Skinning (disambiguation)

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Skinning refers to removing skin, usually from a dead animal; it may also refer to:

In computers:

• Surface representation used to draw a character in skeletal animation in 3D computer graphics and animation
  • Creating 2D textures which are then applied to 3D meshes to give the mesh more detail and lighting
• Act of creating a "skin" (also called "themes") to change appearance of a computer program
  • Skinnable, programs that support skins

In other uses:

• Metaphor for the removal of all or much of the essence of something, leaving the object (which can even be abstract) in a much poorer state, for example under-funded after skinning its budget