Sentences with phrase «shadow area effects»

The impact of tree planting in previously unforested areas can be paradoxical, as it depends both on seasonal changes in surface albedo, eg, from snowfall and sun angle a and shadow area effects.

Not exact matches

Pat McFadden MP, the shadow business secretary, said the Experian research into the differing effect of spending cuts across English regions showed that the government's policies would «hit the poorest areas hardest.»

There are many subtle details in the art design; things like cultural influence in character models and background environments, beautiful hand - painted textures, vivid effects, smooth animations, and, of course, incredible transitional areas where lighting, shadows, and color blend so well, it could make a grown, bearded man cry.

Avoid all text effects, like drop shadow, gradient, stroke... place the text in parts of the picture that make it stand out naturally (put white text in dark areas, dark text in light areas).

1) Has horribly ugly graphics 2) Has terrible animation 3) Has poor shadow effects 4) Has a jerky sometimes stuttering frame rate 5) Is part of the yet another zombie game fad 6) Swears gratuitously in its first 5 seconds 7) Is overpriced 8) Is being used to test and fund yet another mediocre MMO 9) Is supposedly «open world» but its game over if you leave the «mission area».

The story is being retrofitted with motion - captured animation, next - generation graphics, real - time lighting and shadow effects, new areas, and newly rendered in - game video segments to create an even more cinematic experience.

An area dedicated to «art in action,» on our visit we wandered into interdisciplinary artist Sung Hwan Kim's two - room video installation that befuddles you with a two - way mirror, before being even further entranced by Lis Rhodes «Light Music» installation — a work originally conceived in 1975 in which two projectors at either end of the room create a fanning strobe effect as the horizontal shadows fluctuate in size.

And then there's altitude, proximity to the coast, how exposed a given site is, or to what extent adjacent structures cast shadows — a particular issue in urban areas of course — and the urban heat island effect.

The big winner of the day was ShadowMaps, a GPS - related system developed by UCSB engineering students to overcome the «shadow effect» in which tall buildings in urban areas can «confuse» GPS systems and create errors in cell - phone GPS location.

Frank Lasner has a better evaluation of the station data — sorting it by similar climate characteristics and distinquishing between areas most subject to ocean cycles, rain shadow and altitude effects.