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Magnet effect 
Magnet option 
MakeLattice effect 
Managing databases 
Manipulating parents 
Manipulation modes 
    see also Transformation modes 
    Polygon (POL) 
    Texture (TXT) 
    Centre (CTR) 
    Tagged point (TAG) 
    Object (OBJ) 
Mapping
    texture to polygon mesh objects 
    displacement 
    bump 
    methods 
    reflection 
    tiling texture 
    repeating texture 
    offsetting texture 
    scaling texture 
    2D textures [1] [2]
Masks
    RGB intensity [1] [2]
    alpha channel [1] [2]
Material
    blending with 3D textures 
    blending with picture file 
    surface polygons 
    optimizing [1] [2]
    copying 
    setting for object 
    associating 
    setting keyframes 
    previewing 
    static blur 
    refraction 
    transparency 
    reflectivity 
    specular decay 
    custom shader ball 
    shaders 
    incoming colour 
    colours 
    shading models 
    files 
    parameters 
    defining 
    fcurves 
    copying fcurves 
    in a hierarchy 
Math operations
    transformation menu cells [1] [2] [3]
    text boxes 
Mathematical expressions 
Matter mode, Schematic window 
Mattes
    garbage 
    value 
Measure effect 
Measuring distances 
Memo Camera option 
Memory
    history operations 
    camera settings 
    menu cell 
mental ray renderer
    shader ball 
    3D texture shaders 
    displacement mapping 
    2D texture shaders 
    desaturation 
    .Zpic files 
    surface normals 
    contour rendering 
    output
        to file 
        shaders 
    ray depth 
    shadows 
    options 
    motion blur 
    antialiasing 
    rendering 
    shadow shader 
    volume shader 
    material shader 
    shaders 
    light shaders 
    area lights 
    information 
    multiple objects 
    setup 
Menu bars 
Menu cell commands
    toggles 
    mode 
    action 
Menu cells 
    memory 
    commands 
    menu bars 
MergeGeometry effect 
Merging
    curves and polygon mesh 
    hierarchies 
    points [1] [2]
    polygon mesh objects 
    groups of objects 
    polygons [1] [2]
    factor 
    curves [1] [2]
    Boolean operations 
Mesh, see Polygon mesh 
Messages, expression syntax 
Meta-clay
    importing metaball file 
    converting to polygon 
    system volume 
    copying shape to system 
    save system shape 
    blending elements 
    surface regeneration 
    influence zone 
    hiding surfaces 
    displaying surfaces 
    adding new system 
    adding elements to system 
    system information 
    setting up system 
    elements
        grouping 
        creating 
        editing 
    fcurves 
    copying fcurves 
Meta-element, see Meta-clay 
Metaball files 
Mirroring objects 
Mitchell filter 
Mode menu cell commands 
Model mode, Schematic window 
Modelling
    relational
        activating 
        deleting generators 
        removing 
ModelNote effect 
Models
    saving selected 
    reduced 
Modes
    translation 
    scaling 
    rotation 
    Schematic window 
Modules
    selecting 
    server bar 
Mosaic effect 
Motion
    animation control 
    blur 
        mental ray renderer 
Motion mode, Schematic window 
MotionAnalysis animation files 
Mouse
    customizing 
    cursor 
    information line 
Moving
    objects 
    joints [1] [2]
    files 
    tagged points 
    points [1] [2] [3] [4]
        randomly 
MultiAnimatedSlice effect 
Multiple
    hierarchy node selection 
    object selection 
    objects, mental ray renderer 
MultiSlice effect