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






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






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






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






5. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






6. Scaling all directions at once.






7. The front - side - top views.






8. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






22. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






34. A texture that was taken from a file.






35. The darkest color an object will ever be.






36. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






47. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






48. Image or color that wraps around the model.






49. The starting box where you add details needed.






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