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






2. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






4. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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


6. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






9. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






10. The front - side - top views.






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






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






13. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






16. Modified shape to specular






17. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






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






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






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






23. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






27. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






41. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






42. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






44. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






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






48. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






50. 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.