Glossary - GhislainGir/BlenderGameToolsDoc GitHub Wiki

This is a glossary to help you familiarize yourself with technical terms commonly used in the wiki.

• VAT: The process of baking vertex data into textures AND the resulting texture(s)
• BAT: The process of baking bone data into textures AND the resulting texture(s)
• OAT: The process of baking object data into textures AND the resulting texture(s)
• POT: Power of Two
• NPOT: Non Power of Two
• DCC: Digital content creation. A term commonly used to refer to generic 3D applications, such as 3dsMax, Blender, Maya etc.
• PBR: Physically based rendering
• DXT: A group of lossy texture compression algorithms (sometimes also called DXTn, DXTC, or BCn)
• Texel: Texture element, or texture pixel. The fundamental unit of a texture map
• HDR: High dynamic range. Usually refers to 16-bit float or 32-bit float when speaking of textures.
• SDF: Signed Distance Field.