered perpendicular to the camera without respect to camera movement.
    • Early first-person shooter games used billboarding for enemies rather than full character models.