The name " painter's algorithm " refers to the technique employed by many painters of painting distant parts of a scene before parts which are nearer thereby covering some areas of distant parts.

In a computer graphic system, this can be very efficient, since it is not necessary to calculate the colors ( using lighting, texturing and such ) for parts of the more distant scene that are hidden by nearby objects.

Lipara, Asterope and Chrysothemis are named in a Hesperide scene of the apotheosis of Heracles ( romanised to Hercules ) on a late fifth-century hydria by the Meidias Painter in London They are sometimes called the Western Maidens, the Daughters of Evening or Erythrai, and the " Sunset Goddesses ", designations all apparently tied to their imagined location in the distant west.

The focal distance of these displays was the distance of the screen from the crew, whereas objects in the real OTW visual scene were at a more distant focus, those close to the horizon being effectively at infinity.

A period of the recent or distant past serving as the scene of an alien invasion of one of the aforementioned types.

An " exodus " occurs during the year 2051 or later, when 300 or more Launch Arcologies are constructed ; the following January each one " takes off " into space so that their inhabitants can form new civilizations on distant worlds ( although the visual representation of the scene consists of the Arcologies exploding in a manner similar to bulldozed buildings, one by one ).

Bellaston and Fellamar then hatch a plan for the latter to ravish Sophia the next evening whilst the servants are out of the house and whilst Lady Bellaston is in an apartment distant from the scene.

Although an earlier scene showing brief and distant full-frontal nudity appeared in the debut episode of Matlock Police in February 1971 while in Number 96 in late 1976 a bit-part nurse fleeing Dudley's bedroom had revealed a full frontal nude flash, this was the first time the nudity was shown front and centre in protracted scenes.

To avoid this, collimated optics are used in the simulator visual display system so that the OTW scene is seen by both pilots at a distant focus rather than at the focal distance of a projection screen.

This is achieved through an optical system which allows the imagery to be seen by the pilots in a mirror which has a vertical curvature, the curvature enabling the image to be seen at a distant focus by both pilots, who then see essentially the same OTW scene without any distortions.

In this general sense, occultation applies to the visual scene observed from low-flying aircraft ( or computer-generated imagery ) wherein foreground objects obscure distant dynamically, as the scene changes over time.

Chaney and his second wife Hazel led a discreet private life distant from the Hollywood social scene.

Darkness gathers around, far distant thunder rolls over the trembling hills ; the black clouds with august majesty and power, moves slowly forwards, shading regions of towering hills, and threatening all the destructions of a thunderstorm ; all around is now still as death, not a whisper is heard, but a total inactivity and silence seems to pervade the earth ; the birds afraid to utter a chirrup, and in low tremulous voices take leave of each other, seeking covert and safety ; every insect is silenced, and nothing heard but the roaring of the approaching hurricane ; the mighty cloud now expands its sable wings, extending from North to South, and is driven irresistibly on by the tumultuous winds, spreading his livid wings around the gloomy concave, armed with terrors of thunder and fiery shafts of lightning ; now the lofty forests bend low beneath its fury, their limbs and wavy boughs are tossed about and catch hold of each other ; the mountains tremble and seem to reel about, and the ancient hills to be shaken to their foundations: the furious storm sweeps along, smoaking through the vale and over the resounding hills ; the face of the earth is obscured by the deluge descending from the firmament, and I am deafened by the din of thunder ; the tempestuous scene damps my spirits, and my horse sinks under me at the tremendous peals, as I hasten for the plain.

* Edward Gibbon: (( In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader.

The " adoration " of the Magi at the crib is the usual subject, but their arrival, called the " Procession of the Magi ", is often shown in the distant background of a Nativity scene, or as a separate subject.

In 1627 the Castle was the scene of a celebrated killing when Cahir's son-in-law, Lord Dunboyne, murdered a distant cousin James Prendergast, in a dispute over an inheritance.

From the distant area of the rescue ship, a bright light shines, providing illumination to an otherwise dull brown scene.

However, most of the scene will not require the 4: 1 filter ; only the more oblique and usually more distant pixels will require the sharper filtering.

When one compares the rendered results of an 8: 1 anisotropically filtered scene to a 16: 1 filtered scene, only a relatively few highly oblique pixels, mostly on more distant geometry, will display visibly sharper textures in the scene with the higher degree of anisotropic filtering, and the frequency information on these few 16: 1 filtered pixels will only be double that of the 8: 1 filter.

Because photographic film and digital sensors are sensitive to ultraviolet ( which is abundant in skylight ) but the human eye is not, such light would, if not filtered out, make photographs look different from the scene visible to people, for example making images of distant mountains appear unnaturally hazy.

* Auditory scene analysis, process of organizing sound

A major influence on the sound of the British music scene in the 1960s, Korner was instrumental in bringing together various English blues musicians.

Thanks to a well-designed set of chips designed by MOS Technology, the Commodore 64, ( also referred to as C64 ), possessed remarkable sound and graphics for its time and is often credited with starting the computer demo scene.

The innovative marketing surrounding the rave scene created the first superstar DJs who established marketable " brands " around their names and sound.

The actor, usually the original actor from the set, is shown the scene in question along with the original sound, following which he or she will attempt to recreate the performance as closely as possible.

When dialogue titles came to be always cut into a scene just after a character starts speaking, and then left with a cut to the character just before they finish speaking, then one had something that was effectively the equivalent of a present-day sound film.

Between 2000 and 2005, John Digweed promoted his " Bedrock " sound with monthly club nights for members and newcomers to the electronic music scene.

The shepherds ' scene has badly distorted sound, and the kidnap scene has poor colour quality.

The band's sound appealed to both Lemmy's original fans and, eventually, to fans of the punk rock scene.

Alternative rock grew out of the grunge scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s and is particularly favored by college radio and adult album alternative stations ; there is a strong focus on songwriters and bands with an outsider sound or a more sophisticated sound than the " three chord wonder " cliché.

Though the band's early years were shadowed by the legacy and basic sound of Joy Division, their experience of the early 1980s New York City club scene increased their knowledge of dance music and saw them incorporate elements of that style into their work.

As the scene at New York's CBGB club attracted notice, a name was sought for the developing sound.

In the words of John Walker, the record was " a turning point for the whole New York scene " if not quite for the punk rock sound itself — Hell's departure had left the band " significantly reduced in fringe aggression ".

The term punk initially referred to the scene in general, rather than a particular sound — the early New York punk bands represented a broad variety of influences.

In Boston, the scene at the Rathskeller — affectionately known as the Rat — was also turning toward punk, though the defining sound retained a distinct garage rock orientation.

By mid-1977 in downtown New York, punk rock was already ceding its cutting-edge status to the anarchic sound of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and Mars, spearheads of what became known as No Wave, although several original punk bands continued to perform and new ones emerged on the scene.

As hardcore became the dominant punk rock style, many bands of the older California punk rock movement split up, although X went on to mainstream success and The Go-Go's, part of the Hollywood punk scene when they formed in 1978, adopted a pop sound and became major stars.

In the UK the Madchester scene influenced the early sound of 1990s Britpop bands like Blur, and Oasis who drew on 1960s psychedelic pop and rock, particularly on the album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants ( 2000 ).

Many bands, particularly in the developing London club scene, tried to emulate black rhythm and blues performers, resulting in a " rawer " or " grittier " sound than the more popular " beat groups ".

In the later half of the 1970s, The Stranglers toured Japan twice, joining the alternative music scene of Tokyo, which was evolving from the punk sound of Kyoto based band 村八分 ( Ostracism ), whose music influence spread to Tokyo in 1971.

Many Romanian rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s, such as Iris and Holograf, continue to be popular, particularly with the middle-aged, while since the beginning of the 1990s the hip hop / rap scene has developed a unique sound and indigenous style.

The scene expanded rapidly in 1991, with large raves of 30 – 50, 000 people attending in open air venues around England, put on by Spiral Tribe and other free party sound systems held at locations up and down the length of England.