See text and logo animation
Lord, Peter, 693
Low Clip Color, 664, 667
LScript category
Layout, 80
Modeler, 31
LScript Commander, 80
LScripts, 31, 80, 631, 681
Luminosity setting
HyperVoxels panel, 558
Surface Editor, 101, 116, 662
LWEXT9.cfg file, 618, 629
LWSN program, 613, 633??“634
M
M button, 42
Macintosh computers
function keys, 11
LightWave directory location, 615
right mouse button, 54
Maestri,George, 693
Magic Bevel tool, 342??“345, 346
Magnet tool, 333??“334, 335
Make Bone Weight Map panel, 519??“520
Make button, 41
Manage Fonts dialog box, 286
Manage Fonts tool, 287, 288
manual keyframing, 227??“235
Map Network Drive dialog box, 621??“622
Map tab, 26??“28
mapping
drives, 621??“622
images, 480??“487, 661
reflection, 103
Marble node, 461??“465, 488??“489, 491??“494
mask objects, 657, 658??“660, 662
Mask Options, 208
master computer setup, 626??“631
Master Plugins panel, 80, 679
Matrix, The (film), 650
Max OpenGL Lights option, 169
Maximize viewport button, 7, 279
Maximum CPU Number setting, 641
Maximum Render Level setting, 169, 509
MD Arts Web site, 695
Measure category, 26
memory settings, 605
menus
editing, 63??“65
hiding, 112
Layout, 58??“72
Edit menu, 60??“65
File menu, 58??“60
Graph Editor, 68??“69
Help menu, 66
Image Editor, 68
Scene Editor, 69??“72
Surface Editor, 66??“67
Windows menu, 66
Modeler, 17
See also editors
Merge tool, 383
metallic surfaces
creating, 120??“124
lighting and, 174??“175
Metamesh toggle, 84
Minnaert node, 466??“468, 470
Mirror button, 148
Mirror Hierarchy tool, 518
Mirror tool
character modeling and, 436
gadget modeling and, 367, 368??“369
mirroring lights, 148
Mode drop-down, 574
Modeler, 1??“44
Action Center, 37
backdrop images, 275??“285
building elements over, 279??“285
hiding/displaying, 285
setting up, 275??“279
Change Surface panel, 41
deleting images from, 285
Display Options panel, 43
duplicating objects in, 293??“297
General Options panel, 44
importing EPS files into, 298??“299
Info panel, 40??“41
interface, 4??“16
layers, 9??“16
explained, 9??“11
foreground/background, 14??“15
naming, 12??“13
parent/child, 12, 13
viewing, 15??“16
Make button, 41
menus, 17
Numeric panel, 38??“39
objects, 9??“14
explained, 9
loading, 11??“14
overview of, 2??“3
pivot points, 297??“298
selection modes, 33??“36
Skelegons in, 527??“533
creating, 527??“532
tips about, 532??“533
Statistics panel, 39
SubD-Type options, 38
Surface Editor, 91
Symmetry mode, 36
tabs, 16??“33
Construct tab, 22??“24
Create tab, 17??“19
Detail tab, 24??“26
Map tab, 26??“28
Modify tab, 20??“21
Multiply tab, 21??“22
Setup tab, 28??“30
Utilities tab, 30??“31
View tab, 31??“33
text development in, 285??“293
creating text, 285??“289
surfacing/beveling text, 289??“293
vertex map tools, 41??“43
viewports, 4??“8
customizing, 7
position control icons, 6??“7
styles, 5??“6
Modeler Tools tab, 84??“85, 451
modeling
character, 405??“446
body, 407??“414, 421??“426
eyes, 433??“446
feet, 426??“433, 442
flippers, 414??“421
cloth, 354??“360
fruit, 308??“347
bananas, 308??“330
grapes, 336??“347
oranges, 330??“336
gadgets, 361??“404
building an iPod, 362??“404
definition of gadgets, 362
studying details for, 362
master computer setup 712
Node Editor 713
geometric shapes for, 406, 407??“414
reference images for, 364
still-life objects, 307??“360
bowl, 347??“353
fruit, 308??“347
set building for, 354??“360
windows for dynamics, 575??“581
modeling plug-ins, 678
Modes menu, 315
Modified Channels mode, 229, 538
Modify category
Modeler Tools tab, 85
Setup tab, 79
Modify tab
Layout, 74??“78
Modeler, 20??“21
monitors, 125
Morph category, 28
Morph feature, 42
Motion Blur Artwork (MBA), 694
Motion Blur option, 200??“201, 606
motion effects, 199??“201
Motion Options panel, 678
motion paths, 226, 231, 564
motion plug-ins, 678
Motion tab, 542
motions
automatic keyframing, 220??“228
controlling curves, 235??“237
manual keyframing, 228??“235
Motions category, 79
Mouse mode, 37, 296, 328
Move button, 57
Move edit button, 248
Move Keys option, 251
Move TCB tool, 77, 235??“237
Move tool
Auto Key feature and, 223
bone positioning and, 503
character modeling and, 409, 420??“421, 427,
428, 429
collision dynamics and, 583, 590
gadget modeling and, 371, 379, 380
Graph Editor and, 249??“250
manual keyframing and, 233
particle animation and, 538??“539, 552, 564
right mouse button and, 352
still-life modeling and, 318, 351, 352
wind effectors and, 548??“549
multicurve editing, 253
Multiply tab, 21??“22
Multiprocessing option, 608
multiprocessor batch rendering, 644??“645
Multishift tool
character modeling and, 415??“418,
420??“421, 433??“434, 438, 440
still-life modeling and, 313??“314, 319??“320,
322, 332??“333
Multithreading option, 608
My Network Places icon, 621
N
naming/renaming
bones, 499, 506
cameras, 181, 193
layers, 12??“13
lights, 146, 158, 159
plug-ins, 681
render node files, 636
Skelegons, 531??“532
surfaces, 114, 131, 132
negative lights, 145
Network Render tool, 82
network rendering, 612??“643
command folder, 614??“615
configuration files, 618??“620
content folder, 615
content organization, 615??“618
drive mapping, 621??“622
files needed for, 619
master computer setup, 626??“631
node setup, 631??“637
process overview, 639??“645
save location setup, 638
sharing setup, 622??“625
troubleshooting, 646??“648
UNC naming, 620
See also ScreamerNet
Network Rendering dialog box, 628, 639
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