What does IK stand for?

This sixth edition covers the new CS4 features in depth, such as video with full- screen mode, Inverse Kinematics, and 3D animation.

In inverse kinematics the animator moves the end effector and the system computes move the corresponding positions.

The angle that the last link of a 3 DOF manipulator makes with the x-axis is required to find the solution for the inverse kinematics problem.

Students use Inverse Kinematics the most because the movement can go up from the "child" to the "parent.

The GX technology features Realtime Lighting, Shadows, Positional Audio, Particle System, Inverse Kinematics & Procedural Animation, Procedural Terrains, Portal Technology, and a 3D Graphical User Interface (GUI).

It also has a "custom-designed inverse kinematics and bones animation system, providing fluid character ambulatory dexterity".

It is a full-featured system incorporating the following key components: -- Subdivision surface modeling -- 2-D and 3-D paint -- Skeletal modeling -- True 3-D inverse kinematics -- Bio-mechanical motion editing -- A channel-based, non-linear motion editing system -- Particles and physical simulation -- Photo-realistic rendering Connectivity is another key advantage.

It is a full-featured system incorporating the following key components: -- Subdivision surface modeling -- 2-D and 3-D paint -- Skeletal modeling -- True 3-D inverse kinematics -- Bio-mechanical motion editing -- A channel-based, non-linear motion editing system -- Particles and physical simulation -- Photo-realistic rendering Connectivity is another key advantage.