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






2. 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.






3. The front - side - top views.






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






5. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






8. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






10. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






13. Image or color that wraps around the model.






14. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






15. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






27. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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






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






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






33. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






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






37. Software written specifically for that studio.






38. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






50. The connection between a shader and texture.