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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






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






6. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A texture that was taken from a file.






17. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






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






22. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Modified shape to specular






30. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






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






34. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






35. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






37. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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


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






43. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






44. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused