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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. 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.






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






3. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






6. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






15. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






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






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






20. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






22. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






31. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






33. The front - side - top views.






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






35. Modified shape to specular






36. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






39. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






49. The starting box where you add details needed.






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