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






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






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






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






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






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






7. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Software written specifically for that studio.






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


19. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






20. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






35. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






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






40. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






41. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






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






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






47. The 3D view of your shot.






48. Modified shape to specular






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






50. A texture that was taken from a file.