Starch blends are thermoplastic polymers produced by blending starch with plasticizers. This is the result when blending different textures together. By blending and layering paint, the surface can become more like skin. This is achieved either by refining or blending. Grape juice is obtained from crushing and blending grapes into a liquid. This may be mitigated by alpha blending or morphing between states during the transition. Dylan also led the way in blending rock with folk music styles. Accelerated processing includes support for video decoding, video encoding, subpicture blending, and rendering. He suggests the terms "sexcom" as the result of this blending of genres. However, more complex transformations such as vertex blending are possible. "True" featured a blending of music genres, including folktronica. These leaves are selected, processed, and aged prior to blending and filling. Competent translation entails the judicious blending of formal and functional equivalents. Herodotus attempted to reconcile origins and the blending of differing cultural concepts. Defensive tactics included blocking, evading, off balancing, blending and escaping.