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






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






3. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






5. The starting box where you add details needed.






6. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






8. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






13. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






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






25. Image or color that wraps around the model.






26. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






28. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






29. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






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






35. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






37. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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


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






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






42. Modified shape to specular






43. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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