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Maya 3D Computer Modeling

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. True reflections - Vector based math - Computationally heavy - More bounces = More power needed - Calculates refraction






2. Scaling all directions at once.






3. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






4. A light that is being emitted in all directions.






5. Picking one arrow and scaling one direction at a time.






6. Off-the-shelf software that anyone uses.






7. Image or color that wraps around the model.






8. Software that uses graphics to click on/buttons instead of typed commands.






9. Naming all files in the same way so that they're easy to find.






10. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






11. Imitates fill light - Doesn't affect specular - Imitates bounced light






12. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






13. Apply more than one material on object depending on position of ramp






14. Do not alter silhouette edge of object - Implied texture






15. Modified shape to specular






16. A black and white image that is used to give the illusion of a bumpy surface.






17. Includes translating - rotating - and scaling an object in (x -y -z).






18. When one object is a parent object - one is a child object - and whatever the parent object does - the child does the same.






19. A container that has either a shader - texture - etc.






20. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






21. The box where an important action must fit so that nothing gets cut off.






22. The flow of how the edges are patterned around the model.






23. The darkest color an object will ever be.






24. A CG term where an imaginary line sticks out perpendicular to the faces so that you can see the exterior of the model.






25. Rendering (taking pictures of) a whole sequence or "batch" of images.






26. Fakes true environment - Less time to calculate - Resembles true reflections - Image projected on virtual shape






27. Create a primitive shape - add edge loops - edit edge loops/faces/vertices. Made up of faces - edges.






28. Something that shows how light will affect a model (Blinn - Lambert - etc.)






29. A light used to simulate sunlight and works by rotation.






30. Software written specifically for that studio.






31. Gesture thumb to right - index up - and middle towards you. Represents the axis: positive X is your thumb - positive Y is index finger - and middle finger is positive Z.






32. When you take all rendered images into a software and turn them into a single movie file.






33. A small box so that the title doesn't get cut off.






34. Textures that the software makes for you so that they render faster. 2D texture wraps around the model - 3D goes inside the object.






35. Combine color map with transparency map to create a label that can be applied to surface






36. Where x - y - z all meet. (0 -0 -0) the very center of a shot.






37. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






38. The starting box where you add details needed.






39. Do alter silhouette edge of object - Require higher tesselation of surface






40. Basic shapes (spheres - cubes - cylinders) that act as building blocks to create a project.






41. The 3D view of your shot.






42. When you don't parent 3D textures to the model properly and the object moves independently of its texture.


43. The front - side - top views.






44. Mathematically most simple - No specular - Used for matte finishes






45. The connection between a shader and texture.






46. Imitates sun - Position of light is irrelevant - Rotation orientation of light is important






47. A part of the software where you tell Maya that you only want certain lights to affect certain objects.






48. Apply more than one material on object depending on transparency






49. Made up of isoparms (edges) - controlled vertices - patches (faces).






50. Imitates light bulb - Omni-directional light rays - Fog