stencil buffer(模板缓存）的功能类似于用喷漆往墙上喷标语时所使用的刻有镂空文字的塑料板，多用于将用户绘制的图元限制在规定的区域显示。本例利用它实现了“透视“功能。-stencil buffer (cache templates) similar to the function of painting the walls with slogans sprayed by the the Pierced engraved with the words of plastic sheetin

描绘出桌面上的水滴或者地上的爆炸效果，使用stencil test和alpha text组合使用，将贴图写入stencil buffer。-Paint drops on the desktop or the effect of explosions on the ground, use the stencil test and alpha text used in combination, will map into the stencil buffer.

一篇讲诉通过Stencil Buffer改进阴影质量的经典算法Improving Shadows and Reflections via the Stencil Buffer-A complaint about the shadow through the Stencil Buffer to improve the quality of the classical algorithm Improving Shadows and Reflections via the Stencil Buffer