F
Face Extrude modifier, 279, 399
Face Map mode, 526
Face snap point, 217
Face subobject mode, 308
Faded color texture, 536
Failed Servers, 1094
Falloff cones, 659
Falloff Direction, 574
Falloff map, 574
Falloff Parameters rollout, 574
Falloff Type, 574
Fast Adaptive Antialiaser, 1055
Favorite Plants rollout, 165
Feather Falloff curve, 1048
feet, creating, 6-7
FFD (Box) and FFD (Cyl) Space Warps, 881-883
FFD (Free Form Deformers), 271, 280, 1204
FFD Select modifier, 281
field of view (FOV) camera parameter, 636-637
File Link Manager, 84
File menu, 1144
File Output Parameters rollout, 1049
File Output render effect, 1049
File Type drop-down list, 71
files
accessing information, 85-87
backing up, 74
exporting, 76-81
importing, 75-76
log, 75
scene, 67-71
setting preferences, 72-75
utilities, 82-85
Files panel, 72, 84
Files panel preferences, 128
Fillet dimension, 156
Fillet Radius parameter, 353
Fillet Segments, 156
Fillet/Chamfer modifier, 352
Film Grain render effect, 1049
Filter Color, 530, 587, 660
Filter color swatch, 506
FilterColor parameter, 244
filters, 170-171, 1134-1135. See also Lens Effects filters
Filters dialog box, 810-811
Fin Adjustment Tools rollout, 933
Final Gather rollout, 1073
Fire effect, 1025-1029
Fire Effect Parameters rollout, 1025
Fit Deformation, 475
Fix Ambient utility, 518
Flare, 1130-1131
Flat Mirror map, 582-583
Flex modifier
adding Forces and Deflectors, 727
creating simple soft bodies, 725
manually creating springs, 727
painting weights, 725-726
setting strength, 724-725
subobjects, 724
Flex Modifier technique, 969
Float controllers, 751
Float Expression controller, 781
Floating toolbars, 20, 23-24, 189, 1198
fluorescent lights, 646
flyout menus, 24
FlyoutTime spinner, 127
focal length, 630
Focal Parameters section, 1051
Focus, 1131-1132
fog background texture, 537
Fog Color swatch, 664
Fog Parameters rollout, 1030
Follow/Bank utility, 700
Font dropdown list, 327
Footstep Adapt Locks, 986
Footstep Creation rollout, 985
Footstep Mode, 985-987
Footstep Operations rollout, 985
Force Space Warps
Displace, 876-877
Drag, 872-873
Gravity, 875
Motor, 869-870
overview, 868-869
Path Follow, 874-875
PBomb, 873-874
Push, 870-871
Vortex, 871-872
Wind, 876
Forces and Deflectors rollout, 727
forward kinematics, 935-936
FOV (field of view) camera parameter, 636-637
Fracture objects, 905
Frame Rate, 690
frames, safe, 57-58
Frames Per Second, 62
Frames Summary panel, 1096
Free All menu command, 260
Free camera object, 630
Free Direct light, 649-650
Free Form Deformer modifiers, 299-301
Free Form Deformers (FFD), 271, 280, 1204
Free photometric lights, 650-651
Free Selected menu command, 260
Free Spot light, 649
Freeform Mode, 987-989
Freeze toggle, 191
freezing objects
Display Floater dialog box, 185
Display panel, 185-187
Object Culling utility, 187
Fresnel Falloff Type, 574
Frosted glass texture, 537
function curves
drawing curves, 802-803
inserting new keys and moving keys, 800-802
out-of-range, ease, and multiplier curves, 806-809
overview, 799-800
reducing keys, 804
working with tangents, 804-806
functions, 1162-1163
fur. See hair
fur styling, 1184
