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






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






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






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






6. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






9. A texture that was taken from a file.






10. The connection between a shader and texture.






11. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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


21. The 3D view of your shot.






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






23. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






25. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






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






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






41. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






45. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






48. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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