Lathe modifier, 433
lathing NURBS surface, 441-442
Lattice modifier, 276
Launch Magnify Window menu command, 512
layer tracks, 825
layers, 24, 189-193
Layers rollout, 988-989
Layout menu, 255
layouts, 785-786
Learn by Example technique, 969
left-handed users, 30
legs, creating, 6-7
Lens effects
Auto Secondary, 1043-1044
Global Lens Effects Parameters, 1035-1037
Glow Element rollout, 1037-1041
Manual Secondary, 1044-1045
overview, 1035
Ray, 1042-1043
Ring, 1042
Star, 1043
Streak, 1043
Lens Effects filters
backgrounds and filters, 1134-1135
flares, 1130-1131
focus, 1131-1132
glow, 1132
highlights, 1133-1134
Lens Effects Globals rollout, 1035, 1037, 1039
Lens settings camera parameter, 636-637
Leopard skin texture, 537
Level of Detail (LOD) utility, 317
libraries, 521-522
licenses, 1193-1194
Light Lister dialog box, 651-652
Light Painting tool, 680
Light Tracer, 672-675
Light Type drop-down list, 655
Lighted color, 550
lighting
advanced, 671-675
Advanced Lighting Override, 684
altering light parameters, 655-660
basics of, 645-648
creating and positioning light objects, 651-653
light types, 648-651
light viewports, 653-655
Lighting Analysis tool, 685
Lightscape materials, 684
local advanced lighting settings, 676-677
local and global advanced lighting settings, 683
radiosity, 677-682
Sunlight and Daylight systems, 660-664
volume lights, 664-669
LightMap DirectX shader, 534
lights. See also lighting
adding to assemblies, 244
animating, 704
mental ray, 1068-1073
Lightscape materials, 542, 684
Limb IK solver, 949
Limit controller, 768
Linear (Area) Light Parameters rollout, 651
linear array, 235-236
Linear controller, 757
Linear Exposure Control, 1019
Link constraint, 747-749
Link Display rollout, 187, 249
linked hierarchy, 241
linked kinematics systems, 936
linked objects, 250-252
Linked XForm modifier, 730-731
linking objects, 247-248
links, displaying in viewport, 249
List controller, 768-769
List Views, 255, 269-270
Listener window, 1142-1146
listing lights, 651-652
Lit Wireframes, 51
Live Area, 57-58
Live Edit section, 1111
Live mode, 918
Load Custom UI menu command, 118
Load File button, 989
Load/Save Presets rollout, 849
local advanced lighting settings, 676-677, 683
Local Control rollout, 406
Local Coordinate System, 202, 203, 414
locals command, 1150
location, 662
Lock icons, 231
Lock UI Layout, 120
Locks rollout, 205
LOD (Level of Detail) utility, 317
Loft object type, 450
Loft objects
Bevel Deformation, 474-475
changing path parameters, 468-469
comparing shapes, 476-477
controlling surface parameters, 468
Deformation window interface, 471-473
deforming, 471
editing Loft paths, 477
Fit Deformation, 475
Get Shape and Get Path buttons, 468
modifying Loft subobjects, 475-476
Scale Deformation, 473
setting skin parameters, 469-470
versus surface tools, 478-479
Teeter Deformation, 473-474
Twist Deformation, 473
lofting NURBS surface, 438-439
log files, 75
Log panel, 1097
Logarithmic Exposure Control, 1019-1021
logging errors, 1095
LookAt constraint, 750
loop events, 1127
loops, 1160-1161
lower interface bar controls, 31-32
lower interface toolbars, 794-795
Lower Limits, 284
Luminaire helper objects, 244-245
Luminance Center, 876
Luminosity color, 506, 1058
LUT (Autodesk Look-up Table) file, 133