Visual effect with dark overlay gradient surrounding the center of the screen

Question

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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score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '14 at 03:43

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

answered May 25 '14 at 03:43

midasmax

+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. – Ilmari Karonen May 25 '14 at 12:07
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@IlmariKaronen It could be the upper half of the vignette too – rraallvv May 25 '14 at 20:00

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