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






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






3. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






5. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






10. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






13. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






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






18. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






21. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






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






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






27. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






28. Scaling all directions at once.






29. Software written specifically for that studio.






30. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






32. The darkest color an object will ever be.






33. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






36. Modified shape to specular






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






44. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






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






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