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






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






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






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






5. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






7. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






10. Modified shape to specular






11. The starting box where you add details needed.






12. Scaling all directions at once.






13. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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






17. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






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






22. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






24. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






29. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






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


34. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The 3D view of your shot.