Index

Symbols

.ast files B-1

.LAT files B-1

.pg files B-1

.SAT files B-1

.tif B-1

.tpx files B-1

.tpx-z files B-1

.vx files B-1

.z file extension B-2

A

ambient gel 3-12

anti-alias 3-7

assigning materials to objects 2-5

attenuation 4-15

% of linear 4-16

% of no falloff 4-16

% of square 4-16

radius 4-16

attribute fields 2-27

attribute files

editing B-2

attribute source fields 2-27

attributes

GL Shade 3-2

translating between domains 2-19

using 2-27

B

background 3-7

bump 2-26

bump mapping 3-18

bump maps 1-13

C

clip texture? 3-27

clipping range 3-28

color 3-12

color opacity 3-12

compressed files B-2

compute matte 3-8

Const coordinates 3-30

copying materials 2-22

creating and using materials 2-2

creating light groups 4-26

creating mappers 2-16

creating new materials 2-3

D

default lights 4-4

default value 2-27

defaults

GL shade domain 3-2

deleting materials 2-23

diffuse color 3-3

diffuse effects 3-37

directional gel 3-13

display mode 3-10

display render 3-9

dither image 3-8

domain defaults

map directory 3-2

output window 3-6

dynamic mappers 1-12

E

editing lights interactively 4-6

effects attributes 3-36

emission color 3-3

enable shadows 3-8

F

facing control 3-13

file format

TPX A-1

files

compressed B-2

fog color 3-9

fresnel 3-13

frozen mappers 1-12

G

GL Shade

shader attributes 3-3

texture parameters 3-4

GL Shade domain 3-2

H

highlight opacity 3-13

I

icons

lights 4-7

inheritance

defining with the Browser 2-34

inherited value 2-27

J

jitter limits 4-22

L

light group 3-14

light group editor 4-24

opening 3-14

light groups 4-14

creating 4-26

light parameters 4-10

lighting scenes 3-14

lights 1-15

adding to scene 3-14

aim point 4-13

ambient 1-15, 4-2, 4-3

assigning to objects 3-14

assigning to specific objects 4-25

attributes

defining 4-15

brightness 4-11, 4-15

color 4-12

copying 4-8

creating 4-2, 4-8, 4-25

creating a light group 4-14

default 4-4

deleting 4-8

deleting (from memory) 4-26

direction 4-13

editing interactively 4-6

file operations 4-8

icons 4-7

infinite 1-15, 4-2, 4-3

initial position 4-2

loading 4-8, 4-25

location 4-12

name 4-10

naming 4-10

point 1-15, 4-2, 4-3

projecting 4-13

projection attributes 4-22

radius 4-13

reference space for 4-11

renaming 4-8, 4-26

saving 4-8, 4-25

selecting in N-Geometry 4-3

shader attributes

brightness 4-15

color 4-15

shadowing 4-13

specifying a type 4-10

spot 1-15, 4-2, 4-3

type 4-10

types 4-3

lights editor 4-5

loading materials 2-21

local value 2-27

M

map directory 3-6

mappers 1-12

creating 2-16

dynamic 1-12

frozen 1-12

maps

bkgd Color 3-32

boundary 3-30

brightness 3-23

bump 1-13

color scale 3-31

depth 3-33

index 3-35

opacity 1-13, 3-22

reflection 1-13

refraction 1-13

samples directory 3-15

shader 3-28

texture 1-12

use map alpha 3-29

UV Offset 3-25

UV Rotate 3-26

UV Scale 3-24

material

assigning to an object 2-5

creating new 2-3

modifying 2-8

multiple domain support 1-5

saving 2-12

materials

assigning 1-6

copying 2-22

deleting 2-23

inheriting 1-6

loading 2-21

multiple domains 2-19

parameters

bump 2-26

opacity 2-25

reflection 2-26

refraction 2-26

shader 2-25

texture 2-25

renaming 2-24

using 2-27

modifying materials 2-8

N

N-Render

file types created B-1

O

object

sahading 2-3

objects

creating 2-2

oblique effects 1-16, 3-36

fog depth 3-39

reflect 3-38

refract 3-38

use default fog color 3-40

use fog 3-39

opacity 1-14, 2-25

opacity effects 3-37

opacity mapping 3-17

opacity maps 1-13

opacity vs visibility 1-15

outline faces 3-4

output

to N-Paint canvas 3-6

output directory 3-6

output format 3-6

Output Name 3-6

output window 3-6

P

Phong 1-13

pixel filter 3-8

preferences

saving 3-9

preview 2-30

projection attributes

map 4-22

map opacity 4-23

shader 4-23

projection maps

darkness 4-23

R

ray depth 3-7

ray power 3-7

ray trace

ray displacement 4-17

shadow color 4-17

ray tracing 1-11, 3-11

index 3-11

reflectance 3-11

refractance 3-11

raytrace? 4-17

reflection 2-26

reflection mapping 3-18, 3-19

reflection maps 1-13

refraction 2-26

refraction mapping 3-18, 3-19

refraction maps 1-13

renaming materials 2-24

render domains 1-4

GL Shade 1-4

N64 (Nintendo) 1-4

Render 1-4

Sega Saturn 1-4

Sony PSX 1-4

render gamma 3-6

render height 3-6

render operations 2-28

preview 2-28

redisplay 2-29

render 2-29

revert 2-28

render width 3-6

render window 3-6

rendering

defined 1-2

from N-Dynamics 1-3

from N-Geometry 1-3

from the Attributes Editor 1-3

increasing speed C-1

scan line vs ray trace 1-11

speed 1-3

with game domains 1-9

with GL Shade or N-Render 1-7

reset 2-30

S

sampling limits 4-22

save render 3-9

saving materials 2-12

scan line 1-11

scan line rendering 1-11

shader 2-25

shading model

Blinn 3-10

Cook 3-10

flat 3-10

Lambert 3-10

Phong 3-10

shading models 1-13

Blinn 1-13

Cook 1-13

flat 1-13

Lambert 1-13

Phong 1-13

shadow map min & max 3-9

shadow maps

default limits 4-21

opacity 4-20

shadowing 4-20

static map 4-21

shadow smoothness 3-9

shadows

from lights 4-13

shininess 3-3

show render time 3-9

smooth shade 3-3, 3-14

specular 3-38

specular color 3-3, 3-12

specular effects 3-38

specular exponent 3-12

speed

increasing C-1

spot light parameters 4-18

spot lights

radius 4-19

shadow maps 4-20

spot angle 4-18

spot attributes 4-18

spot pattern 4-18

spotlights

aspect ratio 4-19

falloff angle 4-19

STD coordinates 3-30

T

texture 2-25

texture map 3-4

texture mapping 3-16

texture maps 1-12

adding to a material 2-14

TPX file format A-1

translating attributes 2-19

tutorial

creating a light group 4-26

using inheritance 2-30

using materials 2-2

U

U coordinates 3-30

use map alpha 3-29

using inheritance 2-30

Uv coordinates 3-30

V

V coordinates 3-30

visibility 1-15, 3-13

visibility vs. opacity 1-15

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