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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. Modified shape to specular






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






3. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






5. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






7. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






10. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






12. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






16. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






21. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






24. Only through Ray Tracing - Requires at least two surfaces - Requires modeling inside and outside of glass vessels






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






26. The front - side - top views.






27. True reflections - Vector based math - Computationally heavy - More bounces = More power needed - Calculates refraction






28. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






31. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






34. Shows you the resolution of your shot and the aspect ratio of your render cam.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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


43. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






44. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






46. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






50. Imitates rectangular neon light source - Light comes out of source area