Cache tools, 280
Camera Correction modifier, 638
Camera Map modifier, 597
Camera Map Per Pixel map, 582
Camera Navigation Control, 632-633
camera views, 45
cameras
animating, 703-704
basics of, 629-636
setting parameters, 636-643
Cap Holes modifier, 398
Caption Property, 1169
Car Paint material, 1068
cartoon production planning, 3-5
Category drop-down list, 108, 112
Catmull-Rom filter, 1007
caustics, 1070-1073
Caustics and Global Illumination (GI) rollout, 1073
Cell Characteristics section, 573
Cell Color section, 573
Cellular map, 573
Center creation method, 145
Center Face snap point, 217
Center of Mass (COM), 978
Center subobject, 724
Center-End-End method, 325
Certified Plug-Ins program, 1181
Chamfer Distance parameter, 353
chamfered object, 156
Channel Color Legend rollout, 723
Channel Display drop-down list, 1012
Channel List rollout, 723
Channel Parameters rollout, 722
channels, 613-615
Chaos Speed Factor, 849
Character Map application, 328
character modeling, 5-17
character motion, 16-17
character skin, 15-16
Character Studio
animating bipeds, 985-990
character creation workflow, 972
creating biped crowds, 995-996
creating bipeds, 972-984
creating crowds, 990-995
keyboard shortcuts, 1208-1209
overview, 971
Characteristic Graph, 758
characters. See bone systems; inverse kinematics; Skin modifiers
Chase Springs, 725
Chassis object, 904
Checker map, 568-569
child, 246-247
child objects, 246
.chr extension, 67
circular array, 236
Circular Color swatches, 1038
Circular selection method, 174
Classic body type, 973
Clean MultiMaterial utility, 555-556
Clear modifier, 596
clipping planes, 54-55, 637-638
clips, 826
Clone and Align tool, 233-234
Clone command, 22, 221-222
Clone menu command, 221
Clone Part, 364
cloning objects
Clone command, 221-222
options, 224-226
over time, 229-230
Shift-clone method, 222
spacing, 230-232
Close menu command, 244
cloth
clothing 3d models, 499-501
creating from geometry objects, 498-499
dynamics, 920-924
Garment Maker, 496-498
overview, 485, 496
Cloth modifier, 498, 900
Cloth systems model type, 307
Clothes patterns, 496
Clouds texture, 537
Collapse All command, 277
Collapse Animation Layers button, 717-718
Collapse Selected menu command, 263
Collapse To command, 277
Collapse utility, 277-278
collections, 897-901, 1159-1160
collisions, 918-919
Collisions rollout, 895
Color Balance render effect, 1049
color clipboard, 144
color cues, 33
color customizing, 116
Color Modifier maps, 581-582
Color Palette interface, 624
Color Range Limiting, 1009
Color RGB controller, 770-771
Color section, 659
Color toggle, 192
colors
bleeding, 673-674
bone, 932-933
overview, 505-506
COM (Center of Mass), 978
Combustion, 1108-1111
Combustion map, 569
Combustion Parameters rollout, 1109
Combustion Workspace (.CWS) file, 1111
command panel
increasing width of, 28-29
overview, 27-28
rearranging interface for lefties, 30
rollouts, 28
command-line rendering, 1015
comments, 1156-1157
Common Local Orientation, 904
Common panel, 1063
Common Parameters rollout, 1003-1006
Compass helper, 661
complex expressions, 1158-1159
Composite Basic Parameters rollout, 543
Composite material, 543
compositing. See Video Post interface
compositing packages
Combustion, 1108-1111
overview, 1108-1111
Photoshop, 1103-1105
video compositing with After Effects, 1106-1108
video editing with Premiere, 1105-1106
Compositor maps, 579-581
compound materials
Blend, 542-543
Composite, 543
Double Sided, 544
Morpher, 545-546
Multi/Sub-Object, 544-545
overview, 541
Shell, 546
Shellac, 547
Top/Bottom, 547-548
compound objects
BlobMesh objects, 460-462
Conform objects, 452-453
creating a Scatter object, 463-464
custom toolbar for creating, 110
Loft objects, 468-479
morphing, 450-452
ProBoolean, 479-480
ProCutter, 481
Scatter objects, 462-467
ShapeMerge objects, 455-457
Terrain objects, 457-460
types of, 449
understanding compound object types, 449-450
concave objects, 900
Condense Material Editor Slots menu command, 517
conditions, 1159
Cone Angle helper, 734
Conform objects, 449, 452-453
Conform Space Warp, 883-884
Connect object type, 449
constraints
Attachment, 742-743
Link, 747-749
LookAt, 750
Orientation, 750
overview, 741-742
Path, 745-746
Position, 746-757
reactor object, 911-915
Surface, 743-745
Contents panel, 86
Continuous tangents, 804
contrast render effect, 1048
control, 632-633
Control Parameters rollout, 662
Control Points subobject, 299
control vertices (CVs), 430
Controller pane, 792-794
controller XRefs, 94
controllers
assigning, 751-754
Expression controller, 776-784
expressions in spinners, 775
overview, 751
parameter controllers, 767-775
Position track controllers, 756-767
Rotation and Scale Track, 767
Transform, 754-755
using visibility tracks, 812
Controllers toolbar
adding note tracks, 812
buttons, 790-791
examples of use, 812-817
overview, 790-791, 811-812
controls
navigation, 42-49
rendering, 183-184
Conversion modifiers, 307
Convert button, 987
Convert To Editable Spline, 333
Convert To submenu, 307
convex objects, 899
Convexity Test menu command, 900
Cook Variable filter, 1007
Cookie Cutter option, 455-456
Cooperative Constraints feature, 1184
Coordinates rollout, 563-565, 572
copy cloning option, 224
Copy command, 274, 600
Copy Time button, 799
copying joints, 937
Copy/Paste rollout, 981-983
Corner control point, 471
Corner Initial type, 325, 433
Create Animation menu command, 910
Create Biped rollout, 972-975
Create Camera From View menu command, 634, 1015
create menu, 139
Create Objects menu, 897, 902, 911
create panel, 140-141
Create Parameters rollout, 431
Create Simple Soft Body button, 725
Create Space Warps menu, 867-868
creating leg and foot, 6-7
Creation Method rollout, 145, 149, 468
cropping, 568
Cropping/Placement control, 568
Cross Fade Transition compositor, 1126
Cross Section modifier, 338
Crossing Selection method, 173
CrossSection modifier, 426, 478
cross-section splines, 426
Crowd Animation tools, 971
crowds. See Character Studio
Cubic filter, 1007
cubic maps, 584
Cubic Morph controller, 771
Current Targets rollout, 450
Curvature tessellation method, 435
Curve Center NURBS snap point, 218
Curve Edge NURBS snap point, 218
Curve Editor field, 786
Curve Editor layout, 785, 786, 787, 796
Curve Editor menu, 786
Curve End NURBS snap point, 218
Curve Normal NURBS snap point, 218
Curve Tangent NURBS snap point, 218
curves, 430-431
Curves toolbar, 788-789
custom animation parameters, 738-739
custom display drivers, 1193
custom interface
locking, 120
reverting to startup interface, 120
saving and loading, 117-119
switching between default and custom, 120-121
Custom panel, 86
Custom selection, 1119
Custom UI menu command, 120
Custom units system, 123
customer care on DVD, 1213
customization, 974-975
Customize User Interface
customizing colors, 116
customizing keyboard shortcuts, 107-108
customizing menus, 114-115
customizing quadmenus, 112-114
customizing toolbars, 109-110
Cut command, 274
Cut Time button, 799
Cutter Picking Parameters rollout, 481
CV control lattice, 430
CV NURBS snap point, 218
CVs (control vertices), 430
.CWS (Combustion Workspace) file, 1111
Cyclic Growth, 158
Cylindrical Environment mapping type, 564
cylindrical-shaped gizmo, 286