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Sprite vs Shadebob - What's the difference?

sprite | shadebob |

As nouns the difference between sprite and shadebob

is that sprite is a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition while shadebob is a type of bob (graphical sprite-like element) rendered additively on the display, so that it blends with others but can be easily removed again by decrementing the colour value at each pixel.

sprite

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Noun

(wikipedia sprite) (en noun)
  • (mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.
  • *1803 , William Blake,
  • *:He who torments the chafer's sprite
  • *:Weaves a bower in endless night.
  • (mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
  • The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
  • (computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
  • An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.

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    shadebob

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (demoscene, computer graphics) A type of bob (graphical sprite-like element) rendered additively on the display, so that it blends with others but can be easily removed again by decrementing the colour value at each pixel.
  • * 1999 , "JT Liimatta", The Party compo rules.'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos )
    • If I made a shadebob routine, which ran 60Hz on PentiumIII 550Mhz on 320x200x8bit mode, would you be impressed?
  • * 2007 , "milkfilk@gmail.com", Why are shadebobs and 2d alpha blends so convincing?'' (on newsgroup ''comp.graphics.api.opengl )
    • Even on older hardware, the dithering is perfect. The effect is convincing. You can press your face up against the screen and see no edges, you can see wonderful curves and strange shapes out of shadebobs that are probably unintentional.