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






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






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






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






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






7. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






8. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






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






16. The darkest color an object will ever be.






17. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. Software written specifically for that studio.






24. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






26. The front - side - top views.






27. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






28. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






29. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






37. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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