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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. A light that is being emitted in all directions.






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






3. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






6. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






8. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






10. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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


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






14. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






15. The front - side - top views.






16. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






18. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






42. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






45. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






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






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