look development

look development

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Noun

look development (uncountable)

  1. (computer graphics) The process of defining the final appearance of three-dimensional assets using shaders, textures, and lighting, especially as a cohesive design across a larger project.
    • 2023 December 10, Jahirul Amin, “Creating a Neutral Look Development Environment”, in CAVE Academy[1], archived from the original on 19 February 2026:
      We'll kick things off by discussing the purposes of creating a neutral look development environment and how it can support your asset creation process.
    • 2024 March 27, Tsaone Sehume, “Working as Look Development Artist and Compositor on a Student Short Film”, in The Rookies[2], archived from the original on 21 April 2024:
      My role as a Look Development artist consisted of creating shaders in Maya for the assets, props, and characters as well as lighting and rendering shots for our film.
    • 2026 February 18, Jim Thacker, “Foundry releases Katana 9.0”, in CG Channel[3], archived from the original on 19 February 2026:
      Foundry has released Katana 9.0, the new version of its lighting and look development software for VFX and feature animation work.