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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. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






6. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






7. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






8. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






11. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






25. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






28. The front - side - top views.






29. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






30. Scaling all directions at once.






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






32. The 3D view of your shot.






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






34. Software written specifically for that studio.






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

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






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






38. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






42. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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