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






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






3. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






5. Software written specifically for that studio.






6. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






8. The starting box where you add details needed.






9. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






11. The front - side - top views.






12. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






13. Modified shape to specular






14. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






18. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






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






24. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






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






30. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. Scaling all directions at once.






37. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






45. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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






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






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