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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. A light that is being emitted in all directions.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Scaling all directions at once.






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


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






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






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






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






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






16. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






19. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






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






24. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






27. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






28. The front - side - top views.






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






30. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






33. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






38. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






43. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






44. 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.






45. The starting box where you add details needed.






46. Modified shape to specular






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






48. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






50. The 3D view of your shot.