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CG modelling, materials & rendering · Working

CG material

Also called: computer-generated material, material

ELI5

The settings that make a digital object look shiny, rough, transparent or otherwise react to light.

Used in conversation

“The CG material is too glossy compared with the real prop.”

Definition

The surface properties controlling how a computer-generated object responds to light.

Here “CG material” means: The surface properties controlling how a computer-generated object responds to light.

Pitch context

You may encounter “CG material” in vfx, virtual production & animation conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains image creation that extends beyond straightforward live-action photography.

Connected terms

  • ShaderA material bundles surface properties and textures; a shader is the program or model calculating how the surface responds to light.
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Sources & evidence · 6

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.