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Hue, Saturation, and Value. A color model that determines the shading and tint of a color. Hue corresponds to the pure color; saturation to the amount of white mixed with the hue; and value to the ...

humanIK

Software; CAD

Technology for rigging and posing characters from Autodesk® MotionBuilder®.

hypergraph

Software; CAD

A window that shows the graphical relationship between nodes and their connections in a scene. The Hypergraph shows either a DAG or a dependency graph. Also known as delete modifiers, schematic view, ...

hypershade

Software; CAD

A window where you can create, edit, and connect rendering nodes, such as textures, materials, lights, rendering utilities, and special effects. Hypershade displays each node as an icon (or swatch) ...

IFF (image file format)

Software; CAD

A generic structured file access mechanism used by Maya to output bitmap images, viewed using Fcheck.

initial graphics exchange specification (IGES)

Software; CAD

A file format for transferring graphics data between CAD/CAM systems.

IK (inverse kinematics)

Software; CAD

In animation, a method of posing a joint chain by specifying the location in space you want the joint chain to reach. IK is the easiest way to position the end of a joint chain on a particular ...