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How is it called, what is it used for, and what is the most common way to implement it?

I know these are three question in one, but since the first and second are just one-liners I decided to make them into one.

The following images are two screenshots showing the visual effect; (A) show the zones that are darker and (B) the normal zones

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Sounds like vignetting effect. You can easily accomplish this with a shader.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ +1. In the second screenshot, it might also just be a non-uniform lighting effect. Hard to tell with a still image and the cartoonish shading, though. \$\endgroup\$
    – Ilmari Karonen
    Commented May 25, 2014 at 12:07
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    \$\begingroup\$ @IlmariKaronen It could be the upper half of the vignette too \$\endgroup\$
    – rraallvv
    Commented May 25, 2014 at 20:00

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