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UI / User Interface
See GUI.
Unity
A game engine for 3D, 2D, VR and AR games.
Unreal Engine / UE
A CG software complete with scene creation, animation, and lighting tools all in one. It also enables the user to see high quality renders in real time (meaning as the user moves around the UI/software without having to wait for frames to be rendered out and played back in a movie file).
Commonly used in game design, architecture, automotive, and most recently, Visual Production.
unwrapping
The process in Look Dev to generate UVs off of assets.
up-res
To raise up the quality or resolution of an asset or shot. More details.
.usd
Universal Scene Description; A file type used to be able to export/import CG files between various software. Meant to enable changes to the file at different phases in the pipeline without disrupting the other departments or their work.
UV Mapping
Texture artists create a “UV map” to accurately pinpoint where their painted textures will appear on a 3D object.
