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shade in

To darken some specified area of an image. A noun or pronoun can be used between "shade" and "in." I spend nearly an hour just shading in the upper lip of this portrait I'm working on. For every donation we receive, the teacher will shade an area in on this graph.
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shade into (something)

To transition, pass, or cross over from one state, condition, or characteristic into another in gradual increments or degrees. The band has a synthetic, 1980s kind of sound that shades into more modern electronic music popular in Europe. The film, though set in a fictional, dystopian future, presents themes and situations that shade uncomfortably into real life.
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shade in

v.
1. To represent degrees of shade or shadow in some drawing or picture, so as to give the illusion of depth: The artist shaded in the contours of the model's face in the portrait.
2. To darken some bounded area that is drawn or printed on a surface: The teacher shaded in the area where the circles overlapped with yellow chalk. I'm going to shade in the left side of this drawing with crosshatches to make it darker.
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1] were recorded in 35 per cent shading intensity compared to 50 and 75 per cent shading intensities.
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resulted from no shading (control) and the lowest grain yield resulted from 100% shading (1240.
The results of analysis of variance of shading effects on biomass yield are presented in table 2.
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By employing HLSL (High Level Shading Language) 3D artists will be able to render very complex and shader-rich environments in real time, leveraging the power of today's graphics accelerators
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With new features and enhancements, including additions and improvements such as multiple UV texturing vertex color shading, interactive editing of shading normals, and additions to the Saaphire SDK, this new version builds upon Softimage's renowned 3-D character animation and special effects software.
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AMD announced today that NVIDIA's groundbreaking GeForce2 GTS, the first shading graphics processor unit (GPU) for the desktop PC market, has been fully optimized for use with AMD processor platforms, including platforms based on the AMD Athlon(TM) processor.
New NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS GPU Optimized For Use With AMD Processor Platforms
The new processor, dubbed the GeForce2, works by strategically adding lighting, shading and texture to minute elements of a graphic that were previously impossible to highlight individually.
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today announced that 3Deep(TM), the first solution for accurate lighting and shading in 3D games, now supports the Glide(TM) 3 multimedia application programming interface (API) from 3Dfx Interactive(R).
3Deep Now Supports 3Dfx Glide-Based Games; 3Dfx and Sonnetech Combine Efforts to Bring Revolutionary 3D Enhancement Technology to a Broader Range of Game Applications
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