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






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. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






5. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Scaling all directions at once.






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






15. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






18. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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


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






21. A texture that was taken from a file.






22. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






31. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






33. The front - side - top views.






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






35. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






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






40. The darkest color an object will ever be.






41. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






44. Image or color that wraps around the model.






45. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






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