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Maya 3D Computer Modeling

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






3. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






5. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The starting box where you add details needed.






25. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






29. Modified shape to specular






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






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






32. A texture that was taken from a file.






33. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The connection between a shader and texture.






42. 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.






43. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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


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






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






49. Scaling all directions at once.






50. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects