Index

A

acceleration in animation

Action Safe areas

Active Time Segment setting

Active View area in Slate Material Editor

Actual Stride Height setting

Adaptive Halton option

Add Atmosphere and Effect window

Adjust Pivot rollout

Advanced Effects rollout

Advanced settings for Final Gather

AEC (Architecture Engineering and Construction) tools

Affect Pivot Only option

alignment

ambient color for materials

Amount of noise setting

animation

animation curves. See curves and Curve editor

animation cycles

Animation Playback controls

anisotropic surfaces

ankles

antialiasing

anticipation in animation

Application button

Application menu

Apply And Continue option

applying

Arch & Design materials,

Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) tools

armhole for soldier

armpit area for soldier

armrest of couch

arms

Arrange Elements rollout

aspect ratio

Assign Renderer rollout

associating biped with soldier

atmospheres and effects

Attach List dialog box

attaching splines

attenuation of omni lights

Auto Key option

Auto tangent

AutoCAD DWG/DFX Import Options dialog box

axes in viewport

B

back lights

back of soldier head,

back piece for couch

back pillows for couch

background images

Background tab

ball. See Bouncing Ball project

baseboard moldings

Basic settings in Final Gather

beams

belt for soldier

bevels and Bevel caddy

Bézier Scale controller

Bézier vertex types

Bias setting for shadow maps

binding character models to skeletons

Biped rollout

Biped system

bipeds

Bitmap Fit option

bitmaps for materials

Blinn Basic Parameters rollout

Blinn shaders

blocking

blocking out

body of soldier

Body Vertical button

bones in biped model

Bones system

Boolean operations

boots

borders for soldier

bottom of dresser

bounces

Bouncing Ball project

boundaries in Safe Frame view

box modeling techniques

boxes

bridges and Bridge caddy for soldier

brightness in HDRIs

bump maps

C

CAD drawings, importing

caddies

calf of biped

cameras and Camera viewport

candela (cd) metric

Cap Poly tool

Cartoon material

cascading menus

cd (candela) metric

ceilings

center points

CG (computer-generated) characters

chair

chaise lounge

Chamfer caddy

chamfers

changing viewports

characters and Character Studio

CheckerPattern pattern

chest of drawers. See Dresser project

child objects

Choose Renderer dialog box

Circle tool

clavicles for biped

clipping planes for cameras

Clone Options dialog box

cloning, floors

Close Spline pop-up

coffee table

Collapse option for pelvis

Collapse Stack option

collision detection

color

combining objects into groups

Command panel

Common Parameters rollout

Common tab

Compact Material Editor

compound materials,

Compression Settings dialog box

computer-generated (CG) characters

Configure Viewports dialog box

Connect Edge Segments setting

Connect Edges caddy

Connect tool for dresser drawers

constraints for joints

control cages for NURMS

Controller mode in Slate Material Editor

Controller window

controllers in animations

Convert to Poly option

coordinates and Coordinates rollout

Copy/Paste rollout

Copy Posture button

copying

corner round baseboard

corner vertex type

couch

Create Footsteps (Append) option

Create Footsteps (At Current Frame) option

Create Key dialog box

Create Keys For Inactive Footsteps option

Create Multiple Footsteps dialog box

Create panel

Creation method rollout

Crowd system

crown for dresser top

crown molding

curve vertices

curves and Curve editor

cushions

Customize User Interface dialog box

Cut tool for soldier

cycles, animation

cylinders for soldier

D

D65 Illuminant (Reference White) setting

da Vinci pose

Daylight Parameters rollout

Daylight System

Daylight System Creation warning

decay of omni lights

defaults

Density setting for volume lights

dents, lighting

Derive AutoCAD Primitive By menu

details for couch

Diffuse Bounces setting

diffuse color

Dimming setting

dining room. See room model

direct light

Directional Parameters rollout

Display panel

displaying objects

Distribution (Photometric Web) rollout

dollies

Door parameters

doors

Dope Sheet

Draft setting for Final Gather

Draft Mode (No Precalculations) setting

drawers for dresser

Dresser project

dummy objects

E

ease-in and ease-out in animation

Edge Bridge tool

Edge Chamfer setting

Edge mode

Edged Faces mode

edges and edge loops

Edges tab

Edit Envelopes option

Edit tab

Edit UVWs dialog box for soldier

editable-poly modeling

editable splines

editing

elbows of soldier

Enable In Renderer option

Enable In Viewport option

enabling mental ray renderer

End Effectors setting

English units

envelopes in biped model

Environment And Effects dialog box

environment maps

Euler XYZ controller

Exclude/Include window

excluding objects from lights

Expand Face Selection To Seams icon

Exponential setting

Exposure Value (EV)

exposures and Exposure Controls

Extended Parameters rollout

Extrude Polygons caddy

extrusions

F

face for soldier,

face mask for soldier

falloff

Far Attenuation setting

feet

FG (Final Gather)

field of view (FOV)

Figure mode

file management

filenames in rendering

fill lights

fillets

filter color

Final Gather (FG)

Final Gather rollout

fingers

fish-eye camera lens

FK (Forward Kinematics)

Flip Hinge option

floors

Flow Connect option

focal length of cameras

fog light

folders

follow-through in knife animation

Footstep Creation rollout

Footstep mode

Footstep Operations rollout

footsteps

forearms

Forward Kinematics (FK)

four-viewport layout

FOV (field of view)

frame for chair

frames in time slider

free cameras

free direct lights

free spotlights

freeform animation

front view

frozen objects

furniture

G

General Parameters rollout

Generate Mapping Coords option

Generic Units setting

Geometry rollout

GeoPoly tool for soldier

Get Shape option

GI (global illumination)

gizmos

glass material

global illumination (GI)

Glossiness setting

Glossy Samples setting

gloves for soldier

goggles for soldier

Graphite Modeling Tools ribbon,

gravity in animation

green keys on timeline

Grid and Snap Settings dialog box

groin area for soldier

gross animation

groups for objects

gun for soldier character

H

handles for keyframes

hands

HD (History Dependent) solver

HDRI Load Settings box

HDRIs (high-dynamic range images)

head

height of bipeds

helmet for soldier

HI (History Independent) solver

Hide Selected option for biped model

Hide Selection option for ceilings

Hide Unselected option

Hierarchy panel

high-dynamic range images (HDRIs)

high-poly modeling

highlight color in specular maps

History Dependent (HD) solver

History Independent (HI) solver

Hold option

holster

home grid

hotspots

I

Ignore Backfacing option

IK (inverse kinematics)

IK Controller Properties rollout

Illuminate with Scene Lights option

Image Aspect Ratio setting

importing CAD drawings

In Place Mode button

index of refraction (IOR) setting

indirect lighting

InfoCenter

Initial FG Point Density setting

Ink 'n Paint material, ,

Insert Keys icon

insets and Inset caddy for dresser

Instance (Copy) dialog box

instances of dresser knobs

Intensity/Color/Attenuation rollout

intensity of photometric lights

intent in animation

interface. See user interface

Interpolate Over Num. FG Points setting

interpolation

inverse kinematics (IK)

IOR (index of refraction) setting

Isolate Selection mode

J

joint constraints

Jorgenson, Nastasia

jumps for soldier

K

Key Editing window

Key Entry tools

key lights

Key pane in Dope Sheet

Keyboard Entry rollout

keyboard shortcuts

keyframes and keyframing

keys, animation

knee of soldier

knife throwing animation

knobs for dresser

knuckles for soldier

L

lathes for knobs

layering animation

left view

leg strap for soldier

legs

lenses

Light Lister

light probes

Light Wood Materials Parameter Editor

lighting

line segments

Line tool

Link Info rollout

Link tool

linking objects

lips for dresser

Live Areas

living room. See room model

lm (lumen) metric

Local Normal extrusions

Lock Zoom/Pan option

Loft option for standard baseboard

loops

Loops tab

low-poly modeling

lumen (lm) metric

lux (lx at) metric

M

Main toolbar

Make New Folder option

Map Seams option

maps and mapping

Match Bitmap option

Material/Map Browser

Material Parameter Editor

materials and Slate Material Editor

Matte/Shadow material

Max. Reflections setting

Max. Refractions setting

.max files, merging

Maximize Viewport Toggle icon

maximizing viewports

Maximum Samples Per Pixel setting

mental ray materials

mental ray renderer

Menu bar

menus, Quad

Merge dialog box

merging and Merge dialog box

Metal shaders

metric units

Mini Curve Editor

Minimum Samples Per Pixel setting

Mirror tool

mirroring soldier

mitten hands for soldier

MJPEG Compressor

modeling windows

Modes And Display rollout

modifier stacks

modifiers

Modify panel

Modify tab for dresser bottom

moldings, baseboard

momentum in knife animation

Motion panel

mouse buttons

MOV QuickTime files

Move gizmo

Move Keys tool

Move Keys Horizontal tool

Move Keys Vertical tool

moving. See also animation

mr Area Spot option

mr Photographic Exposure Control

mr Physical Sky map

mr Sky menu

mr Sky Portal menu

mr Sun menu

Multi/Sub-Object materials (MSOM)

Multiplier setting for target spotlights

N

names

navigating viewports

Navigator in Slate Material Editor

neck

New Scene dialog box

New Scene Explorer option

NGons

Nitrous Driver mode

noise

Noise Filtering (Speckle Reduction) setting

Non-Uniform Rational Mesh Smooth (NURMS) technique

normal maps

numbering footsteps

O

Object Parameters rollout

objects

omni lights

One Object option

Open Mini Curve Editor option

Open UV Editor

openings for walls for doors

Options settings in rendering

Orbit tool

origins, coordinate

Out-of-Range Types option

outlining soldier head

output, rendering

Output Size settings

P

panning viewports

panoramas

Parameter Curve Out-of-Range Types

parameters and Parameters rollout

parent objects

Paste Posture button

paths, shapes along

Peel rollout

Pelt Map dialog box

pelting soldier

pelvis

Perspective viewport

Phase setting for volume lights

photometric lights

Physique modifier

Pick Boolean rollout

pillows

piping

pivot points

PivotBottom objects

PivotTop objects

planes in character modeling

Play Animation button

Point To Point Seam tool for soldier

points in Final Gather

Polygon: Edit tab

Polygon Modeling tab

polygons

Position keyframes

Position XYZ controller

postures for biped

pouch for soldier

precision in Final Gather

ProBoolean operations

profiles

projects, setting

prompt line

Proxy View area in Slate Material Editor

Q

Quad menu

quad polygons

quality setting in rendering

quarter round baseboard molding

Quick Access toolbar

QuickTime files

R

Range setting in rendering

Ray Bias setting

Ray Traced Shadow Params rollout

Rays Per FG Point setting

Raytrace Basic Parameters rollout

Raytrace material

raytraced shadows

Realistic mode

Recessed 75W Lamp (Web) option

Rectangle tool

red boxes on timeline

Redo Scene Operation icon

reference materials

reference photos

refining animation

reflections

Reflectivity setting

refractions

Relax By Face Angles option

Relax Tool dialog box

Render Map dialog box

Render Output File dialog box

Render Output folder

Render Output settings

Render Preview dialog box

Render UVs dialog box

Rendered Frame window

rendering and Render Setup dialog box

Rendering dialog box

Rendering rollout

resolution in rendering

Resulting Intensity setting

RGB channels for normal maps

rigging

Ring Selection option

roll in animation

rollouts

rolls, camera

room model

Rotate gizmo

rotating

Rotation keyframes

Rotational Joints rollout

rubber band line

run-and-jump sequence

S

Safe Frame view

Sample Range setting

Sampling Quality rollout

Save As dialog box

Scale gizmo

Scale keyframes

scaling

Scanline Renderer

Scene Explorer window

Scenes folder

scrubbing time slider

seams in soldier

seat cushions

see-through

segments

Select And Move tool

Select and Rotate tool

Select Bitmap Image File dialog box

Select From Scene dialog box

Select Image dialog box

Select Objects dialog box

selecting objects

Set Project Folder option

Set Tangents To Fast icon

Set Tangents To Linear icon

shaders

Shading Viewport Label menu

Shadow Map Bias setting

Shadow Map Params rollout

Shadow Map Size setting

shadows.

shapes along paths

shininess in specular maps

shoes for soldier

shortcuts, keyboard

shoulders

Show Frozen As Gray option

Show Map in Viewport option

Show Shaded Map in Viewport option

Show Standard Map In Viewport option

side armrest

Single Frame setting

size

Skin modifier

skinning

Sky Color settings

Skylight parameter

skylights in HDRIs

Slate Material Editor. See materials and Slate Material Editor

sliding glass door

smooth surfaces

smooth vertex type

smoothing soldier boots

Snaps dialog box

sofa. See couch

softness, NURMS for

soldier character

sources

Spatial Contrast setting

specular color

specular highlights

specular maps,

Spherical Environment setting

splines

Spotlight Parameters rollout

spotlights

squash and stretch animation

standard baseboard molding,

Standard English units

standard lights

Standard Maps rollout

Standard materials

Start Picking feature

status bar

step interpolation

still life lighting

Structure rollout, bipeds

subdivision surfaces

submenus

subobjects in Command panel

subtraction for dresser bottom

sunlight

SuperSampling rollout

surfaces

SwiftLoop tool

Symmetry modifier

T

tangents for curves

Taper modifiers

target cameras

target direct lights

target spotlights

Target Weld for soldier

targets in knife animation

templates

Templates rollout

testing biped model

textures for soldier

thighs of soldier

3D maps

3D Snaps option

three-point lighting

thumbnails for materials

thumbs for soldier

Time Configuration dialog box

Time Output settings

Time slider

timing in animation

Title Safe boundaries

toes for biped

top of dresser

top view in four-viewport layout

topology dependency warning

torso

Track bar

Track Selection rollout

Track View - Curve Editor. See curves and Curve editor

Track View - Dope Sheet

trajectories for knife animation

transforming objects

transparency in refraction

trucks

TV screens safe areas

2D maps

U

underarms for soldier

Undo option

Undo Scene Operation icon

unfolding soldier body

Unhide All option

Unhide By Name option

Uniformity setting

units setup

unwrapping

Use Files option

Use NURMS option

Use Scene Environment option

Use Scene Material

user interface

User Safe setting

Utilities panel

UVs. See also textures for soldier

UVW Mapping modifier

V

values in Command panel

versions, file

vertices and Vertex mode

vest for soldier

ViewCube control

Viewport Background dialog box

Viewport Configuration dialog box

viewports

volumetric lights

W

waist edges for soldier

walk cycle

Wall Parameter dialog box

walls

weight in animation

Weight Properties rollout

Weight Table dialog box

Weld Core option

Weld Vertices caddy

welds for soldier

windows

wineglass

Wireframe mode

wobble in knife animation

workflow in Character Studio

workspace

wrists for soldier

X

X-axis for joint constraints

X Position in animation

X-Ray mode

X Rotation track

XForm modifier

Y

Y-axis for joint constraints

Y Position in animation

Y Rotation track

Z

Z-axis for joint constraints

Z Position track

Zoom Extends All Selected option

zooming