CG Terminology

A

• ACES – Academy Color Encoding System: https://acescentral.com/
• Alpha channel – transparency of an image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_compositing
• Alembic
• Anamorphic Lens
• Animatic
• Animation
• Anisotropic
• AR
• Asset

B

• Ball (Chrome)
• Ball (Grey)
• Batch
• BG
• Beauty Pass
• Biped
• Bit Depth
• Blender
• Blinn
• Bluescreen
• Binding
• Body Tracking
• Bokeh

C

• Cache
• Camera Aperture
• Camera Polish
• Camera Tracking
• Camera Report
• CAVE – Computer Animation and Visual Effects – and Games 😉
• Caustics
• CDL – Colour Decision List: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit_decision_list
• CFX
• CGI – Computer Generated Imagery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery
• Colour Space
• Compositing
• Concept

D

• Dailies
• Data Acquisition / Capture
• Data Processing
• Data Wrangling
• Depth of Filed (DOF)
• Digi-double
• DMP

E

• Edge
• Editorial
• EDL (Editors Decision List): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASC_CDL
• Environment
• EXR

F

• FACS
• FG
• Frame
• F-stop
• FX

G

• Gamma
• Grading
• Greenscreen

H

• Hard Surface (Modelling)
• Houdini
• HDRI

I

• I/O
• ISO

J

• JPEG

K

• Keyframe

L

• Lambert
• Layout
• LIDAR
• Lighting
• Lens
• Lens Grid
• Look Development
• Lookup Table (LUT)

M

• Macbeth (Colour) Chart
• Mari
• Matchmove
• Matte
• Matte Painting
• Maya
• Modelling
• Motion Capture
• Muscle Rig

N

• Normal
• Nuke

O

• Object Tracking
• OCIO – OpenColorIO: https://opencolorio.org/
• Omit
• Onset
• Organic (Modelling)

P

• Panorama
• Pipeline
• Plate
• Photogrammetry
• Photoreal
• Photoshop
• Pixel
• Polygon
• Postvis
• Post-Production
• Prep
• Previs
• Pre-Production
• Prime (Lens)
• Production

Q

• Quadruped

R

• Real-time
• Rendering
• Revision
• Rigging
• Roto

S

• Scan
• Sculpting
• Sequence
• Shader
• Shot
• Shotgun
• Shotsculpt
• Shutter Speed
• Simulation
• Skinning
• Spherical Lens
• Storyboard
• Subdivision
• Substance Designer
• Substance Painter
• Surfacing
• SyncSketch

T

• Take
• Techvis
• Technical Director (TD)
• Tech Check
• Tech Fix
• Tech Rigging
• Texturing

U

• Unity
• Unreal
• USD
• UVing (UV mapping)
  

V

• Vertex / Vertices
• VFX Producer
• VFX Supervisor
• Visual Effects (VFX)
  
• Virtual Production
• VR

W

• WIP
• Witness Camera

X

• X-axis
• XR

Y

• Y-axis

Z

• Z-axis
• ZBrush
• Zoom (Lens)