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






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






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






4. Image or color that wraps around the model.






5. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






18. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






19. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






33. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






34. A texture that was taken from a file.






35. The 3D view of your shot.






36. Modified shape to specular






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






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






39. The front - side - top views.






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






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






42. Scaling all directions at once.






43. Software written specifically for that studio.






44. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






47. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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