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






2. 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.






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






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






5. Modified shape to specular






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






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






8. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






9. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






14. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






17. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






19. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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


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






24. The connection between a shader and texture.






25. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






28. The darkest color an object will ever be.






29. The front - side - top views.






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






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






32. Image or color that wraps around the model.






33. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






36. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






40. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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